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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Incredible pub, live about 10 mins walk from here and am in regularly

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The Lancet Global Health @lancetgh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"If HICs only commit to lasting action when their nations suffer serious climate events, it will be too late for SIDS... The existential threat facing SIDS should remind us all that we must take the final opportunity to change course and save lives." Our Editorial: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Small island developing states on the frontline

The severity and immediacy of climate change hardly need emphasising. July 2026 saw the hottest sea temperatures ever recorded, and was the second-warmest July ever. The wildfires burning through mile...

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Number crunching: Graduate vacancies From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Where in Bavaria are you going to go? I discovered Pretzfelder Keller in Franconia recently and I think it's my favourite one so far :)

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Thanks Sam. Apologies if you've written about this before, but do you have any thoughts on the current universities crisis? It strikes me that HE is a major UK employer and that mid-table universities' current evisceration of staffing levels is getting almost no press coverage, which I find odd

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

No Lucifer by British Sea Power. it used to listen to it to overcome social anxiety!

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The Lancet Global Health @lancetgh.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Our latest podcast was recorded live at Women Deliver 2026 in Melbourne/Naarm on the state of global SRHR with Maria Antonieta Alcalde Castro, DG of IPPF, and Kinza Hasan of Women Deliver on feminist health systems: Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5aa4...

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Maria Antonieta Alcalde Castro and Kinza Hasan at Women Deliver 2026 in Melbourne/Naarm

Podcast Episode · The Lancet Global Health in conversation with · June 19 · 30m

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The Lancet Global Health @lancetgh.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Our June 2026 issue is online, #OpenAccess, including an editorial on refugee mental health and articles on beverage taxation, analysing demographic diversity, and adolescents in TB vaccine policy. You can read it here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 📸: Andreas Gebert/picture alliance

The Lancet Global Health's June 2026 cover, which prominently features an image of families arriving at a location and being confronted by German police.

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

At a Dillinger Escape Plan show in Dallas, an audience member got on stage to remonstrate with the band over them playing a "slow song" with piano, so the band member playing piano ripped the audience member's t-shirt off him and physically carried him out the venue and deposited him on the street

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Went to see BRUIT last night. Extraordinary stuff. Post metal with an electric cello played through a full pedalboard.

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I put "How much could a banana cost, Michael? Ten dollars?" in a recent piece and the editor noted in the intro to the piece that my references were 20 years old

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Pick a Bond from photos you already have in your phone

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Pick a Bond from photos you already have in your phone

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The Lancet Global Health @lancetgh.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Our new podcast finds @gavincleaver.bsky.social in conversation with Isata Dumbaya and Allison Adamson to discuss their work building the new Paul E. Farmer Maternal Centre of Excellence in Sierra Leone! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5RuF...

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The Lancet Global Health in conversation with

Medicine Podcast · Every two months · Gavin Cleaver, Senior Editor at The Lancet Global Health, is joined in conversation by authors of new publications in the journal to explore their latest research...

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I took this photo last night, as a disclaimer. I'm in Melbourne. It's the afternoon here. Currently I'm on a wine tour in the Yarra Valley.

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I'm in Australia! Bluesky is very weird in this time zone because all of the UK is asleep but the US thinks it's yesterday somehow?

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 07/04/2026

oh fuck I can't believe today is 17776 Day!!!!!! if you've never.....read? experienced? this I would recommend 1) setting at least one full hour aside 2) clicking on this on a laptop, and just........seeing what happens I would genuinely call the first time I read this "transcendental"

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

don't get me wrong I'm totally behind the subway airhorn thing

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

it's so new Mexico to be like ohhhhh chile and then a bunch of other things that normal people would reject

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

it's definitely just going to be something like Claire-Root thought isn't it

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The Lancet Global Health @lancetgh.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

This #WorldTBDay here are some recent bits from us to think about: First, Mikaela Coleman and colleagues argue for reframing tuberculosis as a complex systems problem, in their Health Policy on the tuberculogenic environment www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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The tuberculogenic environment

Tuberculosis persists as the world's deadliest infectious disease, despite improved diagnostics and effective treatment. The tuberculogenic environment describes the sum of influences, vulnerabilities...

