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Katri Bertram

@katribertram.bsky.social
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Transforming global health and social impact. Private account & views. www.linkedin.com/in/katri-bertram-8… & katribertram.wordpress.com

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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Coming up… Look forward to seeing many of you in Berlin soon!
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Who really leads? (Spoiler: not always the person with the leader title!) Next (personal) blog: katribertram.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/a...
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An Ode to Internal Comms – the most under-appreciated function in every organization
Why internal comms is essential, and so often misunderstood
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Omid Nouripour @nouripour.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Woran lässt sich erkennen, ob es einer Gesellschaft wirklich gut geht? Mit Alena Buyx spreche ich darüber, warum das BIP allein zu kurz greift, Glück schwer messbar ist und Gesundheit ein wichtiger Maßstab sein kann. Neue Folge „Frieden & Eintracht“: pod.link/aHR0cHM6Ly9h...
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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Germany, Forschungsgruppe Wahlen projection: Others: 3.2% Mecklenburg-Vorpommern regional election AfD (ESN): 37.9% (+21.2) SPD (S&D): 36.0% (-3.6) LINKE (LEFT): 6.5% (-3.4) GRÜNE (Greens/EFA): 5.4% (-0.9) CDU (EPP): 5.2% (-8.1) ... +/- vs. Last election result ➤ europeelects.eu/germany
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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Germany, Infratest dimap projection: Berlin regional parliament election LINKE (LEFT): 24.9% (+12.7) CDU (EPP): 20.0% (-8.2) AfD (ESN): 15.7% (+6.6) GRÜNE (Greens/EFA): 15.0% (-3.4) SPD (S&D): 11.9% (-6.5) BSW (NI): 5.0% (+5.0) +/- vs. Last election result ➤ europeelects.eu/germany
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sommer 2026: 16.000 Hitzetote 🥵 alleine in 🇩🇪. Dürre. Brände. 🤯 Die Bundesregierung subventioniert jetzt mit 2.500.000.000 € von unseren Steuergeldern die Ursache der Hitze: fossile Brennstoffe. Unfassbar. 🤯🤯🤯 Das meiste Geld landet dann wieder bei den Ölkonzernen, der Lobby gegen Klimaschutz.
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When Female Genital Mutilation Moves Into the Hospital A sterile scalpel does not make FGM safe. @who.int warns medicalisation can legitimise FGM, while its physical, sexual & psychological harms remain. Read this important INSIDE VIEW! 📰➡️ healthpolicy-watch.news/when-harm-hi...
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When Harm Hides In Hospital: Messaging And The Medicalisation Of Female Genital Mutilation - Health Policy Watch
There have been documented decreases in female genital mutilation (FGM) rates in West Africa – declines not granted by governments, but fought for community
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#Berliners go #VOTE today (before 6pm)! (As a Finnish national, I can vote in local but not state elections - which is a depressing act each time, as I get and fill out all sheets, and am them told to tear up one…weirdest system ever!) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/w...
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Germans Are Voting Again, Amid a Far-Right Surge. Here’s What to Watch.
Elections in eastern Germany on Sunday could galvanize the Alternative for Germany, an ascendant far-right party, or spur a backlash.
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Sometimes you get the impression this newsletter isn’t any longer about global health policies & governance but about existential risks” 👇
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A few admittedly still muddled thoughts on an issue I’ve thought a lot about recently. Your reflections welcome! katribertram.wordpress.com/2026/09/17/t...
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The domestic/international divide is an illusion
We’re still speaking and working as if we live in the 1980s. What’s really happening in 2026?​
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My awesome colleagues give me hope. After the US (pre-Trump, obvi!) and Japan, the UK 👇
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’ll (honestly) miss the #UNGA gang this year 🤗. Hope to catch a few of you at #WHS a few weeks later. I can’t recommend the new wing of Natural History enough, and another tip, because we need to fight against the rollback on #SRHR👇
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
😱💔
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Berliners, vote and help mobilize (Sunday 20.9) ‼️
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Poll what would happen if Germany would have a national election today…
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I updated this list of over 110 inspiring films in global health! communities.springernature.com/posts/inspir...
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Inspiring Global Health Films
This is a crowd-sourced list of over 110 inspiring, must-watch movies focused on global health topics
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Looks/sounds like a #mustread www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/m...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Say the End of the World Is Now on the Table
In a new book, the writers argue that a powerful coalition of “end times fascists” is just fine with the earth’s demise.
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Thoughts on and my personal experience with a nonlinear career: katribertram.wordpress.com/2026/09/13/c...
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Chameleon career
Thoughts on and my personal experience with a nonlinear career.
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I’ve been speaking out against the rise of the radical right for 15 years. I’ve participated in demonstrations. I’ve intentionally decided to work in a place that is not silent & on the sidelines - or perhaps even complicit. All of us have agency & can make choices. What is yours? #NieWiederIstJetzt
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“wealth has its own deranging effects. It almost inevitably turns you into a supremacist” @naomiaklein.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Berlin votes on 20 September. Join us today to show where we stand sterndemo.de
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Mind-blowingly good (#MustListen, not just for political philosophy nerds like me who love to dive deep into these issues.) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...
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Opinion | Was Francis Fukuyama Right All Along?
The political scientist Francis Fukuyama looks back on his 1992 book, “The End of History and the Last Man,” and what it has predicted about the state of liberalism today.
