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Jocalyn Clark

@jocalynclark.bsky.social
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International Editor, The BMJ. Former editor The Lancet, icddr,b and PLOS Medicine. Adjunct faculty UofT and UCL. 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧. Views mine.

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Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social · 2h
I have never seen coverage of a live trial, one involving allegations of multiple sex attacks on multiple women, framed in a more distasteful way. It's not 'Fame under fire' it's a rape trial. And it involves actual women. And this from the *checks notes* BBC
BBC screengrab from within their Russell Brand trial coverage.  Image of Brand in 70s-style aviator glasses, with earpods in, blank expression. Long dark wavy hair, black and grey beard, dark unbuttoned shirt. All on a fire red/orange and black background
BBC logo top and centre, underneath a subdeck reading: Fame Under Fire. Then the headline 'Russell Brand On Trial'. 
The words 'fire'and 'trial' are coloured to look like they are glowing orange at the bottom
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 21h
This is the worst news I have heard in a very long time - what a tragic loss. @helenbranswell.bsky.social was, unquestionably, _the_ best in the field and just a wonderful person. Condolences to her family and colleagues - she'll be sorely missed. www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/h...
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Helen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69
Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 21h
OH my! Oh, one of my favourite Canadians and the most incredible health journalist. Top of class! She and her work will be missed.
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If so you’ll break BMJ.com
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m at dinner with them both. Send your song request and I’ll take a video? :) 🎶
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Peter Singer @petersinger.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Seven candidates for WHO Director-General. @jocalynclark.bsky.social of The BMJ and I narrate the race so far. Only three have offered mechanisms specific enough to check. Without them, we have only slogans. Check our our conversation: singerp.substack.com/p/and-theyre...
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And they’re off — the WHO Director-General Race
Jocalyn Clark, International Editor of the BMJ, and I narrate the race so far
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Thank you for sharing with your colleagues in IR and poli sci!
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Patrick Fafard @pfafard.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
⬇️ An opportunity ⬇️ to bring the insights & expertise of IR scholars to bear on challenges facing global health governance (GHG). With some notable exceptions GHG has often been neglected by IR scholars. Yet the dramatic shifts in geopolitics means the expertise of IR is essential:
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“The global health community needs to better integrate considerations of power, politics, and international relations, as well as reach across political aisles to forge understanding and cooperation.” #WHS2026 ⬇️
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Geopolitics of global health: a call for papers
External factors are forcing change to the global health architecture, demanding creative reform amid an uncertain future If 2025 marked the dismantling of the global health architecture, then 2026 m...
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
At #WHS2026 I’m happy to be speaking on & advancing action on topics of women’s health, gender equity & the geopolitics of global health. Delighted to talk about publishing in @bmj.com too! Be in touch. And please check out our ongoing Series & Call for Papers: www.bmj.com/geopolitics-...
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Geneva Health Files @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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China has nominated health official Song Li as WHO head
China has nominated health official Song Li to lead the World Health Organization, it said on Thursday, confirming a Reuters report that Song had ​been put forward to succeed the incumbent director-ge...
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh wow! Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature: “For her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature” 🇨🇦❤️🤓🇨🇦❤️
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Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Carson, 76, is celebrated for works that often cross boundaries between poetry, fiction and scholarship.
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Op-eds from VIP types are tricky for medical journals. You don't often see a president & the WHO head co-authoring a piece in ... the NEJM. But here we have a commentary describing their efforts to coordinate #Hantavirus response & affirming the importance of solidarity and collaboration in health:
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Hantavirus — Lessons Learned about Security and Solidarity | NEJM
Pedro Sánchez and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reflect on the management of Andes hantavirus and the way in which careful, coordinated outbreak response can limit risk without undermining dignity.
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WHO @who.int · 07/10/2026
In 2024, 170 million children & adolescents aged 5–19 years were living with obesity. Obesity prevalence in this age group has quadrupled since 1990, rising from 2% to 8%. 🆕 WHO's first global guidelines on child & adolescent obesity bit.ly/4j8TAhm
Contributing factors to obesity in children and adolescents
Genetics
Little physical activity
Harmful food marketing
Unhealthy diets
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“If the underlying reform issue for global health is power - who yields it & who is willing to compromise to generate genuine cooperation - then the election process for WHO’s next leader must address this. If not, the contest risks becoming international cosplay” ⬇️
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WHO leadership race is litmus test for genuine global health cooperation
Four focused priorities must shape the WHO director general election, not international cosplay If 2025 was the year in which the international order fractured, forcing drastic change on the global h...