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

my pitch is that for every minute you go over 90 mins you have to donate 1% of the box office to charity. i believe I would win an election on this platform

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

"This World TB Day, as ever, the world has everything it needs to end tuberculosis in our lifetimes. Yet in 2024, 1·23 million people died of tuberculosis, indicating that tuberculosis persists as the world's deadliest infectious disease" @lancetgh.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Tuberculosis at a crossroads

This World Tuberculosis Day, as ever, the world has everything it needs to end tuberculosis in our lifetimes. Yet in 2024, 1·23 million people died of tuberculosis, indicating that tuberculosis persis...

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Ahead of World Tuberculosis Day, I spoke with @gavincleaver.bsky.social for this podcast by @lancetgh.bsky.social Spotify - open.spotify.com/episode/3kJy... Apple - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

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The Lancet Global Health @lancetgh.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Our new issue is out today! In this month's edition we have an amazing new Series on #energy and health in LMICs, which covers everything from clean energy uptake to the burden of disease from energy production across five #OpenAccess papers www.thelancet.com/series-do/en...

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Energy and health in low-income and middle-income countries

Reliable and affordable clean energy is essential for modern living and powering economies. Access to clean energy has increased substantially in low-income and middle-income countries over the past t...

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

when we were living in Texas we met a couple who were 1/64th Welsh and had never been to Wales. My wife's from the valleys and they invited us over and their house was covered in Welsh flags and things and they had a full cupboard of Penderyn 😂 so bizarre

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Sorry, my Brussels hotel is where exactly?!?

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Hah! Small world. You are very welcome. See you in there again soon x

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Hahahaha it definitely sounds like it. I even brought some birthday cake over. Nov 2024

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The greatest pub of all time. Rented the whole thing out for my 40th.

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I remember running a politics seminar and starting to explain Robert Nozick using the events of Red Dwarf only to realise none of them were aware of Red Dwarf or indeed were even born while it was on

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

all i know about him is what he likes to do on Fridays

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Very straightforward, Mark. 801 comedy show tickets sold at $1bn each. Hope this helps x

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The Lancet Global Health @lancetgh.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Published today in @lancetgh.bsky.social: New primary estimates of the death toll in Gaza conducted via a household survey approximate mortality totals 34.7% above Gaza Ministry of Health figures, from the start of the conflict in Gaza up to Jan 2025: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Violent and non-violent death tolls for the Gaza conflict: new primary evidence from a population-representative field survey

This first independent population survey of mortality in the Gaza Strip shows that violent deaths have substantially exceeded official figures whereas the demographic composition of casualties aligns ...

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The Lancet Global Health @lancetgh.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

🎙️ Our podcast this month features your TLGH editorial team! Zoë, Pingyue, Gavin, and Shangrong discuss the problems with conferences in HICs, equitable research partnership, and the research we'd like to see in 2026! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2y7y...

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The Lancet Global Health editors on conferences, implementation, and 2026

Podcast Episode · The Lancet Global Health in conversation with · 02/16/2026 · 29m

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

It's been a dream week for gig ticket booking and now I'm going to: Sumac in London on April 10 Kowloon Walled City in London on April 24 Blood Incantation in Brighton on June 16 The Dillinger Escape Plan in Paris on June 20 Agriculture in London on June 23

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The Lancet Global Health @lancetgh.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The issue also features a Health Policy paper on AI, and how stakeholders in different settings think AI usage could be useful to health, "Research priorities for data science and artificial intelligence in global health: an international consensus exercise" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Table 3 from the paper, which contains too much text to put here, but if you click through to the paper your screen reader should be able to unpack it for you

