Meredith Kruse MSc, MPH
@meredithhkruse.bsky.social
Policy wonk ➡️ global health researcher, implementer, pt advocate. Apoiadora de @Oncoguia 🇧🇷. Life of wanderlust. All things #HIV, #cancer, #HPV. Views my own. She/her.
“The adoption of these bold targets to control noncommunicable diseases and promote mental health is a testament to the commitment of Member States to protect the health of their people” @drtedros.who.int @who.int #ncds
World leaders adopt a historic global declaration on noncommunicable diseases and mental health
Leaders from across the world at the Eightieth United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) have adopted the political declaration to combat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health challenges thro...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“The adoption of these bold targets to control noncommunicable diseases and promote mental health is a testament to the commitment of Member States to protect the health of their people” @drtedros.who.int @who.int #ncds
“The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a political declaration to combat non-communicable diseases (#NCDs) and promote mental health on Monday, with 175 member states voting in favour, only the United States and Argentina voting against, and Paraguay as the only abstention.”
Near Unanimous Adoption Of UN Declaration On NCDs And Mental Health – Only US And Argentina Opposed - Health Policy Watch
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a political declaration to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and promote
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December 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a political declaration to combat non-communicable diseases (#NCDs) and promote mental health on Monday, with 175 member states voting in favour, only the United States and Argentina voting against, and Paraguay as the only abstention.”
“Risk-based breast cancer screening, where screening intensity and risk-reduction counseling are tailored to individual risk, was noninferior to annual screening (rate difference, −18.0 per 100 000 person-years).” #breastcancer
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Risk-Based vs Annual Breast Cancer Screening
This randomized clinical trial examines whether risk-based screening is a safe and effective alternative to annual mammography for detecting breast cancer in women 40 years and older.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“Risk-based breast cancer screening, where screening intensity and risk-reduction counseling are tailored to individual risk, was noninferior to annual screening (rate difference, −18.0 per 100 000 person-years).” #breastcancer
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Must read “If US institutions use Kenyan pathogen data to develop high-value products, what benefits are guaranteed to flow back to Kenya? The agreement is silent. W/out explicit benefit-sharing provisions, Kenya risks contributing biological data of immense commercial value w/out…equitable returns”
The Kenya-US health deal is pragmatic, but could have been done better
Opinion: Kenya made a pragmatic choice in a crisis. However, that shouldn’t require sacrificing principles and the world should build systems where developing countries can access critical health fund...
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December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Must read “If US institutions use Kenyan pathogen data to develop high-value products, what benefits are guaranteed to flow back to Kenya? The agreement is silent. W/out explicit benefit-sharing provisions, Kenya risks contributing biological data of immense commercial value w/out…equitable returns”
Great article by @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social about how to read and understand research studies - more important than ever as armchair scientists on social media spread false information. Critical thinking is key! #publichealth
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How to Understand a Research Study | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
A guide for people who want to dig deeper into scientific claims.
publichealth.jhu.edu
December 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Great article by @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social about how to read and understand research studies - more important than ever as armchair scientists on social media spread false information. Critical thinking is key! #publichealth
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/how-to-...
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/how-to-...
“it’s bad science to suppress data for ideologic reasons and bc erasing ppl from the story harms actual ppl. I thought about my transgender pts and how I would face them…knowing that I had erased their existence from CDC.”
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This HIV Expert Refused To Censor Data, Then Quit the CDC - KFF Health News
HIV physician John Weiser talks about why complying with President Donald Trump’s orders to erase transgender people is bad for science and society. And he notes that acquiescing didn’t spare the CDC ...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“it’s bad science to suppress data for ideologic reasons and bc erasing ppl from the story harms actual ppl. I thought about my transgender pts and how I would face them…knowing that I had erased their existence from CDC.”
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kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Interested in learning more about the @acscan.bsky.social EQUIPPED educational resources? Reach out to the ACS team to learn more! #cancer
December 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Interested in learning more about the @acscan.bsky.social EQUIPPED educational resources? Reach out to the ACS team to learn more! #cancer
Great to see new global educational materials developed by @acscan.bsky.social - and happy to have played a role in ensuring adaptation to global contexts, like Brazil! #cancer
December 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Great to see new global educational materials developed by @acscan.bsky.social - and happy to have played a role in ensuring adaptation to global contexts, like Brazil! #cancer
“We did not negotiate a specimen-sharing agreement,” said Kenyan Ministry of Health's Dr. Ouma Oluga. “This is something that they really wanted but we said: ‘Wait a minute, we will not do it.’” www.devex.com/news/kenya-l...
Kenya limits US access to disease outbreak data in new bilateral deal
“We did not negotiate a specimen-sharing agreement,” said Kenyan Ministry of Health's Dr. Ouma Oluga. “This is something that they really wanted but we said: ‘Wait a minute, we will not do it.’”
www.devex.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“We did not negotiate a specimen-sharing agreement,” said Kenyan Ministry of Health's Dr. Ouma Oluga. “This is something that they really wanted but we said: ‘Wait a minute, we will not do it.’” www.devex.com/news/kenya-l...
