Dr Prital Patel
@prital.bsky.social
Scientist, She/Her/Dr. Live, work, & play on Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh lands on Turtle Island
Passionate about public health, decolonizing research & #FreePalestine, #FreeCongo, #FreeSudan, #LandBack.
Passionate about public health, decolonizing research & #FreePalestine, #FreeCongo, #FreeSudan, #LandBack.
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FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition
www.who.int/news/item/22...
www.who.int/news/item/22...
Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza
More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths. FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and ...
www.who.int
August 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition
www.who.int/news/item/22...
www.who.int/news/item/22...
A must read and call to action for academics.
“The genocide in Gaza is a defining ethical test for the global public health community, social scientists, and academic associations. Silence is not an option.
1/3
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
“The genocide in Gaza is a defining ethical test for the global public health community, social scientists, and academic associations. Silence is not an option.
1/3
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza
Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency
in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of
malnutrition-related deaths...
www.thelancet.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A must read and call to action for academics.
“The genocide in Gaza is a defining ethical test for the global public health community, social scientists, and academic associations. Silence is not an option.
1/3
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
“The genocide in Gaza is a defining ethical test for the global public health community, social scientists, and academic associations. Silence is not an option.
1/3
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The young victims, two of whom remain under the rubble, range in age from seven months to 12 years old.
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Outrage, horror after Israeli attack kills nine children of Gaza doctor
The young victims, two of whom remain under the rubble, range in age from seven months to 12 years old.
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bit.ly
May 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The young victims, two of whom remain under the rubble, range in age from seven months to 12 years old.
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3 wonderful new global health books, all FREE to download!
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May 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
3 wonderful new global health books, all FREE to download!
www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
As the Lemkin institute points to scholar complicity in genocide, I hope you take a cold hard look at yourself and your life’s work and sit in what it means to have chosen your comfort & privilege, in your ivory towers built on tax $s, over speaking up against genocide.
May 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
As the Lemkin institute points to scholar complicity in genocide, I hope you take a cold hard look at yourself and your life’s work and sit in what it means to have chosen your comfort & privilege, in your ivory towers built on tax $s, over speaking up against genocide.
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Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
May 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
Not all weapons are bombs. At least 602,000 children in Gaza at risk of permanent paralysis and permanent disability due to Israel blocking polio vaccine access.
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Where is the outrage from global vaccine advocates?
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Where is the outrage from global vaccine advocates?
‘Pure brutality’: Wave of Israeli air attacks on Gaza kill dozens
Residential buildings and makeshift tents sheltering forcibly displaced families targeted in latest Israeli attacks.
www.aljazeera.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Not all weapons are bombs. At least 602,000 children in Gaza at risk of permanent paralysis and permanent disability due to Israel blocking polio vaccine access.
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Where is the outrage from global vaccine advocates?
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Where is the outrage from global vaccine advocates?
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Gaza's Health Ministry says 602,000 children in Gaza are at risk of “permanent paralysis and chronic disabilities” due to Israel’s prevention of polio vaccines in the besieged enclave.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/afxnsl
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/afxnsl
April 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Gaza's Health Ministry says 602,000 children in Gaza are at risk of “permanent paralysis and chronic disabilities” due to Israel’s prevention of polio vaccines in the besieged enclave.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/afxnsl
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/afxnsl
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Like so many Canadians and people around the world, my heart is broken by the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
Canada must stop all arms sales to Israel.
Canada must sanction Netanyahu and his government.
Canada must end its complicity in this genocide.
Canada must stop all arms sales to Israel.
Canada must sanction Netanyahu and his government.
Canada must end its complicity in this genocide.
April 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Like so many Canadians and people around the world, my heart is broken by the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
Canada must stop all arms sales to Israel.
Canada must sanction Netanyahu and his government.
Canada must end its complicity in this genocide.
Canada must stop all arms sales to Israel.
Canada must sanction Netanyahu and his government.
Canada must end its complicity in this genocide.
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President Donald Trump’s crackdown on alleged antisemitism on campuses is alarming students and instructors who say the administration is trying to outlaw criticism of Israel’s war and bend universities to his will.
Trump says he’s just getting started.
Trump says he’s just getting started.
Trump says pressure on Columbia is only the beginning for college campuses
The president has launched a campaign to remove noncitizens who protested against Israel -- and bend university administrators to his will.
wapo.st
March 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
President Donald Trump’s crackdown on alleged antisemitism on campuses is alarming students and instructors who say the administration is trying to outlaw criticism of Israel’s war and bend universities to his will.
Trump says he’s just getting started.
Trump says he’s just getting started.
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Sharing from @decolonialclothing on IG
If you’ve ever had a conversation with someone who is resistant to the Land Back movement or hearing about it for the first time, here are some helpful responses to some common misconceptions about the Land Back movement:
If you’ve ever had a conversation with someone who is resistant to the Land Back movement or hearing about it for the first time, here are some helpful responses to some common misconceptions about the Land Back movement:
February 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Sharing from @decolonialclothing on IG
If you’ve ever had a conversation with someone who is resistant to the Land Back movement or hearing about it for the first time, here are some helpful responses to some common misconceptions about the Land Back movement:
If you’ve ever had a conversation with someone who is resistant to the Land Back movement or hearing about it for the first time, here are some helpful responses to some common misconceptions about the Land Back movement:
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The CDC has removed data on sexual orientation, gender identity, and health disparities from their website.
Pages removed include:
- Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System
- Social Vulnerability Index
- Efforts to Address Racism as a Fundamental Driver of Health Disparities
Pages removed include:
- Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System
- Social Vulnerability Index
- Efforts to Address Racism as a Fundamental Driver of Health Disparities
January 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The CDC has removed data on sexual orientation, gender identity, and health disparities from their website.