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I blog about health and human rights and (what I consider) fundamentally important stuff. Yet what goes viral (ie more than 2 people read / care, and rather thousands) is when I post random rants, like about catastrophic Deutsch Bahn delays 🤣 ps Berlin-Amsterdam yesterday +3 hrs 😭 👇
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In the series of Deutsche Bahn commuting and train life really sucks (months on end now…) 😭
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
U.K., France and Canada Announce Sanctions on Israeli Settlements in West Bank www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
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UK Imposes Sanctions on Israeli Settlements in West Bank, Accuses Settlers of Ethnic Cleansing
Britain said Israel had “turned a blind eye” to violence against Palestinians by extremist settlers, as it joined allies in announcing a ban on trade with illegal settlements.
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Some people on my feed are calling for calm. “Stop overreacting.” “Don’t get triggered, get back to work.” Learn from history, please. Now is not the time for silence, business as usual or calm.
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Now in 2026 needed more than ever. Don’t stay silent. Don’t let history repeat in Germany.
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Little did I know in 2022, but in my introduction and epilogue I sadly feared we’d get here.
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
In this home, we believe love is love, black lives matter, climate change is real, no human being is illegal, all genders are whole holy and good, women have agency over their bodies - on a rainbow-colored placard.
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
#CivicSpace is under threat. Civic space is what protects us from #totalitarianism #authoritarianism #fascism & enables healthy, equitable #democracy & universal #humanrights. Read more: www.ohchr.org/en/civic-space
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I wrote an article about the threat of #dehumanization a year ago. I feared but never imagined we’d go so low & continue to complacently and silently watch this unfold: katribertram.wordpress.com/2024/04/25/d...
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Sometimes it’s the little things is difficult times. Thanks to my local bookstore, whenever I feel hopeless, I walk in and they’ve placed exactly what I need on their central tables and shelves. (Libraries are even better, unfortunately just not in Berlin 😢).
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Lorenz Meyer @thereallorenzmeyer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
AfD-Chef Tino Chrupalla kündigt an, Vereinen das Geld zu streichen, die "indoktrinierte Politik" betreiben. Damit erntet Chrupalla das, was die Union 2025 mit ihren 551 "Fragen" an die Bundesregierung gesät hat. Und Merz wird sich morgen wieder Sorgen um die Demokratie machen.
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
In Germang tonight, we’re all following not just AfD in election updates - but also BSW, which has publicly stated it would support AfD to head the state (& hence also have a seat in the federal Bundesrat). Above 5% means BSW is in 👇
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
😱😱😱😱
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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Germany: Saxony-Anhalt regional elections today 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 Turnout at 2 PM (excluding postal votes) 2026: 54.4% 2021: 27.1% 2016: 35.4% europeelects.eu/2026/08/30/germany-… #SachsenAnhalt #Wahlbeteiligung
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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Massive increase in voter participation in Saxony-Anhalt compared to previous elections. Could be good. Could be bad. We’ll know at 6pm local time. www.wahlrecht.de/news/2026/la...
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Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt am 6. September 2026
Wahlberichterstattung zur Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt am 6. September 2026: Hochrechnungen und Prognosen, Ticker-Meldungen, vorläufiges und endgültiges Wahlergebnis mit der Sitzverteilung sowie wei...
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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Germany: Saxony-Anhalt regional elections today 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 Noon turnout trends suggest today's Saxony-Anhalt election could set a record for the region's final turnout. Polls had shown the far-right AfD (ESN) in reach of an outright parliamentary majority, which may have mobilized supporters/opponents.
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A second good read on what’s at stake in Germany this weekend www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/o...
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WHO @who.int · 04/09/2026
More than half of the world’s population is not covered by essential health services. No one should be excluded. Your access to safe, quality health care is your right. Human rights protect our dignity, autonomy and well-being, and bring us closer to #HealthForAll.
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WHO @who.int · 05/09/2026
Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls. As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination. #HealthForAll
Restricting access to safe abortion drives women and girls to unsafe procedures.
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This state election this weekend in Germany will determine the course of much more than one federal state. Overview: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/w...
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German Far-Right Surges, in Threat to Postwar Taboo on Extremists in Power
Sunday’s vote in the state of Saxony-Anhalt could produce the strongest showing in the history of the Alternative for Germany party, and potentially a far-right government in the statehouse.
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I’ve demonstrated for some big causes in my life: Against the Iraq war in London, for Europe with the rise of nationalism in Berlin, for diversity and tolerance... Next up, please join us in #Berlin ahead of state elections in September 👇
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hope to see many of you in Berlin and online, #globalhealth #publichealth colleagues & friends! @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A bit late to the party on this, but look forward to reading - and I hope this is not the click-bait polemic the Economist put out earlier this year, fully missing the entire point of change…
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#MustListen (or watch) with great points on why voters arent convinced government services deliver - also due to deliberately excluding bureaucracy (👋 Germany too!) www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
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Video: Opinion | This Is Why People Hate the Government
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In person or via livestream - join us on 13 October at @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social www.worldhealthsummit.org/program?date... #UHC #HealthForAll
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Many of us worked on and followed the devastating crisis and war in Syria - a war against most of its own people. A #mustread that broke my heart and gave me hope, made me cry from how pain and vulnerability is shared and made me want to have this strength 👇
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Btw, now that I’m finally getting back to (social) speed post-vacation: what happened to the #globalhealth reform frenzy? I don’t think I’ve seen a even a mention these past weeks…
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
My next (personal) blog ahead of Germany’s pivotal September elections katribertram.wordpress.com/2026/08/24/t...
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The failure of politics
Germany faces pivotal elections this September, which may set the course of the country to become headed by the far-right in 2029. What is happening? What has to change?
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