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Aaron Koay

@aaroncckoay.bsky.social
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PhD-ing in Global Health @ UCL | Research Consultant | Pharmacist | Health policy & systems; Intersectionality; Migration; NCDs | 🇲🇾in🇮🇪&🇬🇧 | he/him

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Kent Buse @kentbuse.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Thanks Nicola! And for those who may want something shorter, here is a hard hitting editorial on the topic of #genderjustice and #globalhealth www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @womenlifthealth.bsky.social @womeningh.bsky.social @katewomersley.com @kstoreng.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social
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Gender and global health: going, going, but not gone
When we, as Commissioners or authors, set out to gather, analyse, interrogate, and consolidate diverse bodies of evidence for the report of the Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health,1 we were ...
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Global 50/50 @global5050.org · 10/04/2025
Global health is in crisis - and #genderjustice must be at the centre of reform. Through the recent Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health, a multi-disciplinary group of experts have produced actionable recommendations to embed gender justice into the #GlobalHealth sector: bit.ly/42l5rim
A graphic displaying three key recommendations from The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health. The title reads "Our key recommendations”. The three recommendations are numbered with coloured diamond shapes: 
1.	Finance gender justice in global health through a ring-fenced gender justice allocation from existing tax on health-harming products.
2.	Create a platform collecting monitoring data about gender justice in global health.
3.	Determine the need for an international legal definition of gender to create a guardrail protecting the term.
The Commission’s logo appears in the top right corner, with geometric triangle shapes decorating the bottom right.
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Global 50/50 @global5050.org · 09/04/2025
The Lancet Commission on Gender and #GlobalHealth is a must-read for anyone passionate about equality and #HealthEquity. For the critical findings and recommendations for integrating gender justice into health systems worldwide, read the Executive Summary: bit.ly/42l5rim #GenderJustice
Graphic for The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health. The text reads: 'The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health – Read the Executive Summary’ with the Lancet logo below. The design includes a shape made of coloured triangles on a dark blue background in the bottom right corner.
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Global 50/50 @global5050.org · 07/04/2025
Launched today on #WorldHealthDay: The Lancet Commission on #Gender and #GlobalHealth. A bold call to put #genderjustice at the centre of #healthequity— with clear, actionable recommendations for change: bit.ly/42l5rim Proud of our role in helping to shape this work. #GenderAndGlobalHealth
Graphic announcing The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health. The text reads: 'The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health – New report’ with the Lancet logo below. The design includes a shape made of coloured triangles on a dark blue background in the bottom right corner.Infographic from The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health, titled: “Advancing gender justice in global health will have benefits for all”. It illustrates the benefits of adopting a gender justice approach in health. Key benefits include reducing health inequities, addressing gender bias, ensuring diverse leadership, and tracking accountability. The visual also highlights barriers to progress such as misunderstanding gender, insufficient investment, systemic influences, and harmful gender norms. At the bottom, a person climbs a ladder toward the centre of a circular structure, symbolising efforts to overcome power and privilege that obstruct progress.Infographic from The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health detailing five action areas to advance gender justice:
1.	Develop a shared understanding and framing of gender justice.
2.	Improve the evidence base with better data.
3.	Promote gender-responsive health policies.
4.	Ensure accountable governance systems.
5.	Invest in gender justice for global health.
On the right, small figures are shown collaboratively building and painting a large statue of Lady Justice, representing collective efforts to achieve fairness and equity.
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Aaron Koay @aaroncckoay.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The Lancet Commission Report on Gender and GlobalHealth sets out bold recommendations to put #GenderJustice at the heart of all we do to achieve #HealthForAll. Honoured to be a co-author, and thank you @femupheave.bsky.social @gh5050.bsky.social for your unparalleled leadership! 👏
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UCL Institute for Global Health @uclglobalhealth.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
@femupheave.bsky.social & @aaroncckoay.bsky.social were part of The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health who released a new report on #WorldHealthDay highlighting how gender justice in global health improves health outcomes & reduces inequalities for all people. Full report: buff.ly/iIsuIfA
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 07/04/2025
🌍✨ The pursuit of #GenderJustice in global health is not simply an aspiration—it’s a necessity for 📈 health outcomes & addressing inequities. Explore the intricate relationship between gender & health, obstacles to progress & key recommendations in a new Lancet Commission ➡️ hubs.li/Q03g3_-n0
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Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet Commission on gender and global health
Achieving gender justice in global health—which we define as encompassing the realisation of universal rights in relation to health equity and gender equality, while also addressing the drivers of gen...