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"more babies will be infected with HBV
more babies will develop chronic HBV infection
more children will develop severe liver disease
more children will develop liver cancer
more children will die from a preventable disease"
more babies will develop chronic HBV infection
more children will develop severe liver disease
more children will develop liver cancer
more children will die from a preventable disease"
That’s another horrendous ACIP meeting on the books. This clown show did a lot more than weakly recommend delaying the HBV birth dose and compare vaccines to planes.
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Say Hello to Hepatitis B, Baby
Anti-vax ACIP are bumbling their way to higher rates of pediatric liver cancer...and worse
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December 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"more babies will be infected with HBV
more babies will develop chronic HBV infection
more children will develop severe liver disease
more children will develop liver cancer
more children will die from a preventable disease"
more babies will develop chronic HBV infection
more children will develop severe liver disease
more children will develop liver cancer
more children will die from a preventable disease"
Reposted by Meredith Kruse MSc, MPH
Reposted by Meredith Kruse MSc, MPH
This is all-hands on deck. RFK Jr. wants to destroy vaccination in the US. COVID and HBV vaccination were the first step. These diseases WILL come back. And your personal vaccination status is important, but so is the coverage in your community. So up your game and fight. www.vox.com/2015/3/25/82...
The lives vaccines have saved in the US, in one chart
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters expl...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is all-hands on deck. RFK Jr. wants to destroy vaccination in the US. COVID and HBV vaccination were the first step. These diseases WILL come back. And your personal vaccination status is important, but so is the coverage in your community. So up your game and fight. www.vox.com/2015/3/25/82...
Nex cx ca gyidelines from the @acscan.bsky.social - start screening at 25 w primary HPV testing every 5 yrs through age 65... If primary HPV testing is not available, individuals 25-65…should be screened by co-testing with an HPV test in combo w pap test every 5 yrs, or pap alone every 3.
American Cancer Society Updates Cervical Cancer Screening Guideline: Major Changes Include Self-Collection for HPV Testing and Guidance on Exiting Screening
ATLANTA, December 4, 2025 — The American Cancer Society (ACS) released updated guidelines today for cervical cancer screening, reflecting advances in disease detection and accessibility in the...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Nex cx ca gyidelines from the @acscan.bsky.social - start screening at 25 w primary HPV testing every 5 yrs through age 65... If primary HPV testing is not available, individuals 25-65…should be screened by co-testing with an HPV test in combo w pap test every 5 yrs, or pap alone every 3.
“Silence = Death.”
A must read this #WorldAIDSDay via @statnews.com
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A must read this #WorldAIDSDay via @statnews.com
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The U.S. government’s failure to acknowledge World AIDS Day takes us back to a troubling time
Perhaps AIDS activists’ famous slogan, “Silence = Death,” needs an update for this troubling moment.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“Silence = Death.”
A must read this #WorldAIDSDay via @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/11/29/w...
A must read this #WorldAIDSDay via @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/11/29/w...
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🌍 This #WorldAIDSDay, IAS President Beatriz Grinsztejn shares her perspective on the theme Rethink. Rebuild. Rise.
📢 Join the #RethinkRebuildRise movement by sharing your own message and access social resources:
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📢 Join the #RethinkRebuildRise movement by sharing your own message and access social resources:
zurl.co/24Uva
A call to action for World AIDS Day from IAS President Beatriz Grinsztejn
The global HIV response is at a pivotal moment. As challenges intensify and progress hangs in the balance, we must come together to reflect on our past and r...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🌍 This #WorldAIDSDay, IAS President Beatriz Grinsztejn shares her perspective on the theme Rethink. Rebuild. Rise.
📢 Join the #RethinkRebuildRise movement by sharing your own message and access social resources:
zurl.co/24Uva
📢 Join the #RethinkRebuildRise movement by sharing your own message and access social resources:
zurl.co/24Uva
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📢 “This is not normal: a call for HIV activism”
In a new #WorldAIDSDay viewpoint in the Journal of the International AIDS Society, Demetre C Daskalakis urges renewed resilience, a re-imagined strategy and a commitment to rebuild the #HIV response. #RethinkRebuildRise
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In a new #WorldAIDSDay viewpoint in the Journal of the International AIDS Society, Demetre C Daskalakis urges renewed resilience, a re-imagined strategy and a commitment to rebuild the #HIV response. #RethinkRebuildRise
zurl.co/f9UJQ
December 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
📢 “This is not normal: a call for HIV activism”
In a new #WorldAIDSDay viewpoint in the Journal of the International AIDS Society, Demetre C Daskalakis urges renewed resilience, a re-imagined strategy and a commitment to rebuild the #HIV response. #RethinkRebuildRise
zurl.co/f9UJQ
In a new #WorldAIDSDay viewpoint in the Journal of the International AIDS Society, Demetre C Daskalakis urges renewed resilience, a re-imagined strategy and a commitment to rebuild the #HIV response. #RethinkRebuildRise
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🕯️ On #WorldAIDSDay, we pay tribute to the strength & vision that drive the #HIV response.
