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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD

@madhupai.bsky.social
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Inaugural Chair, Department of Global & Public Health, McGill University, Montreal & Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health 🇨🇦 Tweets: own views. He/him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhukar_Pai

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 4h
Yikes “Bolsonaro has vowed to build a closer relationship with Trump, who hopes a rightwing victory will help him further cement US control over Latin America after the election of pro-Trump leaders in a succession of countries, including Chile, Colombia, Peru” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Brazil’s presidential race goes to second round as Flávio Bolsonaro leads incumbent Lula
Far-right challenger and son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro put in a stronger than expected showing, with Lula calling the result ‘unexpected’
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 11h
As a teacher, I increasingly worry about how the rising authoritarianism may be impacting our ability to teach global health and discuss difficult but essential issues Authoritarianism Leads Teachers to Self-Censor. Solidarity Lets Us Teach Truth truthout.org/articles/aut...
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Authoritarianism Leads Teachers to Self-Censor. Solidarity Lets Us Teach Truth.
A Zinn Education Project survey reveals how collective struggle helps educators resist political intimidation.
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Alberta separatists are running to Trump, offering our oil and water in exchange for American support to break up Canada. A traitor to this country doesn’t have to wear a foreign flag. Sometimes they wave ours while selling out our future. This is a national emergency. Alberta is not for sale.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Bonkers!! 19 households in the United States own wealth equivalent to 14% of the country’s GDP! youtu.be/ZNg2Uea6uUs?...
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How to Actually Tax Extreme Wealth (ft. Gabriel Zucman)
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The wealth of the richest 0.1 percent of Americans has more than doubled since 2019. If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, renowned economist Gabriel Zucman will. Watch.
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How to Actually Tax Extreme Wealth (ft. Gabriel Zucman)
Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Women make up about half the population, but most of what we know about women’s biology comes from extrapolation of studies in men” www.science.org/toc/science/...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Allowing measles to spread is a political choice The cost is borne by people www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...
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Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The subjugation of women is part of a neo-fascist, warrior culture going all the way back to the 1930s. It was on full display during Pete Hegseth’s military speech this week.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Such a short-sighted move! When our hospitals get overwhelmed with people with severe flu this winter, we will wish we had made vaccines easily accessible
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A chance to support tuberculosis delivery work at the Gates Foundation gatesfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Gates/job/Se...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A hard relook at the politics of AIDS denial, and its relevance to current realities (Covid denial, vaccine denial, science denial) @deniamism.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Such a short-sighted move! When our hospitals get overwhelmed with people with severe flu this winter, we will wish we had made vaccines easily accessible
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A chance to support tuberculosis delivery work at the Gates Foundation gatesfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Gates/job/Se...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Allowing measles to spread is a political choice The cost is borne by people www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...
cidrap.umn.edu
Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Decolonising the scalpel: transforming indigenous surgical care A must read essay @thelancet.com by Canada's first Indigenous (Métis) paediatric surgeon www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Decolonising the scalpel: transforming indigenous surgical care
I present this Reflection as Canada's first Indigenous (Métis) paediatric surgeon, a role which I assumed in 2012. This racialised first reflects two sides of colonial society: a new standard and hope...
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McGill School of Population and Global Health @mcgillspgh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (@healthsciences.mcgill.ca) invites applications for the position of Chair of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health. Learn more & apply by Nov 1: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
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CHAIR OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, BIOSTATISTICS, AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The @mcgillperl.bsky.social @mcgill.ca invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Pandemic Prevention and Global Health Security to support a CIHR STEPS Team Grant focused on strengthening Canada's public health emergency response systems mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 02/10/2026
Thanks for inviting me to speak. On International Day of Nonviolence!
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In an increasingly authoritarian and war torn world, how do we intentionally build peace? Grateful to @chrishouston.ca from @canadianpeacemuseum.ca for his session in our global health course at @mcgill.ca 🙏🏽
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Very grateful to @nolore.bsky.social for speaking in our global health course @mcgillspgh.bsky.social We learned a lot about how political engagement is essential for global and public health 🙏🏽 Nora!!
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Marty Logan @martylogan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The medical institutions we have inherited are not immutable. When they fail to provide equitable, dignified care, they must adapt, ensuring they are more equitable when they are passed to the next generation of healers."
