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Dr Fifa A Rahman

@fifarahman.bsky.social
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PhD and global health wonk. Principal Consultant, matahari.global. Internationalist & humanist. 🇲🇾🌍 based in 🇬🇧 Free 🇵🇸

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Mohga @mohgakamalyanni.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Excellent quotes from @fifarahman.bsky.social on US bilateral health agreements www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Commentators are writing about this as a loss for Africa. This is another story about the decline of the US.
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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Not for the first time, US, Israel, North Korea and Russia line up on the same side on human rights
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Last week, Abdullahi Tsanni wrote in BMJ about the Trump health deals and pathogen access and benefit sharing. In his article I urge African governments to enact domestic laws on PABS - www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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African countries “under pressure” signed Trump’s America First health deal—and few rejected it
Severe external funding cuts have left many African nations forced to sign new transactional health aid agreements with the US. Abdullahi Tsanni asks if these countries can get the benefits and still ...
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Fascinating webinar by @gvagrad.bsky.social on data sharing in Ebola & Hantavirus outbreaks. E Hodcroft stated that registration for databases can prevent equity because not everyone has certifiable IDs and driving licenses etc per EU standards. My view is that databases need to make the effort.
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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Diagnostics are critical to controlling #Ebola. But major challenges remain: • Unreliable electricity and power supply • Limited lab capacity and trained personnel • Insecurity making sample transport and access difficult Diagnostics require infrastructure, logistics, and sustained investment.
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
CORRECTION: The war is not costing the US tens of billions of dollars. That’s just the price tag of missiles fired & hardware smashed. The actual cost to the US is *hundreds* of billions, and very possibly *thousands* of billions. Justin Wolfers has crunched the numbers.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Maniacal, but sadly what we have come to with increasing anti-intellectualism.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
What would we do without the @who.int? I hope American republicans and Argentinians who were supportive of their country’s exit reflect on what’s happening with Hantavirus and why WHO is so critical to keep all of us safe.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Reviewing a journal article by an extremely senior well-known global health person and the referencing is atrocious. Absolute garbage. The academic in me is screaming. Please do not use your stature to avoid using Zotero or Endnote properly.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
As a Malaysian I am utterly embarrassed that given our GDP we are providing only a paltry amount to @who.int. Ensuring you have a seat at the table, can agenda-set, and can influence global decisions is not guaranteed merely by being a WHO member state. Money talks and translates into power.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Please, please give your newborn a Vitamin K shot.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Gentle reminder to my global health colleagues developing policy briefs: please date your documents. It is absolutely shocking how many policy briefs there are out there with no dates. It’s maddening.
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
HPV vaccination cuts cancer risk in men by about half, study suggests www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
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HPV vaccination cuts cancer risk in men by about half, study suggests
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
I’ll say this again and again. Countries need to preemptively enact domestic ABS laws in case this initiative fails.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Great to hear Guillaume Long, senior diplomatic advisor to The Hague Group & former minister of culture /Ecuador, on how “fear has been the greatest obstacle” to The Hague Group work - especially by Member States who fear how engagement may impact their relationships with the United States. #webinar
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
And the so called civilised west turns a blind eye. Again
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
While it’s great that Laos has received money from the Pandemic Fund for pandemic preparedness, I do wish The World Bank would make it easier for us to understand who from Laos is involved in the project and who best to invite for meetings. www.thepandemicfund.org/projects/adv...
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Advancing Lao PDR’s Pandemic Response and Transformation (ALERT-LAO) | The Pandemic Fund
BackgroundLao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) was awarded US$17.59 million from the Pandemic Fund to fortify the country’s pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (PPR) capabilities. The gr...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/04/2026
WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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Hyo Yoon Kang 강효윤 @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This is a comprehensive investigation of patent abuse of a Keytruda & the best I've ever seen patent data visualisation of evergreening practices and the resulting thicket until 2046 - another extra twenty years of patent monopoly right h/t @clancyny.bsky.social
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How Merck uses patents to help maintain Keytruda's exorbitant price - ICIJ
Explore the U.S. patents Merck deploys to stymie competition and keep revenues for its blockbuster cancer drug flowing as long as possible.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
New in @science.org ‼️ In the most comprehensive study to date, we show that wildlife trade is driving animal-to-human zoonotic spillover at a planetary scale, with +1 spillover per host every 10 years. Live animal markets and illegal trade pose even greater risks. 🔓 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Wildlife trade drives animal-to-human pathogen transmission over 40 years
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
What can stop Israel?
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Who cares about brown Jews though, right? Infuriating.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Did not think that I would be worrying about an entire civilisation being wiped out. Agreeing with @drtedros.who.int today that peace is the best medicine. May we see sense - and may we work every day on the shifting of the world order towards one that still prioritises the rule of law.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
There are a few things in life that I hate and the genocidal state of Israel is one of them. The second thing is probably people whatsapping to tell me they have emailed.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The theatre that is Arab leaders saying the Arab League is weak while in the same breath failing to acknowledge that it is Israel, not Iran, that is destabilising the region, is the core reason that the Arab League will continue to be weak. Continuing to fellate the U.S. will bring you nowhere safe.