Pages removed include:
- Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System
- Social Vulnerability Index
- Efforts to Address Racism as a Fundamental Driver of Health Disparities
Pages removed include:
- Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System
- Social Vulnerability Index
- Efforts to Address Racism as a Fundamental Driver of Health Disparities
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ICE is targeting Indigenous peoples, Puerto Ricans, kids, hospitals, schools, and anyone who fits the profile of the “illegal alien.” Never forget that ethnic cleansing is the foundation of US settler colonialism.
January 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
ICE is targeting Indigenous peoples, Puerto Ricans, kids, hospitals, schools, and anyone who fits the profile of the “illegal alien.” Never forget that ethnic cleansing is the foundation of US settler colonialism.
January 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Greatly admire the humility with which Madhu Pai discusses our complicity, as global north researchers, in maintaining power structures that continue to disposes the global south of their narratives and solutions. Have a listen. m.youtube.com/watch?v=pZq8...
Powershifting in Global Health with Dr Madhukar Pai
YouTube video by MediaHRP
m.youtube.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Greatly admire the humility with which Madhu Pai discusses our complicity, as global north researchers, in maintaining power structures that continue to disposes the global south of their narratives and solutions. Have a listen. m.youtube.com/watch?v=pZq8...
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This has been on my mind so I wrote about it: "When discussing Israel and Palestine, universities must do better: We owe it to our students"
Thank you The Tyee, editor Jackie Wong, Marc Spooner, colleagues at the U of R and UBC for feedback on drafts. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
Thank you The Tyee, editor Jackie Wong, Marc Spooner, colleagues at the U of R and UBC for feedback on drafts. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
When Discussing Israel and Palestine, Universities Must Do Better | The Tyee
We owe it to our students.
thetyee.ca
August 23, 2024 at 9:09 PM
This has been on my mind so I wrote about it: "When discussing Israel and Palestine, universities must do better: We owe it to our students"
Thank you The Tyee, editor Jackie Wong, Marc Spooner, colleagues at the U of R and UBC for feedback on drafts. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
Thank you The Tyee, editor Jackie Wong, Marc Spooner, colleagues at the U of R and UBC for feedback on drafts. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
"If I loved this almost-baby with this intensity, what could I imagine...of the families trading children with their relatives, so that if and when the bombs come, at least some of their bloodline might persist?"
www.midnightsunmag.ca/bloodlines/
www.midnightsunmag.ca/bloodlines/
Bloodlines
Malika Sharma on grief and solidarity.
www.midnightsunmag.ca
December 14, 2024 at 7:18 PM
"If I loved this almost-baby with this intensity, what could I imagine...of the families trading children with their relatives, so that if and when the bombs come, at least some of their bloodline might persist?"
www.midnightsunmag.ca/bloodlines/
www.midnightsunmag.ca/bloodlines/
How has the world not spoken up? 😞 how could our systems be this complicit?
“96% of the children in Gaza feel that their death is imminent and almost half want to die as a result of the trauma they have been through.”
“96% of the children in Gaza feel that their death is imminent and almost half want to die as a result of the trauma they have been through.”
December 13, 2024 at 5:41 AM
How has the world not spoken up? 😞 how could our systems be this complicit?
“96% of the children in Gaza feel that their death is imminent and almost half want to die as a result of the trauma they have been through.”
“96% of the children in Gaza feel that their death is imminent and almost half want to die as a result of the trauma they have been through.”
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Concordia University hired Israeli security firms to suppress pro-Palestinian student protests.
US & Canadian universities hire Israeli firms to curb pro-Palestinian protests.
Screenshots from @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social live updates from today
Link to archived article w/more details here: archive.ph/qY0kr
@cairnational.bsky.social @dropsitenews.com @taliajane.bsky.social @self.agency
Screenshots from @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social live updates from today
Link to archived article w/more details here: archive.ph/qY0kr
@cairnational.bsky.social @dropsitenews.com @taliajane.bsky.social @self.agency
December 9, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Concordia University hired Israeli security firms to suppress pro-Palestinian student protests.
Just saw an event advertised with a sliding scale for the ticket price and accompanied with the text “no one turned away for lack of funds”.
BLESSSSSSS! ❤️
BLESSSSSSS! ❤️
December 4, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Just saw an event advertised with a sliding scale for the ticket price and accompanied with the text “no one turned away for lack of funds”.
BLESSSSSSS! ❤️
BLESSSSSSS! ❤️
Dec 24, the performative, opportunistic careerists of the global North continue on in silence.
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UN Secretary-@antonioguterres says Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees in the world per capita w/ “many losing limbs & undergoing surgeries without even anaesthesia”.
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UN Secretary-@antonioguterres says Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees in the world per capita w/ “many losing limbs & undergoing surgeries without even anaesthesia”.
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a woman in a trench coat stands on a street with the words nothing to see here
ALT: a woman in a trench coat stands on a street with the words nothing to see here
media.tenor.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Dec 24, the performative, opportunistic careerists of the global North continue on in silence.
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UN Secretary-@antonioguterres says Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees in the world per capita w/ “many losing limbs & undergoing surgeries without even anaesthesia”.
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UN Secretary-@antonioguterres says Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees in the world per capita w/ “many losing limbs & undergoing surgeries without even anaesthesia”.
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“UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees in the world per capita with “many losing limbs and undergoing surgeries without even anaesthesia”.
December 2, 2024 at 3:49 PM
“UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees in the world per capita with “many losing limbs and undergoing surgeries without even anaesthesia”.
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He could stop a genocide.
Instead he pardoned his son.
Instead he pardoned his son.
December 2, 2024 at 6:46 AM
He could stop a genocide.
Instead he pardoned his son.
Instead he pardoned his son.