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 03/10/2026
Missed the launch event at #UNGA81 of the BMJ Collection on protecting global sexual and reproductive rights? Catch the recording here bit.ly/4AL8YXA With thanks to our partner, the SRJ hub at CUNY School of Public Health, and all the authors. Read the Collection: bit.ly/4hoBt5L
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Protecting Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (Sept 15, 2026)
YouTube video by CUNY SPH
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In the new @science.org special issue on women's health, a 5★ review of menopause hormone therapy to promote healthy aging science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Reframing menopause and menopause hormone therapy as opportunities for healthy aging
Menopause is an important biological transition with up to 72 symptoms that shapes aging trajectories across organs and encompasses ~40% of the female lifespan. Although menopause awareness is increas...
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 28/09/2026
Implementing equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in healthcare research is critical to increasing the generalisability of findings. This new tool can be used to assess and monitor the quality of EDI implementation
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Development and evaluation of a quality assessment tool for equality, diversity, and inclusion (QUALITY-EDI) within healthcare research
Implementing equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in healthcare research is critical to ensuring findings are translatable and provide the greatest benefit to patients who need it most. A quality ...
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW in @bmj.com Digital menstrual tracking risks creating more harm than benefit Apps pose risks to health as well as privacy and require greater scrutiny, say the authors: www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/09/2026
The Trump admin rejected the UN Declaration on Preparing for Future Pandemics because it mentioned equity, solidarity & universal access to sexual & reproductive health care services. They're so obsessed with banning words & controlling women that they’ll risk millions of lives to do so.
The graphic displays a photo of Donald Trump and the red Stand Up for Science logo. The graphic reads: "Trump admin willing to risk millions of lives just because of their war on words and women."
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We did a fantastic series of articles in 2024 showcasing Latin America leadership when Brazil took its historic G20 presidency and leveraged its health expertise and exceptionalism: www.bmj.com/health-in-la...
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I want to see more on UK G20 health leadership, which is a fantastic opportunity to chart a new direction on cooperation (particularly evident after the US presidency & fractured relationships) and flex on new UK aid & development plans. Be in touch if you agree and want to join us @bmj.com
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 The expectations & ideas on UK's G20 presidency - fast approaching - are beginning to emerge. Great piece by UCL's Henrietta Moore today:
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G20 needs a new approach to tackle the changing world order
The UK has an opportunity to revolutionise the way the G20 operates as a problem-solving body.
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yes it’s very Canadian to cover coverage of us eh
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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Two things: @mark-carney.bsky.social did the right thing here, preparing for the worst-case scenario. That’s the job. But he should explain these things directly to Canadians - rather than via an American outlet. Especially in the midst of a trade war, why drive all the traffic to NYT?
theglobeandmail.com
Carney prepared for risk that Trump might order military action against Canada, report says
In a New York Times interview, the Prime Minister characterized a potential U.S. invasion as a remote possibility
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
UK government announcement with more details:
gov.uk
New UK support to help millions of women gain greater choice over pregnancy and access better maternal healthcare
Millions of women and girls in some of the world’s poorest counties will gain greater choice over whether and when to become pregnant due to new UK support.
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Big news: UK commits £254 million to reproductive health and supporting #UNFPA. This may be the single biggest government investment in #SRHR this year.
devex.com
Funders commit over $700 million for UNFPA, reproductive health
A big chunk of the funding is for the U.N. Population Fund’s Supplies Partnership, which supports 54 countries in securing and expanding access to reproductive health commodities.
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At Davos, Carney notably said we mustn't take the world as we wish it to be, but how it is. At #UNGA81 he extends the argument: "A multilateral system that fails to reflect the realities of today will not survive the test of time." What is this new multilateralism?
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Multilateralism is not idealism, it is a necessity
We need to strengthen our system of co-operation, not replace it
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“It endures not because of glorious successes, nor because it has avoided glaring failures, but because a world without it would be far worse.”
