Amanda Banda
@Anamajengo
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#GlobalHealth #Activist #SocialJustice #HealthPolitics #Humanitarian #Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined September 2017
The October issue of The Lancet HIV is now live! https://t.co/0dU7uk5sII Cover (By Andreea Moise) is inspired by the @DreammProjectandwork publication on HIV-related CNS infection in resource-limited settings in Africa.
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#Canada #Manitoba - +'ve bundle of interventions by Minister @AudreyGordonMB on health workforce. One query on "signing-fee" bonuses for international nurses which lends a market incentive to international migration of health workers. Will ethical recruitment underpin this?
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Our statement highlights 4️⃣ key principles for future #PPPR mechanisms: ➡️Equal intellectual partnership of LMICs ➡️Co-creation with civil society & communities ➡️A new intellectual property order ➡️ A central role for health systems & response https://t.co/Whb3v24Vly
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Exicted to launch the Call for Submissions for the #5thGlobalForum on Human Resources for Health parallel sessions. Theme: 'Protecting, safeguarding & investing in the health & care workforce'. Deadline 15 November. More info ⬇️ https://t.co/9RKUZCFhzD
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Africa’s health boss seeks to tempt expat medics to come back home
theguardian.com
Head of the continent’s disease control centre says doctors and nurses are needed to bolster the local pandemic response
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A @TheLancet commission on Global Health Diplomacy & Cooperation just dropped a blistering report on failures and, frankly, sins in the world response to #COVID19 -- and recommendations for fixing the mess. https://t.co/dUIObUHMR6
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Former World Bank Director of Health @SojiAdeyi, challenges donors and African leaders to break out of an endless cycle of ineffectual aid. This blistering op-ed in @DevTodayJournal should be food for thought for everyone involved in #globalhealth aid. https://t.co/xGoZ7Xkqat
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Human Resources for Health #HRH #healthworkers: Invisible at 150th Session of @WHO Exective Board in January, but a core agenda item at the 75th World Health Assembly in May. Preparations? Agenda #EB150
https://t.co/FeT2O5Imjm Agenda #WHA75
https://t.co/s2qyA8yN1i
@mmi_updates @WHO @PHMglobal @FilesGeneva @HealthPolicyW @KristofDecoste1 @ThiruGeneva #EB150 @WHO
#healthgovernance WHO Executive Board 150th Session 24-29 January 2022 Annotated agenda https://t.co/2oCnet1lwF Documentation https://t.co/lwO9dqJ65u
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Thanks @ThinkGlobalHlth for selecting my article as one of the 21 best of 2021 As we face #Covid19 variants like #omicron it is all the more urgent that we advocate for a political economy that truly prioritizes human wellbeing https://t.co/Eum0WExrCc
https://t.co/JrETd35Zh6
thinkglobalhealth.org
We cannot talk about decolonizing without discussing colonialism's most fundamental legacy in global health
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Health sector loses 2 000 workers in 2021 | The Herald. The biggest fallacy is believing that some prohibitive pieces of legislation can stop the brain drain!
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The Red Listing of countries by UK was a bad policy from the very beginning. Welcome decision by @sajidjavid to stop such a discriminatory policy. #globalhealth #Omicron #globalsurgery
@agogo_immanuel @Anamajengo @MAHassan76 @priesbertine @nonsikelelo
https://t.co/cSaB96Ph8V
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All 11 countries to be removed from list as concerns about importing variant diminish
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cryptococcal meningitis is responsible for at least 15% of AIDS-related deaths and yet very invisible in our World AIDS Day statements.@UNAIDS @UNITAID @fightaidscampaign
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INACCURATE: Headline SHOULD read 2.5 million (2, 464,500 to be precise) about to expire Astra Zeneca vaccines rushed from Germany to Nigeria in month of October w/ November expiry. Switzerland sends 105,000 with days to expire. Let’s tell it is it is!
reuters.com
Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, two sources told Reuters, one of the biggest single losses of doses that shows the diffic...
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Today we led 60+ orgs in sending a powerful 📨 to @PowerUSAID, urging @USAID to lead the new White House initiative for #HealthWorkers around 🌍 & to prioritize new, dedicated 💰 for health workers in the FY 23 Budget request. #ActForHealthWorkers
https://t.co/ZaVSSL3iId
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👏👏👏 Strong health systems, founded on a robust and well-trained workforce, can undergird both climate resilience and pandemic preparedness ➡️ @P_Yerramilli & @VBKerry in @BostonGlobe
https://t.co/oOw7jstu0s
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We joined 60+ orgs & sent a powerful 📨 to @PowerUSAID, urging @USAID to lead the new White House initiative for #HealthWorkers around 🌍 & to prioritize new, dedicated 💰 for health workers in the FY 23 Budget request. #ActForHealthWorkers
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Highly relevant and recommended to members of the Coalition and others engaged in defending rights of #healthworkers #HRH @SinhaSoosmita @BabaAye @ravimram @Anamajengo @denis_joseph and all
.@YaleGHJP and @PHMglobal invite you to an online event on 'Care Extractivism' examining the global crisis of care & poor working conditions for #nurses , #CHWs, & auxiliary health care workers around the world. Date- 29 Nov (Mon), 2:30 PM UTC Details- https://t.co/nhiyVZRdwy
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