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Dorota Sienkiewicz

@dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social
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Social Determinants of Health Equity & Public Health, politics & commercial issues, social justice & wellbeing societies. Connecting the dots, with WHO Europe.

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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Taxation is a secret weapon against alcohol and sugary drinks consumption. But if too low, it's ineffective to yield results, plus makes us turn blind eye on addressing other structural issues with the who food and drink supply chain. www.euronews.com/health/2026/...
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WHO warns low taxes on sugary drinks and alcohol pose health risks
Low taxes, which are not in line with inflation, are ineffective in reducing alcohol or sugary drink consumption, the World Health Organization warns.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
It was only in 2006 that the UK paid off its last debt instalment for WW2. Warning to Ukraine? news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6215847...
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BBC NEWS | UK | UK settles WWII debts to allies
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European Heart Network (EHN) @ehnheart.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
@dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social, Senior Policy Expert at @eurohealthnet.bsky.social, calls for a shift from individual responsibility to systemic change: primordial prevention of NCDs must target systems and environments before disease emerges. The next EU MFF should finance health, not illness.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
I have a new found respect for Brazil. Well done, democracy! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Brazilians take to the streets to celebrate Bolsonaro conviction
Indigenous groups and other minorities praise ‘breath of justice’ while US officials issue warnings of possible sanctions
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Statewatch @statewatch.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
1/ A new EU plan could expand access to personal data for US immigration and law enforcement. This proposal document (see article) was released without a press announcement or much mention at all, yet it contains alarming plans.
A person with eyes censored stands with a placard, "HTTP410 privacy gone". Next to this, text reads "New EU plan could expand access to your personal data for US law enforcement."A section of the proposal document provides background on the Visa Waiver Program and outlines that the proposal for data sharing would concern information including biometric data stored in the national databases of Member States.News headline clippings point to growing concern about US privacy, personal data and limits of redress. Text explains that the US has set a deadline of next December 2026 to reach an agreement, and calls for action to stop it.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Intergenerational trauma in Poland - The Lancet Regional Health – Europe www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Intergenerational trauma in Poland
The number of active armed conflicts globally has increased sharply in recent years, reaching levels not seen since World War 2, with the World Economic Forum ranking state-based armed conflict as the...
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🇪🇺 2025 #EU4Health work plan finally published: #NGOs to lose operational funding and #healthpromotion and #diseaseprevention to receive the smallest share of budget. health.ec.europa.eu/publications...
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2025 EU4Health Work Programme
2025 EU4Health Work Programme
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Cutting "red tape" (aka public protections), as Reeves is doing, does not save money. Instead, it transfers costs from the rich to the poor. Other people pay for financial recklessness, filthy rivers, air pollution, lax building standards and consumer rip-offs. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reeves says rules and red tape are ‘boot on the neck’ of business
At the Mansion House dinner she calls for regulators to allow more risk to clear the way for economic growth
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
“What makes this campaign problematic is that the only solution to #obesity being promoted (aside from surgery) is medication. No mention of #prevention even as the French govt’s obesity plan is expected in Sept". “No coincidence that they target cities known for strong obesity prevention efforts.”
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WHO @who.int · 09/07/2025
The greatest gift 🎁 you can give your child? Your time. Showing up for them. Set aside 20 minutes a day to spend with your child without any distractions. #parenting
The best gift that you can give your child is time. Attention is... taking 20 minutes a day to give each child 100% of your attention.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Why Progressive Governments Keep Failing — And How to Finally Win Back Voters www.socialeurope.eu/why-progress...
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Why Progressive Governments Keep Failing — And How to Finally Win Back Voters
Progressives must act fast, make change visible, and perform powerfully — or watch populists fill the void.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Some 11.8 million Americans projected to lose health insurance as Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passes www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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Some 11.8 million Americans projected to lose health insurance as Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passes
US president Donald Trump’s major economic bill will be signed into law on 4 July, after a week of intense debate saw it narrowly passed by both the Senate and House of Representatives. Estimates say ...
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Destroying 50 years worth samples on women’s health studies www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/h...
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These women dedicated almost 50 years to science. Their efforts may soon be trashed | CNN
Nurses in the US provided biological samples for decades to help study women’s health. Here’s what they think of President Trump’s actions that may end its funding.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Everyone in the Netherlands has forever chemicals in their blood. www.politico.eu/article/fore...
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Every Dutch person has ‘forever chemicals’ in their blood
Survey by Dutch institute finds widespread so-called PFAS in blood.