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Kent Buse @kentbuse.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Pleased that our paper on shaping the narrative on #obesity was among the top ten most cited papers in #ObesityReviews Particularly pleased to bring a #humanrights dimension that is too often missing onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @worldobesity.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social
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Ashlee Christoffersen @drashleec.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
New article in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social with @drorlysiow.bsky.social. We analyze how intersectionality has been used in gender and politics research, and explore how can it be used in ways more closely aligned with Black feminist theory. #gendersky #polisky
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
“Public health policy should be based on independent science, not shaped by entities with a financial stake in diet-related diseases” said Prof @carlos-monteiro.bsky.social Monteiro is Brazilian nutritional scientist & leader of the research group that originally developed the Nova classification.
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Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Join online or in person in Geneva👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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SPHeRE PhD Programme @sphereprogramme.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Check out the amazing SPHeRE Network 11th Annual Conference Poster Gallery right now. We are excited to meet everyone who is attending the conference on Tuesday 4th March. #SPHERE2025 www.sphereprogramme.ie/2025-annual-...
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2025 SPHeRE Network 11th Annual Conference Poster Gallery | The SPHeRE Programme | Structured Population and Health-services Research Education
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Dr Chris Noone @chris-noone.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Join us at the International Society for Critical Health Psychology conference in Galway this summer! It will be of interest to all concerned with research & action at the intersection of health & social justice. Rarely has this been more important! Submit your abstract here: ischp2025.ie Fáilte!
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Aaron Koay @aaroncckoay.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I had the privilege of visiting SEACO HDSS in Segamat, Malaysia, housed within Monash University Malaysia. As part of my PhD at UCL, I am working with SEACO & Monash. I will soon be back in Malaysia – this time for a few months – to work on the health policy aspect of my research. More soon!
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Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
In 2024 @ginnybraun.bsky.social @vicclarke.bsky.social published a critical review of the reporting of RTA in @healthpromint.bsky.social The tips and pointers are so incredibly helpful, and I have used this paper so often thinking through my own research. academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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A critical review of the reporting of reflexive thematic analysis in Health Promotion International
Abstract. Using the concept of methodological congruence—where the different elements of a study ‘fit’ together—we explore both problematic and good practi
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Aaron Koay @aaroncckoay.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🌐 Media release 🌐 "The missed opportunity to engage community pharmacies earlier in providing COVID-19 vaccination to save lives should be part of the evaluation [of Ireland's COVID-19 response.]" 🔗 Read @tcddublin.bsky.social media release on our new paper: www.tcd.ie/news_events/...
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Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin @tcdsociology.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
💡Congratulations to our recent graduate of the MSc in Comparative Social Change (Class of 2022), @aaroncckoay.bsky.social has published a paper with Prof Camilla Devitt in our department. 👏 Read more 👉 tinyurl.com/e5h2hkyj
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Seye Abimbola @seyeabimbola.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
You rolled over on genocide in Gaza, were told to keep quiet and obeyed. No matter what you say about Trump now, it just rings hollow. When we look back at Trump’s impact on (global/public) health we’d see that the failure of our response began with the failure of our response on Gaza.
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Claire Anderson @clairewynn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Proud to have been a stakeholder for this important work.
