Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 10hLast week, Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto received an anonymous donation of $100M as part of a $2.5B campaign for cancer care. It’s incredible generosity, and PMH does wonderful, lifesaving work. 173
Mark Brender @mbrender.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Vile. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...theglobeandmail.comIsrael’s Minister of National Security advocates killing ‘30 to 40′ people in Gaza nightly while speaking to ex-hostageAfter operating for decades within Israel’s far-right fringe, Itamar Ben-Gvir is now one of the most influential people in the country 010
Reposted by Mark BrenderTania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026"The idea that some lives matter less than others is the root of all that’s wrong with the world" - Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health Canada @mbrender.bsky.social @pihcanada.org open.substack.com/pub/ryanmeil...open.substack.comIs Give and Take Really How We Want to Approach Ebola?Re-examining mutual benefit in the context of humanitarian crises 045
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 11/06/2026“Irv’s ongoing generosity and Dianne’s legacy will positively affect thousands of lives over the next five years,” said Mark Brender, National Director of Partners In Health Canada. Read more: edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...edmontonjournal.comEdmonton charity sets record with $10-million gift for global healthThe foundation’s $5-million gift more than doubles their overall donation to the global health organization. 011
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 17/01/2026What does innovation mean when resources are limited and the stakes are high? Join us with Medical Innovation & Global Health Association for a practical conversation on TB care, ethics, and real-world constraints. 🗓 Jan 30 | 💻 Zoom 🔗 Register: pih.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 284
Mark Brender @mbrender.bsky.social · 01/12/2025A beautiful song from Alex Krawczyk on World AIDS Day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sE_...youtube.comI am a Song ✨💕 - Alex KrawczykYouTube video by Alex Krawczyk 020
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 22/10/2025When aid is cut, lives are cut short. U.S. aid cuts are gutting global health programs. Now the question is: will Canada lead, or stay silent? Read @mbrender.bsky.social’s reflection: pihcanada.org/news/canadas-role-in-… #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #ForeignAid #PIHCanada 063
Reposted by Mark BrenderResults Canada @resultscanada.bsky.social · 03/10/2025On Sept 25th, advocates and experts from across Canada and the world took on Parliament Hill to urge Canada to #LeadOnTB ❗️ resultscanada.ca/advocates-to... 173
Reposted by Mark BrenderVidya Krishnan @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I know all of global health is collapsing rn but *this* 👇🏾 after 3yrs of negotiations.. is infuriating. Refusing to transfer tech (given all meds, diagnostics, vaccines) are "tech" is exactly why rich countries had freezers filled w. vaccines (lookin at you, Canada) as ppl in Asia & Africa died. 011
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 14/04/2025“We know all too well where the Trump admin stands. Now it’s our values being tested.” — @mbrender.bsky.social, PIH Canada As the U.S. retreats, Canada must step up. Official Development Assistance (ODA) isn’t charity—it’s responsibility. 📖 Read more: bit.ly/4cq5spI #GlobalHealth #ODA 031
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 07/04/2025🏁 Today, we kick off #GlobalHealthJusticeWeek by listening to our patients and their stories. Lerato’s story isn’t just moving. It’s a call to action. Because solidarity means showing up, join us and complete small daily challenges: pihcanada.org/global-healt... #PIHCanada #HealthForAll 042
Reposted by Mark BrenderMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Call for Nominations: The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity www.mcgill.ca/spgh/about-u... 02618
Mark Brender @mbrender.bsky.social · 02/04/2025That awesome little book. It's a wonderful and inspiring read. 040
Mark Brender @mbrender.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Devastating for the health of women and families around the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...nytimes.comTrump Aid Cuts End Contraception Access for Millions of WomenThe United States was a key supplier of contraceptives in many developing countries. The Trump administration has ended that support. 130
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 24/03/2025“We have a clear idea of how political health actually is. Not all battles are fought for victory, some battles are fought so that it shows not everyone agrees with what’s being done. This is a fight and it’s time to march in.” @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social #WorldTBday 111
Mark Brender @mbrender.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Calling all global health peeps in Hamilton ON...check this out and join us! 020
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 19/03/2025❌ Myth: Tuberculosis is an ancient disease. 🚩 Fact: It should be, but it isn't. Join us for #WorldTBDay: pihcanada.org/world-tb-day... @partnersinhealth.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social @tbppm.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social 03718
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 18/03/2025This is not a time to mince words, and it's not a time for inaction. Health care access should not be controversial, nor should it be a political pawn. #foreignaidfreeze Stay informed. Spread the word. Donate. Pihcanada.org/crisis 166
Mark Brender @mbrender.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Amidst all the chaos fostered by the U.S. administration, nothing is costing more lives than cuts to international assistance. Reforms to aid architecture are of course long overdue, but right now we need to act in solidarity with communities in need. 042
Reposted by Mark BrenderStanding Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 18/03/2025The only way to stop them and their war is for every one of us to refuse. This war is Netanyahu, Smotrich, and Ben Gvir’s war of choice, and it’s time to refuse to take part in it. It’s time to refuse to die in Netanyahu’s war. (1/5) 14720