We honour communities, scientists & people living with and affected by HIV, whose leadership guides our collective work toward a more equitable & sustainable future.
Join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise.
We honour communities, scientists & people living with and affected by HIV, whose leadership guides our collective work toward a more equitable & sustainable future.
Join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise.
December 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🕯️ On #WorldAIDSDay, we pay tribute to the strength & vision that drive the #HIV response.
We honour communities, scientists & people living with and affected by HIV, whose leadership guides our collective work toward a more equitable & sustainable future.
Join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise.
We honour communities, scientists & people living with and affected by HIV, whose leadership guides our collective work toward a more equitable & sustainable future.
Join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise.
Reposted by Meredith Kruse MSc, MPH
📽️ "We must put people first if we are ever to end the #HIV pandemic as a threat to public health. That's what person-centred care is all about."
- IAS President Beatriz Grinsztejn
#RethinkRebuildRise #WorldAIDSDay #WAD2025
- IAS President Beatriz Grinsztejn
#RethinkRebuildRise #WorldAIDSDay #WAD2025
Investing in person-centred care at the IAS
The IAS Person-Centred Care (PCC) programme improves health services by prioritizing the integration of health concerns and the responsiveness of healthcare ...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
📽️ "We must put people first if we are ever to end the #HIV pandemic as a threat to public health. That's what person-centred care is all about."
- IAS President Beatriz Grinsztejn
#RethinkRebuildRise #WorldAIDSDay #WAD2025
- IAS President Beatriz Grinsztejn
#RethinkRebuildRise #WorldAIDSDay #WAD2025
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💬 As we mark #WorldAIDSDay, let's commit to #PutPeopleFirst in our language:
✅ "People living with HIV"
❌ "Infected people"
✅ "Acquired HIV"
❌ "Caught HIV"
✅ "HIV acquisition"
❌ "Infection"
🌐 Learn more & join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise:
iasociety.org/language-mat...
✅ "People living with HIV"
❌ "Infected people"
✅ "Acquired HIV"
❌ "Caught HIV"
✅ "HIV acquisition"
❌ "Infection"
🌐 Learn more & join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise:
iasociety.org/language-mat...
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
💬 As we mark #WorldAIDSDay, let's commit to #PutPeopleFirst in our language:
✅ "People living with HIV"
❌ "Infected people"
✅ "Acquired HIV"
❌ "Caught HIV"
✅ "HIV acquisition"
❌ "Infection"
🌐 Learn more & join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise:
iasociety.org/language-mat...
✅ "People living with HIV"
❌ "Infected people"
✅ "Acquired HIV"
❌ "Caught HIV"
✅ "HIV acquisition"
❌ "Infection"
🌐 Learn more & join us as we #RethinkRebuildRise:
iasociety.org/language-mat...
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AIDS isn’t over.
40M people live with HIV
10M await treatment
1.3M acquired HIV in 2024
Funding cuts risk making it worse. This can and must change. This #WorldAIDSDay2025, leaders must recommit to ending HIV/AIDS & support countries and communities through these challenging times. #EndHIV #EndAIDS
40M people live with HIV
10M await treatment
1.3M acquired HIV in 2024
Funding cuts risk making it worse. This can and must change. This #WorldAIDSDay2025, leaders must recommit to ending HIV/AIDS & support countries and communities through these challenging times. #EndHIV #EndAIDS
December 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
AIDS isn’t over.
40M people live with HIV
10M await treatment
1.3M acquired HIV in 2024
Funding cuts risk making it worse. This can and must change. This #WorldAIDSDay2025, leaders must recommit to ending HIV/AIDS & support countries and communities through these challenging times. #EndHIV #EndAIDS
40M people live with HIV
10M await treatment
1.3M acquired HIV in 2024
Funding cuts risk making it worse. This can and must change. This #WorldAIDSDay2025, leaders must recommit to ending HIV/AIDS & support countries and communities through these challenging times. #EndHIV #EndAIDS
Reposted by Meredith Kruse MSc, MPH
More than half a million Jamaicans whose jobs depend directly or indirectly on tourism. After the Caribbean country was battered by its first Category 5 hurricane, officials are rushing to reopen dozens of hotels in time to salvage the vital winter travel season. trib.al/KY1Rfcx
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
More than half a million Jamaicans whose jobs depend directly or indirectly on tourism. After the Caribbean country was battered by its first Category 5 hurricane, officials are rushing to reopen dozens of hotels in time to salvage the vital winter travel season. trib.al/KY1Rfcx
Reposted by Meredith Kruse MSc, MPH
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Let’s show up for our community. ❤️⬇️
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December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🚨 World AIDS Day Events 🚨
Post your events + actions here so we can boost them.
Let’s show up for our community. ❤️⬇️
Post your events + actions here so we can boost them.
Let’s show up for our community. ❤️⬇️