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Eurocities @eurocities.eu · 02/07/2025
📣 Calling young local politicians! 💡 Are you under 35, working in local politics and looking to step up your impact? This autumn, join the 'School of European Policies for Local Government' in Florence - a training programme run by #Akadémeia and the Eurocities Academy. Register 👉 lnkd.in/eqpEEKYK
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Teenage girls are the loneliest group in the world (24.3%, almost 1 in 4), a new WHO study finds (WHO Commission on Social Connection) www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
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Teenage girls are the loneliest people worldwide, study finds
Men and women are about equally likely to say they are lonely, though teenage girls report higher loneliness levels than other groups, a new report found.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
European Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi met his vaccine-skeptic U.S. counterpart Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and signalled readiness to work together in several areas. pro.politico.eu/news/200545
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POLITICO Pro
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
No comment, but i encourage you to read and reflect. www.politico.eu/article/eu-p... @pauljbelcher.bsky.social #IStandWithNGOs
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EU Parliament creates official body to probe NGO funding
It’s the latest of a series of moves by right-wing forces to increase scrutiny of nonprofits.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
EP SANT Committee set an ambitious agenda on #rarediseases, #mentalhealth in #digital age, economics of #healthpromotion and #diseaseprevention, #cancers. www.euractiv.com/section/heal...
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Parliament’s health committee sets ambitious agenda on rare diseases, women’s health, and cancer - Euractiv
The European Parliament's SANT Committee has revealed it will launch hearings and commission studies on mental health, antimicrobial resistance, and digital health.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The new study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, indicates that for every 10% increase in the proportion of diets that were made up of ultra-processed foods, there was a 2.7% rise in the risk of premature death. Correlation, no causation.. www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
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Eating more ultra-processed foods linked to higher risk of early death
Experts said more research is needed to determine whether ultra-processed foods directly raise the risk of premature death – or if they are simply a “bystander” with other factors to blame.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Commission analyses risks to upward social convergence in 10 EU countries, in line with new EU economic governance rules. The framework covers the following policy areas: Labour markets, Education and skills, and Social policies employment-social-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/commiss...
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Commission analyses social convergence in 10 EU countries
The European Commission has released the 2nd-stage country analysis of the Social Convergence Framework for 10 EU Member States, in line with new EU economic governance rules. This report is part of t...
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Michael Warhurst @mwarhurst.eurosky.social · 20/04/2025
Sunlit uplands update: “5 years after the UK’s exit from the EU… while patients across Europe are benefiting from a golden age of pioneering research and novel treatments, Britons with cancer have “lost out” thanks to rising prices and red tape’ #Brexit www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report finds
Exclusive: Britons found to have ‘lost out’ while rest of Europe benefits from golden age of research and treatments
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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Is dining with others a sign of happiness? — Harvard Gazette
Shared meals may be a more reliable indicator of well-being than income, Harvard Kennedy School researcher says.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Misogynistic content driving UK boys to hunt vulnerable girls on suicide forums
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Simply awful, dangerous . Flemish tv and radio company VRT published results of a survey showing that TikTok and Instagram show anorexia and other eating disorders promoting clips targeting the youth within just an hour of watching. vrtnws.be/p.ewLGAAJbB
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TikTok en Instagram tonen binnen het uur pro-anorexia-filmpjes aan jongeren
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
No evidence whatsoever of NGOs using EU funds in ways that are against existing EU laws, principles. This includes advocacy. #iStandWithEuNGOs
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 26/03/2025
Both air pollution and climate change pose threats to human health. This Analysis argues that equitable energy transitions are critical to improving public health and reducing health inequalities www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 27/03/2025
The UK government is facing a fierce backlash over welfare cuts that a new analysis says will push an additional 250 000 people—including 50 000 children—into relative poverty in 2029-30 www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Protestors in Westminster demonstrating against the welfare cuts announced in Rachel Reeves' Spring budget in March 2025
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 28/03/2025
Banning smartphone and social media access alone fails to equip children for healthy use of technology, say a group of experts in this Analysis. The focus should shift to a rights based approach, underpinned by age appropriate design and education www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
@freekspinnewijn.bsky.social @feantsa.bsky.social @housingeurope.bsky.social @eurohealthnet.bsky.social @carocostongs.bsky.social @pauljbelcher.bsky.social
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 26/03/2025
EU governments will be expected to develop a 72-hour survival kit for citizens to face new crises, the European Commission said on Wednesday — as it set out plans for EU wide stockpiling strategy for food and medical supplies.
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Prepare a 72-hour crisis survival kit for citizens, EU tells capitals
EU governments will be expected to develop a 72-hour survival kit for citizens to face new crises, the European Commission said on Wednesday — as it set out plans for EU wide stockpiling strategy for food and medical supplies.
