Maarten van der Heijden
@mrvanderheijden.bsky.social
Contains multitudes. Global health lawyer. Anthropologist in training. PhD candidate at LSHTM researching future-making in access to medicines. 🌍💊 Consultant at WHO + FAO, ex-MSF
It is often assumed that international law provides an absolute prohibition on attacks on healthcare facilities in war.
It does not. But it should.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
It does not. But it should.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The playbook for bombing hospitals in war: deny, deflect, justify. The law must close these loopholes | Maarten van der Heijden
Cynical actors exploit the legal ambiguities around targeting healthcare facilities, as seen in Gaza. Unequivocal protections are needed
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It is often assumed that international law provides an absolute prohibition on attacks on healthcare facilities in war.
It does not. But it should.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
It does not. But it should.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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We are in a constitutional crisis. Thank you congressmen Murphy and Raskin.
Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
February 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We are in a constitutional crisis. Thank you congressmen Murphy and Raskin.
"I knew a premature VHF diagnosis could cause panic and have profound political implications." – A very strong piece in NEJM by Dr JP Sibomana on the personal and political complexity of diagnosing Rwanda’s first Marburg outbreak. doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp2413951
Fight or Flight — Facing the Marburg Outbreak in Rwanda | NEJM
Having diagnosed two ICU patients with the first known cases of Marburg virus disease
in Rwanda, a physician must prioritize limiting spread, despite pleas for transfer
from the patients’ families.
doi.org
November 21, 2024 at 4:23 PM
"I knew a premature VHF diagnosis could cause panic and have profound political implications." – A very strong piece in NEJM by Dr JP Sibomana on the personal and political complexity of diagnosing Rwanda’s first Marburg outbreak. doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp2413951
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We now have 3 starter packs for Global Health Nerds!
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Will keep updating!
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November 17, 2024 at 2:08 PM
We now have 3 starter packs for Global Health Nerds!
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go.bsky.app/RScFWyt
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Will keep updating!
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go.bsky.app/RScFWyt
go.bsky.app/ADqkPeH
Will keep updating!
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imagine if you could imagine things
and then they were just like you imagined.
well, now we all get to live there --
or else
and then they were just like you imagined.
well, now we all get to live there --
or else
November 13, 2024 at 6:44 PM
imagine if you could imagine things
and then they were just like you imagined.
well, now we all get to live there --
or else
and then they were just like you imagined.
well, now we all get to live there --
or else
(1/5) The past months, I’ve heard many stories of people losing family members to asthma because they couldn’t access medication.
Asthma inhaler prices were already high, but have increased by 2-5x over the last years in many countries.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
www.voanews.com/a/nigerians-...
Asthma inhaler prices were already high, but have increased by 2-5x over the last years in many countries.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
www.voanews.com/a/nigerians-...
Cost of asthma inhalers: ‘People shouldn’t be paying to breathe’
Some inhalers in Nigeria have doubled or tripled in price since last year, leaving many struggling.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2024 at 10:07 PM
(1/5) The past months, I’ve heard many stories of people losing family members to asthma because they couldn’t access medication.
Asthma inhaler prices were already high, but have increased by 2-5x over the last years in many countries.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
www.voanews.com/a/nigerians-...
Asthma inhaler prices were already high, but have increased by 2-5x over the last years in many countries.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
www.voanews.com/a/nigerians-...
Have been dabbling a bit outside of the global health/medicines sphere lately. This Thursday I am speaking about countries' legislative frameworks for cell-based meat at the International Bar Association on behalf of the FAO. 🧫🥩https://www.ibanet.org/conference-details/CONF2628
Cultivated meat: opportunities and challenges | International Bar Association
A webinar presented by the IBA Agriculture and Food Section Cultivated meat, also known as lab-grown or cell-based meat, introduces a groundbreaking approach to meat production, poised to tackle the c...
www.ibanet.org
November 12, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Have been dabbling a bit outside of the global health/medicines sphere lately. This Thursday I am speaking about countries' legislative frameworks for cell-based meat at the International Bar Association on behalf of the FAO. 🧫🥩https://www.ibanet.org/conference-details/CONF2628
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And if you plan to host global health events and meetings, here is a list of visa friendly countries
communities.springernature.com/posts/visa-f...
communities.springernature.com/posts/visa-f...