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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wtf
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Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The current Ebola outbreak is a crucial test for multilateral health diplomacy, at a critical time for Pandemic Agreement. Strongly feel the world is indifferent to what is happening in DRC ⬇️ www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Ebola business narrative and the cycle of distrust
Credibility and trust are key to transforming the response Over 100 days since the start of the current Ebola outbreak, the response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is at an impasse, with ...
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Chuffed to be an associate European but my UK friends will not be happy when I re-acquire the EU passport before them eh?
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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 17/09/2026
Union members at @thelancet.com and its affiliated journals will go on strike Sept. 22 for one day with further action planned for the following week, after pay negotiations with parent publisher Elsevier fell apart. It's the first strike in the journal's 200-year history.
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Lancet union declares first-ever strike over staff wages
Union members at The Lancet and its affiliated journals will go on strike Sept. 22 for one day with further action planned for the following week, after pay negotiations with parent publisher Elsev…
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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 17/09/2026
🧪 Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening, including @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social, @michaeldgreen.phd, and @jddaw.bsky.social #AcademicSky
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Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening
Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech
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Myfanwy James @myfanwyvjames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.bmj.com/content/394/... Our new @bmj.com with @profsophieharman.bsky.social, Godefroid Muzalia & Jules Villa
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Ebola business narrative and the cycle of distrust
Credibility and trust are key to transforming the response Over 100 days since the start of the current Ebola outbreak, the response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is at an impasse, with ...
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 15/09/2026
Sexual & reproductive health & rights are fundamental for health, gender equality, and wider development. But they are under threat. Explore the new BMJ Collection on protecting global #SRHR: bit.ly/4xQSY4h #UNGA81
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"The South Asian nation of about 178 million people had been moving towards eliminating the disease before years of declining immunisation coverage left a growing number of children susceptible"
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Why Bangladesh has lost 1,000 lives to measles despite record vaccine drive
The nation has administered 20mn vaccines since April, but past slipups have led to a mounting death toll, say analysts
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Trump administration is fulfilling a right-wing campaign to destroy public health and reshape it for ideological purposes. It’s a hell of a thing to watch. The dishonesty and corruption—just so out in the open.
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Not too late to register for the launch event of the new @BMJ.com Collection on protecting global #SRHR ⏰Tue Sept 15 at 10am EST 🎯 Attend in-person in NYC on the side-lines of #UNGA81 or join the livestream sph.cuny.edu/event/the-bm...
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Andy Fraser @andyfraser.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Incomprehensible stupidity and emptiness. He is like a vacuum wrapped in a nothingness and stuffed inside a vast gaping hole. Yes yes definitely let’s approach Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine like a potential real estate deal, it’s the perfect fucking metaphor.
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control @ecdc.europa.eu · 03/09/2026
𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗖𝗗𝗖’𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁. The role will help set ECDC’s scientific direction & safeguard the quality, integrity & independence of scientific work. 📅 Apply by 30.09 🔗 bit.ly/4qPQSPw #EpiSky #IDsky #PublicHealth #Epidemiology
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Alexandra Phelan 余雪莲 @alexandraphelan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
UN General Assembly will vote today on adopting a new world map that accurately reflects the size of Africa. Togo’s resolution would phase out the Mercator projection, which reduces the size of countries close to the equator, distorting cartography and power. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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UN to vote on adopting new world map that shows Africa’s true scale
Togo-sponsored resolution calls to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland
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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Rohingya refugees remain trapped in a deadly limbo nine years after fleeing persecution www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Rohingya refugees remain trapped in a deadly limbo nine years after fleeing persecution
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"If feminism means each of us finding our unique power, and helping other women do the same, Dolly Parton certainly has done both." Gloria Steinem.
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The truth will set you free But first it will piss you off. Gloria Steinem rest in power and thank you
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
By Tang Kun (Tsinghua), Leesa Lin (LSHTM), Angkana Lekagul (Thai), and Wendy Stevens (Wits) www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Will China be global health’s new donor?
China’s most valuable contribution may be to strengthen country led systems and shared capabilities, not to replace retreating donors Global health is entering an era of financial retrenchment and fr...
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Funding & commitments from US and Euro are tanking. Will #China be global health's new donor? 💲 New editorial in our @bmj.com series on #Geopolitics #GlobalHealth www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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