Benjamin Black
@BenjamBlack
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Humanitarian. Doctor. Writer. Special Advisor @MSF. Racial injustice panel @birthrights. Award-Winning Author of #BellyWoman Available: https://t.co/91cLIgYOgA
London, England
Joined September 2014
What happens to pregnant women in a humanitarian crisis? My effort to share a story often left untold. Pre-order available from https://t.co/5D0oJxbmt2
#bellywoman #ebola #humanitarian #maternity #obstetrics #birth #book @NeemTreePress
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– May, 2014. Sierra Leone is ranked the country with the highest death rate of pregnant women in the world. The same month, Ebola crosses in from neighbouring Guinea. Arriving a few weeks later, Dr...
#BellyWoman proofs are here! Thanks @JamesPaulJones for this phenomenal design. #BellyWoman is a first-hand account by @BenjamBlack of the 2014 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone exploring the shocking global disparities in access to maternal healthcare. 🔗 https://t.co/1YcishdYfU
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The devastating war in #Tigray had catastrophic consequences for women and girls. Our paper on applying a Rapid Maternal Death Surveillance & Response tool in Tigray is one way to improve resource-limited responses & save lives. https://t.co/tXPFgHIuQC
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - Women in humanitarian settings face high maternal mortality, yet Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) systems are lacking. Medical teams in Tigray,...
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"Since the ceasefire began, Hamas has executed 80-100 people ... not counting those who were abducted and 'disappeared.'" Amin Abed — whose legs, teeth, and hands were broken by Hamas last year — speaks out about Hamas atrocities. WATCH: Know more; follow @peacecomcenter.
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The family of Bipin Joshi has asked to share the following message: "A week ago, we shared proof of life of our beloved son, Bipin. It was filmed in Hamas tunnels about a month after October 7th, showing our son speaking to the camera, healthy and strong. We held on to that
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At least, four Gazans were executed by Hamas this morning for allegedly "collaboration with the enemy", one of them was Rasha 32 years old, humanitarian worker from Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza.
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The Forgotten War of Sudan - 14 million people displaced, at least 150,000 killed: "But no statistics can express the sense of pointlessness, of meaninglessness, that the war has left behind alongside the physical destruction." https://t.co/ikZaLJjPNn
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Sudan’s devastating civil war shows what will replace the liberal order: anarchy and greed.
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This evening marks the first yahrtzeit of Carmel, Eden, Hersh, Ori, Almog, and Alex. All six were kidnapped alive and dragged into Gaza, where they were kept underground without light, air, showers, or toilets. They were brutally starved and ultimately executed in cold blood by
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I met with President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog at their residence to talk about @WCKitchen feeding operation in the Middle East but specially what we need to do urgently in Gaza. We talked in detail about how to flood Gaza with food and medicine so there is no
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When impartiality & neutrality has been deprioritised by so many other humanitarian organisations @IsraAID restores hope. "Above all, it’s a humanitarian issue, just like other places... we have the ability to make a significant impact and save lives.”
timesofisrael.com
With disaster at its doorstep, IsraAID and SmartAID are providing water, healthcare and more to the Strip, acting as a bridge for both UN-backed NGOs and US Jews unable to stand by
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WCK was contacted by Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), and confirmed the vehicle and persons of interest were not affiliated with WCK. We strongly condemn anyone posing as WCK or other humanitarians as this endangers civilians and aid
@amkathu18 @LTC_Shoshani @cogatonline The IDF video shows aerial footage of five armed individuals exiting a vehicle marked with a fake World Central Kitchen emblem in Gaza. They appear to carry weapons and disperse. IDF claims real-time verification with WCK confirmed no affiliation. No denials from WCK found;
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Hunger mounts, cemeteries grow in Sudan's besieged al-Fashir -
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Hundreds of thousands of people under siege in the Sudanese army's last holdout in the western Darfur region are running out of food and coming under constant artillery and drone barrages, while...
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The conflict in Tigray is rarely in the international news, but is a tragedy of epic proportions. https://t.co/1Qere95Roc
theguardian.com
Research documents ‘horrific and extreme’ attacks by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces and warns that impunity has meant such atrocities are expanding to new regions
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Following the release of the horrific propaganda video showing a starved Evyatar David, his brother Ilay spoke out this evening: "They are on the absolute brink of death...Hamas is using Evyatar in one of the most horrific and calculated campaigns of cruelty imaginable—a live
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Tomorrow is the 11th anniversary of Yazidi Genocide. 🧵thread
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What just happened in Suwayda is not a battle. It's ethnic cleansing. Islamist militias kidnapped Druze civilians, humiliated their spiritual leaders, cut their beards and mustaches like the Nazis did to the Jews, and threw turbans on the ground like ISIS. And the world watched
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Palestine doesn’t need your poisoned support. You exploited our cause to justify the massacre of Syrians, to prop up Assad, and to back your proxies—Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Hamas—who’ve brought nothing to their people but violence, oppression, and ruin. Your criminal regime
Palestine is a central issue to us, and the victory of Palestinians is something that’s definite.
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Say the “F” word: Famine and the Need for a Collective Voice in Sudan
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This blog reflects on the collective action required for data information systems in the context of community kitchens in Sudan
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Rights to healthcare must be protected.
🔴Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world https://t.co/xbvTg59CQL
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600 days of pain. Wherever one stands this horrific conflict must end. Everyone deserves to live with freedom, dignity & safety. #bringthemhome #CeasefireNow
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Yehuda Cohen, Einav Zangaunker and protestors block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv calling for a hostage deal on day 600 of the war. Credit Danor Aharon
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