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Aaron Koay @aaroncckoay.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
In this work, we also explored the use of Reflexive Thematic Analysis in health policy analysis to better situate power & positionalities, develop analytical depth and generate coherent yet multi-dimensional themes. Hope this will be of interest! 😊 @ginnybraun.bsky.social @vicclarke.bsky.social
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Aaron Koay @aaroncckoay.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
📢 New publication 🔎 We conducted a retrospective health policy analysis to explore why the deployment of #CommunityPharmacy for #COVID19 #vaccination in Ireland was delayed. 🏫 @tcdsociology.bsky.social @ucdsociology.bsky.social @uclglobalhealth.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1049... 🧵👇 /1
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SARG - SCHARR @sarg-scharr.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
New paper published in Social Science and Medicine 'An analysis of intersectional disparities in alcohol consumption in the US'. Led by @sophiebright.bsky.social, this study identifies several understudied groups who may have higher alcohol consumption than traditional methods would suggest.
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An analysis of intersectional disparities in alcohol consumption in the US
Alcohol is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths in the United States (US). Prior research has demonstrated that alcohol consumption and rel…
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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · 17/01/2025
New research by @alainakinol.bsky.social and colleagues: "Networks of climate obstruction: Discourses of denial and delay in US fossil energy, plastic, and agrichemical industries" journals.plos.org/climate/arti... @jenniecstephens.bsky.social
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Networks of climate obstruction: Discourses of denial and delay in US fossil energy, plastic, and agrichemical industries
The use of fossil-derived hydrocarbons in fossil energy, plastic production, and agriculture makes these three sectors mutually reinforcing and reliant on sustained fossil fuel extraction. In this pap...
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Collective for the Political Determinants of Health @collectivehealth.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
"Despite growing mainstream recognition that contemporary health inequalities stem from the colonial world order, actual changes remain elusive" say Park Seohwa & Collective Member @hare0416.bsky.social. They reflect on the South Korean case. Read their blog post: www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
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Where is The Spider in Global Health's Web? Confronting Colonial Matrix of Power - Centre for Development and the Environment
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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Great study One interesting nugget: "the pharmacy profession in Ireland does not have a professional leadership body that can promote the role of community pharmacists for the public good without (perceived) undue commercial influence."
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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
What Obstructs Health Policy Implementation? A Multi-Method Qualitative Case Study of the Delayed Deployment of Community Pharmacies in Ireland’s National COVID-19 Vaccination Programme @aaroncckoay.bsky.social & Camilla Devitt journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Our commentary on commercial influences on patient & public involvement is out today @healthpromint.bsky.social as part of special issue on the #CDoH. We hope to stimulate discussion & debate (& hopefully meaningful action) in this area academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... @jameslarkin13.bsky.social
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Commercial influences on patient and public involvement: a renewed call for research and action
Abstract. Patient and public involvement is increasingly advocated in health policy, research and practice. Patients and people with lived experience, care
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Seye Abimbola @seyeabimbola.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
“Unfair knowledge practices easily beset our efforts to achieve health equity within & between countries. Enacted by people from a distance & from a position of power…” Please read our realist synthesis using pose & gaze to make sense of epistemic injustice. Here: academic.oup.com/heapol/artic...
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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
👉 Industry influence on public health policy formulation in the UK: a complex systems approach ✍️ Amber van den Akker, Alice Fabbri, Adam Bertscher, Anna Gilmore, Cecile Knai, Nick Cavill, Harry Rutter academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... #CDoH @healthpromint.bsky.social
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Industry influence on public health policy formulation in the UK: a complex systems approach
Abstract. Unhealthy commodity industries (UCIs) such as tobacco, alcohol, gambling, ultra-processed food and beverage producers are known to influence poli
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 12/11/2024
"If you control enough of the information ecosystem, truth no longer matters." Disinformation has far reaching implications for society, including health. @martinmckee.bsky.social, @chrischirp.bsky.social, and Kent Buse outline the challenges and propose a way forward www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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Lucy Gilson @lucygilson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A photo of hope - polio vaccine campaign in Gaza: a day of quiet in a war that gets worse every day. Plenary 2 #HSR2024
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Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Tomorrow 9-11am in Room 101A: we will be discussing how health policy and systems research can help address the climate crisis with insights from Argentina, Nepal, Palestine and Uganda—please come and join the conversation at the Health Systems Research Symposium in Nagasaki
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