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The Lancet Global Health @lancetgh.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Our new Open Access issue is online today! We lead off with an Editorial from our editors highlighting the dangers that AI poses to women around the world, titled "Safeguarding women and girls in the age of AI", ahead of #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A paragraph from the Editorial, which reads:
Although AI has the potential to identify neglected health issues and improve access to care, it can also reinforce existing biases and introduce new threats. Grok's misuse is one example of broader risks that under-regulated technological advancement can pose to women's dignity, safety, and wellbeing in patriarchal societies. As Bakelmen and Buse point out in this issue, AI-generated images risk repeating harmful stereotypes and denying people control over their portrayal. As highlighted by UN Women, AI technologies are increasingly used to facilitate and amplify online abuse against women, including harassment, stalking, and the non-consensual sharing or manipulation of intimate images. The scale and speed at which AI can generate and spread harmful content exacerbate digital violence against women and girls. Such misuse aggravates discrimination, inflicts psychological and social harm, and endangers the dignity and safety of women. AI's ease of creating abusive imagery raises urgent ethical concerns, such as privacy violations and non-consensual content, underscoring the need for robust governance and effective safeguards. These challenges are particularly worrisome for women and girls in low-resource settings, where legal and technical protections may be weakest.

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

If you're in the UK, they just added a full series of Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee to iPlayer and it's just about the funniest thing I've seen in years

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

My favourite albums of the year in case you're interested: 1: Blood Vulture, "Die Close" 2: Psychonaut, "World Maker" 3: Tyler, The Creator, "Don't Tap The Glass" 4: The Callous Daoboys, "I Don't Want To See You In Heaven" 5: CMAT, "Euro Country"

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The Lancet Global Health @lancetgh.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

"By embracing health equity, epistemic justice, Indigenous values, pluralist methodologies, and co-design with and for the communities, implementation research and practice in global health will be transformed." - Read our latest Editorial, on implementation science www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A screenshot of a paragraph from the Editorial, which reads:
The tug-of-war between adaptation to fit the context and fidelity to the original plan persists in implementation. Future research focusing on identifying the core elements directly responsible for intervention effects and on understanding the mechanisms by which the implementation strategy works best in given circumstances may help reconcile adaptation and fidelity. But before that, what should guide implementation? A promising pathway by which to realise the field's original purpose of scaling up health improvements equitably and sustainably is through community empowerment and participation. Applied to adaptation, such a process prioritises people's needs and values, and seeks to continuously remove systematic barriers that may marginalise at-risk populations or slow down adaptations.

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Fallout 4 is in places great and in places terrible. It's sort of a poor attempt to copy what made Fallout 3 so great, which with NV are probably my favourite games of all time

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The Lancet Global Health @lancetgh.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Published today in The Lancet Global Health: A modelling study on current worldwide trends in humanitarian and developmental assistance finds that cuts up to 2030 are projected to cause up to 22.6m additional deaths, inc. 5.4m children u5. Available Open Access - www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A research in context panel from the article, which reads:
Added value of this study
This study combined retrospective data and projections for the near future, up to 2030, across a broader set of countries, especially those most vulnerable to ODA shocks, to fully understand the effects of international cooperation and its potential fluctuations on mortality amidst the ODA funding crisis. Our models forecast an additional 22·6 million deaths across all ages, including 5·4 million deaths in children younger than 5 years, by 2030, under a severe defunding scenario; even under a mild defunding scenario, the projected number of excess deaths by 2030 is 9·4 million across all ages and 2·5 million among children younger than 5 years.
Implications of all the available evidence
Sudden and severe reductions in ODA funding could have catastrophic consequences, with a potential global death toll comparable to—or even exceeding—that of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even modest defunding that simply extends current downward trends is likely to lead to sharp increases in preventable adult and child mortality, potentially resulting in tens of millions of excess deaths in the coming years.

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

wait till you see the barbecue editor

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Gavin Cleaver @gavincleaver.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

at least I know what I'm naming my new metal band

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