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European Public Health Alliance @epha-eu.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
"EU4Health is in my opinion one of the most important programmes in the EU budget. Without health, there is no other European policy" - @tillymetz.bsky.social @greens-efa.eu @europeangreens.eu
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Working on connecting the dots between #SDH #PublicHealth & #SocialPolicy & practice in the context of EU Pillar of #SocialRights: Precarious employment and health-related outcomes in the European Union: a cross-sectional study. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Precarious employment and health-related outcomes in the European Union: a cross-sectional study
In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated the associations between precarious employment and health-related outcomes in salaried workers from 28 countries in Europe (2014). We used data from the ...
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🆕 Newsletter from @eurohealthnet.bsky.social 🆘 Pressure grows to increase EU funding for health: "the Health Commissioner said he would try to restore Europe’s health budget, which was cut by 20 per cent" eurohealthnet.eu/publication/... @carocostongs.bsky.social @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social
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Health Highlights - EuroHealthNet's monthly newsletter
Health Highlights is EuroHealthNet’s monthly newsletter. It brings you the most important news and information about health equity, wellbeing, and their […]
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Measles on the rise across Europe! www.euronews.com/health/2025/... but i am also curious to make a link with #SDH more broadly as a systems driven person - “Measles Outbreak in Socioeconomically Diverse Sections: A Review” pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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‘Steep rise’ in measles cases across Europe, health authorities warn
Romania is experiencing the largest measles outbreak, but all countries have reported cases.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Measles on the rise across Europe! www.euronews.com/health/2025/... but i am also curious to make a link with #SDH more broadly as a systems driven person - “Measles Outbreak in Socioeconomically Diverse Sections: A Review” pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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‘Steep rise’ in measles cases across Europe, health authorities warn
Romania is experiencing the largest measles outbreak, but all countries have reported cases.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Have a peaceful and relaxing Sunday.
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 17/03/2025
Testimonies are emerging of sexual violence against women and girls attempting to enter Poland from Belarus, in a wider report on illegal pushbacks of prospective asylum seekers.
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Belarus forces accused of raping women fleeing to Poland
Testimonies are emerging of sexual violence against women and girls attempting to enter Poland from Belarus, in a wider report on illegal pushbacks of prospective asylum seekers.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Give us back the Statue of Liberty, French politician tells US. "France should take back the Statue of Liberty because the United States no longer represents the values that led France to offer the statue, a French Euro-deputy said on March 16." www.straitstimes.com/world/europe...
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Give us back the Statue of Liberty, French politician tells US
Mr Raphael Glucksmann says the US no longer represents the values that led France to offer the statue. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
New EU-funded programme boosts #healthworkforce and #mentalhealth services in the EU #EasternPartnership countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. www.who.int/europe/news/...
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New EU-funded programme boosts health workforce and mental health services in Armenia
WHO/Europe and the European Union (EU), in partnership with the Ministry of Health of Armenia, have launched a new joint programme to bolster Armenia’s health workforce and strengthen mental health se...
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Poorest children in the UK missing more school and further behind after Covid - up to 19 months behind peers by the time they are 16 years old. That's more than 1.5 year lost education lost. #childpoverty #CovidGeneration #SDoH #healthinequities www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Poorest children missing more school and further behind after Covid, study says
Those from the lowest income families are now up to 19 months behind peers by the age of 16.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
You are more likely to die from these diseases if you eat a lot of ultra-processed foods #UPFs.. not really surprising but still.. www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
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Eating a lot of ultra-processed foods linked to poor health and death
In some parts of Europe, ultra-processed foods make up a large and growing part of people’s diets to the detriment of their health.
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
#GenerationAI raising in Flanders. "Never did the Fleming embrace a technology faster." as AI use grows 10% between 2024-2025 (26% higher among young people). But are we ready? Do we know all do's and don'ts? vrtnws.be/p.VLmV71xvX
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"Nooit omarmde de Vlaming een technologie sneller": de steile opmars van AI in cijfers
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
4.3% of Belgium's population is chronically sick and not working (500,000 people), with 2.6% receiving 'permanent' benefits until retirement (300,000). The government is reviewing step-wise #backtowork schemes to activate people's potential according to their ability to work. vrtnws.be/p.JN0OXXKWW
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300.000 langdurig zieken met uitkering tot hun pensioen:  ziekenfondsen en RIZIV herbekijken dossiers van wie "misschien nu wel weer kan werken"
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Dorota Sienkiewicz @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A mission for a better country and economy Universal school meals are not just good social policy. They can help shape dynamic markets that are green and inclusive www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...
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A mission for a better country and economy
Universal school meals are not just good social policy. They can help shape dynamic markets that are green and inclusive
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
HOUSING FIRST: It's 3 times cheaper to provide housing and support services to the homeless than it is to keep them on the streets. So we’re wasting A LOT of public money by not housing and supporting the homeless. Via @mattyglesias.bsky.social in @vox.com vox.com/ www.vox.com/2014/5/30/57...
“Cost of leaving the homeless on the streets: $31,000. Cost of giving them housing and support: $10,000.”
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