Visa-friendly venues for global health meetings
Conference organizers have an obligation to host meetings in locations that are not visa-hostile. Are there ‘visa-friendly’ options that conference organizers should be considering? This crowd-sourced...
communities.springernature.com
November 11, 2024 at 9:46 PM
And if you plan to host global health events and meetings, here is a list of visa friendly countries
communities.springernature.com/posts/visa-f...
communities.springernature.com/posts/visa-f...
@jessicareinisch.bsky.social So cool you’re researching UNRRA! I’m preparing a short piece on the role UNRRA/WHO in the local production of antibiotics atm :) Would love to discuss!
November 11, 2024 at 10:34 PM
@jessicareinisch.bsky.social So cool you’re researching UNRRA! I’m preparing a short piece on the role UNRRA/WHO in the local production of antibiotics atm :) Would love to discuss!
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Hello new followers from that bleak gray place! Reposting my first post on this site: a cyanometer, the instrument Alexander von Humboldt (among others) used to determine how blue any sky actually was
November 8, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Hello new followers from that bleak gray place! Reposting my first post on this site: a cyanometer, the instrument Alexander von Humboldt (among others) used to determine how blue any sky actually was
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Hey #AMR people - am wanting to broaden the capture of the feed for other languages so if you know the key words for antimicrobial resistance in another language, please drop it in the replies below!
November 11, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Hey #AMR people - am wanting to broaden the capture of the feed for other languages so if you know the key words for antimicrobial resistance in another language, please drop it in the replies below!
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Natuure: 2020 Nobel Prize winners Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier ask that two of their EU CRISPR patents be cancelled.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
CRISPR Nobelists surrender their own European patents - Nature Biotechnology
A strategic move by lawyers acting for Doudna and Charpentier is the latest twist in the battleground for CRISPR–Cas9 technology.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Natuure: 2020 Nobel Prize winners Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier ask that two of their EU CRISPR patents be cancelled.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Old definitions of 'drugs'/'medicines' form a problem for controlling antimicrobial use. Two main Qs are:
(1) Does this definition include medicated feed for animals? (Probably)
(2) Does this definition use the use of mediciens as growth promotors? (Probably not)
Out of scope = uncontrolled use
(1) Does this definition include medicated feed for animals? (Probably)
(2) Does this definition use the use of mediciens as growth promotors? (Probably not)
Out of scope = uncontrolled use
November 11, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Old definitions of 'drugs'/'medicines' form a problem for controlling antimicrobial use. Two main Qs are:
(1) Does this definition include medicated feed for animals? (Probably)
(2) Does this definition use the use of mediciens as growth promotors? (Probably not)
Out of scope = uncontrolled use
(1) Does this definition include medicated feed for animals? (Probably)
(2) Does this definition use the use of mediciens as growth promotors? (Probably not)
Out of scope = uncontrolled use
Pictures of a stroll along Lumley Beach in Freetown after giving a workshop on reforming the governance of veterinary medicines for One Health Day last week.
November 11, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Pictures of a stroll along Lumley Beach in Freetown after giving a workshop on reforming the governance of veterinary medicines for One Health Day last week.
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November 11, 2024 at 1:36 AM
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Citing @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social’s Tweet from last month, Twitter is losing users in a massive way.
November 11, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Citing @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social’s Tweet from last month, Twitter is losing users in a massive way.
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A starting line up of global health folks who work across law, policy and ethics. There are many others to add - please share widely and suggest additions!
go.bsky.app/Qj9GcA1
go.bsky.app/Qj9GcA1
November 10, 2024 at 6:04 PM
A starting line up of global health folks who work across law, policy and ethics. There are many others to add - please share widely and suggest additions!
go.bsky.app/Qj9GcA1
go.bsky.app/Qj9GcA1
Back from Sierra Leone, where we launched AMR campaigns on TV/radio. Yet WhatsApp groups are the main news source. Quality reporting mixes there with anti-chemo content, making posting a dilemma...
This new information age + attention economy is an unprecedented challenge.
Glad to join #bsky
This new information age + attention economy is an unprecedented challenge.
Glad to join #bsky
November 10, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Back from Sierra Leone, where we launched AMR campaigns on TV/radio. Yet WhatsApp groups are the main news source. Quality reporting mixes there with anti-chemo content, making posting a dilemma...
This new information age + attention economy is an unprecedented challenge.
Glad to join #bsky
This new information age + attention economy is an unprecedented challenge.
Glad to join #bsky
Just started here, this is a great resource! Thanks @madhupai.bsky.social
November 10, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Just started here, this is a great resource! Thanks @madhupai.bsky.social