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The "Hybrid PABS System" proposal - Yesterday, word of a "compromise" solution made the rounds of #IGWG6 - I am not sure how much traction this received.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Absolutely disgusting and abhorrent.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
If there’s anything Iran and Gaza have taught global south peoples is that Western morality is fragile and two-faced, and that building defence systems to mitigate for another catastrophic failure of western morality is necessary.
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Atul Haria (immigrant) @atulharia.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Everything is legal if the victims are brown.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Absolute insanity. The impact of problematic migration policies on health.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Why do I not know any of the little girl’s names from Minab? Why do I not know what poems those little girls studied, the names of their mums? The dreams they had. Somebody tell me so I can remember them for the rest of my life. 💔
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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
“Made in USA” and Department of Defense codes: new photos of weapon debris allegedly recovered from Feb. 28 school strike in Minab show remnants consistent with a U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missile. w/ @malachy.bsky.social @johnismay.bsky.social t.co/q8zQ0peJpd
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
First lecture done as Visiting Academic at the University of Warwick, at the @warwickpais.bsky.social @wicidwarwick.bsky.social on Future Pandemic Governance, Democratic Legitimacy, and Efficiency. I spoke about how global north dominated governance reduced efficiency, racism & self tests, &more.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Good. But I hope this puts an end to non-white countries believing they have immunity from western imperialism.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
What irks me the most about white feminism is that it wants to save Iranian women from compulsory hijab, while not acknowledging that its methods to do that involve killing 63 Iranian girls aged 7-12 and 20 women volleyball players. Who will never see the day where they will have free choice.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Espen Barth Eide has gotten conflicts consistently right. Much better statement than most other western leaders - who have urged Iran to deescalate. They didn’t start this.
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shaka 🦁👑 @beejonson.me · 28/02/2026
Middle East Eye: " #BREAKING: At least 24 girls have been killed in an air strike on an elementary school in southern Iran, local authorities said, as the United States and Israel ramps up attacks on the country.
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At least 24 girls reported killed in strike on school in southern Iran
Dozens of children aged between seven and 12 hit in attack on Minab city
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
@fifarahman.bsky.social will next week be delivering the @wicidwarwick.bsky.social guest lecture "Future Pandemic Governance: Imperatives for Democratic Legitimacy and Efficiency". 📆 3rd March 2026 ⏰ 12:00-13:45 📍 E2.02 (Social Sciences Building) 🔗 Register: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais...
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AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🌍 Global Health at a Crossroads — Part I New AJIL Unbound symposium on global health law, equity & pandemic governance. 👉 Check it out now:https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-journal-of-international-law/ajil-unbound-by-symposium/global-health-at-a-crossroads-part-i
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Illegal migrant in small boat stopped from entering sovereign territory without a permit.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14/02/2026
At the opening of the 39th summit of the African Union, the Chairman of the Commission Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said the "extermination" of the Palestinian people must end.
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Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir @kristjana.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
No science, just vibes.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
These cuts were expected, but highly concerning nonetheless. Of particular concern is the budget for @unitaid.bsky.social - which possesses a unique space in modifying health technologies so they reach patients faster. Hoping @afd-france.bsky.social maintains €. www.france24.com/en/france/20...
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Delayed French 2026 budget finally through, paves way for Macron’s military spending boost
The long-awaited French budget for 2026 was finally adopted on Monday, after Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu had taken to a constitutional provision to force it through – then survived two no-confide...
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Great to be at @lselaw.bsky.social today for an event organised by @sivathambisetty.bsky.social on DSI and Access and Benefit Sharing. Great discussions on whether we’ve done the intellectual/philosophical work on what DSI is before defining it, the polycentric governance of ABS laws, and more.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Maniacal behaviour. My fear is what this means for the rest of the world. Hoping that our global majority countries have better sense than U.S. states and U.S. leadership in general.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
When is the American establishment going to realise that their domestic affairs are probably more important to handle instead of continuing to finance genocide?
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A Swedish study of nearly 60,000 women finds COVID-19 vaccines don't affect fertility. The additional evidence may not persuade all wome. Public attitudes about vaccines, Dr. Tara Smith said, “tend to be based on vibes and feelings," not data. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lar...
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Large study finds COVID-19 shots don’t affect fertility
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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
It is endlessly frustrating that this needs to be said, but to believe this is to believe that cold blooded mass murder of civilians is acceptable in Gaza, but not in Minneapolis. A politics that is imaginatively stunted and racially circumscribed.
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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Those core values killed 1.3 million Iraqis and who knows how many thousands of Palestinians. I don’t think anyone should be surprised vis-a-vis the imperial boomerang. And now innocent Americans, including a mum and an ICU nurse, have faced the consequences.
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