
Keith Martin MD
@keithmartinmd
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Exec.Director, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Fmr Canadian MP, physician, Global Health, Foreign Affairs, Conservation, Environment, Tweets mine.
Washington, DC
Joined August 2009
Submit your abstracts, panel proposals, workshop ideas and register for CUGH2026. https://t.co/07vKaWs6T2. Cc @LancetGH @afrehealthorg @pahowho @AASciences @ASTMH @AAVMC @PublicHealth @ASPPHtweets @AAMC @ANANursingWorld @JHUNursing @GeorgetownLaw
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🚨 Submit abstracts, panels, and workshop proposals for #CUGH2026 ‘The Future of Global Health’! 📅 April 9–12, 2026 | Washington, DC 👉 https://t.co/nnCrsC0g7m
#GlobalHealth #CUGH
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“These papers lay out for the first time a comprehensive description of health in the post-pandemic world.” 📄 A Lancet Editorial provides an overview of 3 new articles, presented at the @WorldHealthSmt: https://t.co/6u6VxB75TH
#WHS2025 #GDBStudy @IHME_UW
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The COVID-19 pandemic upended global mortality and morbidity. COVID-19 was ranked as the number one age-standardised cause of death globally in 2021 but by 2023 had dropped to the 20th cause of death...
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📢 Have you registered yet? Enhance your research impact with expert guidance from Lancet Group editors. Learn how SAGER guidelines for sex- and gender-based analyses can strengthen your work, with real examples and actionable insights. 👉 Register: https://t.co/A9yKLwcq5B
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The Indivisible Project was never grassroots. Born from a “disrupt town halls” guide after Trump’s election, it now scripts protests, pays demonstrators, and trains activists in media tactics. Backed by Soros and Tides money, Indivisible manufactures outrage that looks
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📢 Have you registered yet? Enhance your research impact with expert guidance from Lancet Group editors. Learn how SAGER guidelines for sex- and gender-based analyses can strengthen your work, with real examples and actionable insights. 👉 Register: https://t.co/A9yKLwcq5B
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Scientists, physicians, and public health experts dedicate years - often decades - to education, training, and service. Their sacrifices are enormous, often at great personal cost, but driven by a deep commitment to improve the lives of others. My advice: trust the experts.
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🎙️Watch now: @keithmartinmd interviews former CDC Director @DrTomFrieden in a powerful conversation. Especially relevant now, as recent staff firings at CDC raise urgent questions about public health leadership and accountability. A must-watch. #PublicHealth #CDC
📢 Just released: CUGH's Executive Director @keithmartinmd hosts a powerful interview with Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden), former CDC Director & CEO of Resolve to Save Lives 🎥 Watch the full interview here: https://t.co/dMxBEBcUKy
#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth @CUGH_TAC
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The @CDCgov is a guardian of America’s health and security . It must be strengthened. Yet, under the current US administration it is being weakened. Cc @DrTomFrieden @ASPPHtweets @PublicHealth @NewsHour @NickKristof @FoxNews @KristenGelineau
🎙️Watch now: @keithmartinmd interviews former CDC Director @DrTomFrieden in a powerful conversation. Especially relevant now, as recent staff firings at CDC raise urgent questions about public health leadership and accountability. A must-watch. #PublicHealth #CDC
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“The Pentagon Press Association’s members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom.”
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A @BostonUniv study estimated that 103 people are dying of preventable causes every hour as a result of cuts to USAID. This does not include those who become disabled. Cc @KristenGelineau @NickKristof @tomfriedman @NewsHour @FoxNews @guardian
Powerful reporting by @KristenGelineau for @AP about how, even as @SecRubio says no one is dying because of USAID cuts, children are dying from USAID cuts.
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There’s a tragic dynamic between antisemitism and Islamophobia. Jews and Muslims are both on the receiving end of conspiratorial racism and prejudiced policies. We must all oppose these prejudices. . https://t.co/YWS7ajxAqG via @NYTOpinion
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When I look at the mayor’s race in New York, here’s what I see.
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The @CUGHnews hosts their 2026 conference in Washington, D.C., April 9-12. Abstract and panel submission deadline is October 15. The conference theme is "The Future of Global Health." Learn more and submit a panel or abstract:
cugh2026.org
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Over 1,500 measles cases have been reported in 42 states — a 500% increase from 2024 and the highest count in more than 30 years: https://t.co/KR8omisKpp (AP Photo: Julio Cortez)
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Excellent session today on strengthening research capabilities in this new environment at the #WHS2025. Cc @CUGHnews @CUGH_TAC @IAPartnership
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On this day in 1964, my father was announced as that year’s #NobelPeacePrize recipient for his nonviolent philosophy and methodology, and its application for social change during the Civil Rights Movement. This is a photo of my parents in Oslo, Norway for the official ceremony
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Why engaging in politics is vital to improving the well being of people and the health of our planet. Cc @CUGHnews @virchowprize @CUGH_TAC #WHS2025
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Medicine is a social science and politics is nothing but medicine on a grand scale- Rudolf Virchow. 💯. @ForGlobalEquity ‘s favorite quote.
Why engaging in politics is vital to improving the well being of people and the health of our planet. Cc @CUGHnews @virchowprize @CUGH_TAC #WHS2025
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#WHS2025 attendees please join us at CUGH2026 , The Future of Global Health , April 9-12 , Washington DC . Register at https://t.co/SUbMavsUxl and let’s continue the good work achieved in Berlin. Cc @CUGHnews @virchowprize @WorldHealthSmt @NASEM_Health @ASPPHtweets
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Thank you @JeffreyGoldberg and @TheAtlantic for defending press freedom, a pillar of a healthy democracy. Cc @FreedomofPress @NewsHour @NPR @guardian @AP @splcenter @davidfrum @anneapplebaum @hrw
🚨NEW: The Atlantic Editor Jeffrey Goldberg has announced that the organization will not sign onto the new Pentagon press policy that seeks to restrict what journalists can report. RETWEET to thank @JeffreyGoldberg for standing up for our democracy!
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#WHS2025 attendees please join us at CUGH2026 , The Future of Global Health , April 9-12 , Washington DC . Register at https://t.co/SUbMavsUxl and let’s continue the good work achieved in Berlin. Cc @CUGHnews @virchowprize @WorldHealthSmt @NASEM_Health @ASPPHtweets
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Thank you @krmaher @NPR for standing up for press freedom and democracy. Cc @PBS @pressfreedom @PublicHealth @splcenter @AP @CNN @NBCNews @pulitzercenter
🚨NEW: National Public Radio has announced that the organization will not sign onto the new Pentagon press policy that seeks to restrict what journalists can report. RETWEET to thank NPR CEO Katherine Maher for standing up for our democracy!
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Much thanks to Dr Ben Johnson editor of @NatureMedicine and the @BertelsmannFdn for supporting the new Commission on Quality Health Information. #WHS2025 cc @CUNY @CUGHnews @CUGH_TAC
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