New analysis published in @bmj.com where @roojinhabibi.org Fatima Hassan, Andy Hill & I argue the US -- through its actions -- creating a 'public health emergency of international concern'.
Multiple epidemics are expected, so we call upon @who.int to act decisively.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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This HUMAN RIGHTS month, we are excited to share Health Justice Initiative's (HJI) Turning 5 Report.
Link:
healthjusticeinitiative.org.za/2026/03/25/h...
🚨 This analysis piece in @bmj.com is absolutely 🔥 (disclosure: I was a peer reviewer)
The authors argue that US actions to dismantle public health at home & abroad “constitute a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under international law”
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www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Savage. The White House has responded to the paper we published last night in @bmj.com, which calls the US administration a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Read & weep:
Title: "The United States is Driving a Public Heath Emergency of International Concern"
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Read our new piece on the pernicious role of the USG in global health, in the BMJ, today.
*The United States is driving a public health emergency of international concern*
With:
@mattherder.bsky.social @roojinhabibi.org
and Andy Hill.
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Matthew Herder and colleagues call for broader mobilisation to avoid the deaths and morbidity in low and middle income countries likely to result from recent US policy changes
Announcing the United ...
www.bmj.com
The researchers argue that U.S. policy shifts are fuelling disease spread and rising deaths—in some countries more than others.
Matthew Herder and colleagues call for broader mobilisation to avoid the deaths and morbidity in low and middle income countries likely to result from recent US policy changes
Announcing the United ...
