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Recent study in South Africa 🇿🇦 showed no significant association between the health promotion levy and #sugar-sweetened beverage #tax and employment levels. It showed that the levy had not been associated with job creation or job losses in sugar-related industries. These

Climate researchers argue their science has advanced enough to directly link emissions from particular companies to damages from specific extreme weather events newscientist.com/article/247769…

Late Pope Francis was a champion of health equity. I am deeply honoured to be in the Vatican today to pay my last tribute to His Holiness. He will be greatly missed, but his legacy of justice will live forever.

On 6 May World Health Organization (WHO) releases a landmark report on the #socialdeterminants of #healthequity. Register here to learn about the Report’s findings and recommendations for governments and their partners: tinyurl.com/4ebnr3bz  #AllForEquity

“We are breaking the bodies and the minds of the children of Gaza.” WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, expressed his frustration about the devastating situation unfolding in Gaza, stating that the world is allowing this “abomination” to continue

We can’t keep paying for the NHS by cutting everything that might prevent people needing to use it in the first place.👇🏻 politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

Attending #WHA78? Join us for a side event “Bridging the gap: advancing #HealthEquity through addressing #SocialDeterminants” to reflect on findings & recommendations of new World Report & explore how we can accelerate action across sectors. tinyurl.com/ybzy69h6

In historic move, ⁦World Health Organization (WHO)⁩ Member States approve 20% funding increase and 2026–27 budget who.int/news/item/20-0…

A statement from British Embassy, Washington:

Huge win. Ecuadorians have voted in a historic referendum to halt the development of all new oilwells in the Yasuní national park in the Amazon, one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet: buff.ly/hDl9pF3 Protect people and the planet. #ActOnClimate

Today I addressed the G20 Joint Finance & Health Task Force w/ our World Health Organization (WHO) policy paper on promising high return options to ⬆️ health equity. Policies on social protection, housing, early childhood education, WASH & structural discrimination have great ROI. No excuse for inaction.

New study revealed that the factors influencing #parents’ food-purchasing decisions in #Tonga 🇹🇴extend beyond individual-level #determinants to include broader social, economic, cultural and commercial factors, including the retail #food environment and macro-level policy.

The escalation of violence between Israel and Iran is extremely concerning — and is costing the lives of civilians, including children. The growing number of injured civilians are also distressing. World Health Organization (WHO)’s particular concern is the targeting of nuclear sites, which may have

Four industries – tobacco, ultra-processed foods, fossil fuels and alcohol – cause 34% of all deaths. It’s never been more important to talk about how these, and other industries, shape health and health policy, so I’m proud to have guest edited the latest issue of FHJ

One of my heroes

It's so weird that the graph for fertility v. female education and the graph for fertility v. male education look basically the same but you have probably only seen one on here.

I remember finding this poem a few years ago exactly at a time I needed to read it. so so sad about andrea gibson's passing... thank you for all your words but especially "it's okay if you can't imagine spring" :(

Deeply shocked and saddened by the passing of our dear friend, colleague and World Health Organization (WHO) Envoy David Nabarro. David was a great champion of global health and health equity, and a wise, generous mentor to countless individuals. His work touched and impacted so many lives across the

Economic growth is useless unless it delivers social benefits. GDP does not distinguish between $1 million in weapons and $1 million in healthcare. Even Simon Kuznets — the inventor of GDP — said that we need to be explicit about the actual objectives of economic growth.