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Decolonising the scalpel: transforming indigenous surgical care A must read essay @thelancet.com by Canada's first Indigenous (Métis) paediatric surgeon www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
thelancet.com
Decolonising the scalpel: transforming indigenous surgical care
I present this Reflection as Canada's first Indigenous (Métis) paediatric surgeon, a role which I assumed in 2012. This racialised first reflects two sides of colonial society: a new standard and hope...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The @mcgillperl.bsky.social @mcgill.ca invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Pandemic Prevention and Global Health Security to support a CIHR STEPS Team Grant focused on strengthening Canada's public health emergency response systems mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
Postdoctoral Researcher
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Making a rich nation richer is not the best way to frame the value of global health theconversation.com/global-healt...
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Global health research makes America richer and healthier
US-funded research into the health of people abroad has large health and economic benefits for Americans.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
MSF staff member tests positive for Ebola in Congo www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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MSF staff member tests positive for Ebola in Congo, aid organisation says
A Médecins Sans Frontières staff member working on the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of ​Congo has contracted the Ebola Bundibugyo virus and is being ‌evacuated to the Netherlands for trea...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A hard relook at the politics of AIDS denial, and its relevance to current realities (Covid denial, vaccine denial, science denial) @deniamism.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm sitting in Global North meetings on how to rethink global health Everyone is quick to acknowledge Accra reset and Global South proposals And then go back to talking about how they must establish their "leadership in global health"
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How (not) to write about health equity @plosglobalpublichealth.org journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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How (not) to write about health equity
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How to kill your tourism industry 101
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Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Non-invasive options for pediatric tuberculosis diagnosis: the search continues ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/3T3CDKF
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How to kill your tourism industry 101
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anne Applebaum has been right about a lot of things and this is one. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tech companies: AI poses an existential threat Trump: just regulate yourself
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It continues to amaze me, despite all the geopolitics and crises, that Global North countries still see themselves as "leaders" in global health, human rights, international law, and morals
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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Since this is a political declaration, its value is only as strong as the political will to adopt and implement its provisions." If the past 6 years have taught us anything, it's how little we can rely on political will. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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US response to UN pandemic talks ‘severely weakens’ global planning, says leading health expert
The US says it is unable to support a major global text on pandemic prevention and preparedness put forward at UN general assembly
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fact!
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We are spending over $630bn annually on weapons of war! But politicians claim there is no money for: - health - education - social protection - humanitarian aid - refugee programs - climate mitigation - pandemic preparedness Lack of resources is NOT the issue Misallocation of resources is
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Academics today are so vulnerable to scams!
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We are spending over $630bn annually on weapons of war! But politicians claim there is no money for: - health - education - social protection - humanitarian aid - refugee programs - climate mitigation - pandemic preparedness Lack of resources is NOT the issue Misallocation of resources is
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
How can countries prepare for the Super El Nino weather chaos coming our way? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/o...
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Opinion | The Super El Niño Is About to Unleash Weather Chaos. Get Ready Now.
There’s still time to prepare.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‘Zombified’ CDC, an agency that has been sacrificed at the altar of populist and authoritarian politics www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is not good www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Mpox case confirmed in northeastern Congolese city at center of Ebola outbreak
A laboratory-confirmed case of mpox was identified in the northeastern Congolese city of Bunia, the director of a local hospital and ​two health officials said, raising concerns about a resurgence of ...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fiji’s colliding HIV and meth crises www.npr.org/2026/09/26/g...
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Meth is a key driver in Fiji's fast-growing HIV epidemic: 1 in 60 adults are affected
In mid-September, Fiji's government declared a national emergency because of a startling rise in HIV infections. The country's crystal meth epidemic is a strong contributing factor.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‘Zombified’ CDC, an agency that has been sacrificed at the altar of populist and authoritarian politics www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
nytimes.com
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is not good www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Mpox case confirmed in northeastern Congolese city at center of Ebola outbreak
A laboratory-confirmed case of mpox was identified in the northeastern Congolese city of Bunia, the director of a local hospital and ​two health officials said, raising concerns about a resurgence of ...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kennedy Keeps Finding New Ways to Undermine Trust in Vaccines www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
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Opinion | Kennedy Keeps Finding New Ways to Undermine Trust in Vaccines
Four are dead in Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak. But the C.D.C. isn’t yet convinced.
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