Mark Brender @mbrender.bsky.social · 15/03/2025One of the best author interviews you'll ever hear. "That voice (of despair) is very loud in my head, it always has been. And yet I also think that voice is lying." @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social in conversation with @mattgalloway.bsky.social on his new book 'Everything Is Tuberculosis'.cbc.ca© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved. 000
Mark Brender @mbrender.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Canada's $675M investment in Gavi means we won't be retreating. Millions of lives saved. Vaccines work. #AidWorks. "This is truly an unprecedented time and I think Canada should be very proud of what you've done this morning....I want to thank the people of Canada." - Gavi CEO Dr. Sania Nishtar 001
Reposted by Mark BrenderNBC News @nbcnews.com · 05/03/2025President Trump says Canada and Mexico are allowing fentanyl to come into the U.S. at “levels never seen before.” However, U.S. Customs data shows almost none of the fentanyl intercepted at American borders comes from Canada.nbcnews.comVirtually no fentanyl in the U.S. comes from CanadaTrump says Canada and Mexico are allowing fentanyl to come into the United States at “levels never seen before.” However, almost none of the fentanyl 99870301
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 21/02/2025Have you explored our ✨ 2024 Annual Report ✨ yet? 📖 Discover how we're advancing global health equity and making quality care accessible to all. Read the full report here: buff.ly/3EOjEw5 #HealthForAll #SocialJustice 051
Reposted by Mark BrenderBen Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 01/03/2025www.statnews.com/2025/03/01/p... "We report that eliminating PEPFAR would lead to 601,000 HIV-related deaths and 565,000 new HIV infections in South Africa alone over 10 years. These are the projections for just one country." Across 55 countries, >20 million people get HIV treatment via PEPFAR.statnews.comWe tried to quantify the impact of abrupt PEPFAR cuts. The results startled even usA peer reviewer questioned the premise of our study into the potential impact of abruptly ending PEPFAR funding. Then it happened. 21584267
Reposted by Mark BrenderNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness." Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare. 9545461285
Reposted by Mark BrenderAtul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵 420112366200
Reposted by Mark BrenderBen Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 21/02/2025So many great lines from Paul Farmer shared by his friends in this inspirational piece, but this one is my favourite: “Paul would often quip, ‘History does not begin when you show up.” 0144
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 20/02/2025“We are seeing pathologies of power play out on a global stage, and the consequences are devastating,” said @mbrender.bsky.social, national director of PIH Canada. "In this crisis, we know which team Paul would be on. He’s still with us, and we’ve got to fight," he said. 074
Reposted by Mark BrenderMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 18/02/2025“We’re cutting off our hand to spite our face" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...nytimes.comTrump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders (Gift Article)A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out of jobs. 13412
Reposted by Mark BrenderCarole Mitnick @cdmitpih.bsky.social · 07/02/2025The gutting of USAID is unadulterated murder. 05126
Reposted by Mark BrenderJohn Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 28/01/2025This is not normal, or natural, or inevitable. youtu.be/ZfBkw0j-QIs?...youtu.beThis Is Not NormalYouTube video by vlogbrothers 341901306
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 27/01/2025🌍 Join our webinar this International Development Week to celebrate 6 years of the No Woman or Girl Left Behind project and reflect on health system transformation in Malawi & Sierra Leone. 📢 Register: buff.ly/3PWMGvy #IDW2025 @partnersinhealth.bsky.social @canadadev.bsky.social 352
Mark Brender @mbrender.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Absolutely we should be outraged by the cavalier disregard for human lives implicit in the aid freeze south of the border. Let's not also be blinded, though, to our ongoing lack of solidarity in ignoring structural reforms global south countries have been rightfully demanding for decades. More 👇. 010
Reposted by Mark BrenderPaul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 30/12/2024“ #GlobalHealth emergency” - Nurses flee Global South to work in high-income countries “WHO estimates that, by 2030, there will be a shortage of 4.5 million #nurses & 310,000 #midwives worldwide. The countries most in need are in Africa & Southeast Asia.” english.elpais.com/health/2024-...english.elpais.comNurses flee Global South to work in healthcare systems of high-income countriesFollowing the pandemic, the surge in demand for health professionals has further weakened the already fragile systems of African countries. Experts are calling the situation a ‘global health emergency... 063
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 25/12/2024Your partnership makes it possible to save lives, deliver hope, and advance health care worldwide. Together, we’re unstoppable! 🌍🧡 #HappyHolidays from all of us at PIH Canada! ✨ #HealthCareForAll #GlobalHealth 032
Reposted by Mark BrenderAdam R Houston @healthlawadamh.bsky.social · 04/12/2024ICYI My op-ed w/ @jwnickerson.bsky.social for @msf.ca in @mtlgazette.bsky.social on useful things Canada could do with the Biologics Manufacturing Centre, a publicly-owned pharmaceutical manufacturing facility that cost $126+million to build & $17+million/yr to run but has yet to make...anything.montrealgazette.comOpinion: Let's put Montreal's idle pharmaceutical plant to good useFor a fraction of the amount already spent on a factory that produces nothing, Canada could use the BMC facility to help fill a crucial gap. 095
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 27/11/2024TRIPLE your impact until December 3! Bring hope and health to those who need it most. A matched donation today means more medicines, health supplies, and support for impoverished communities. Donate Now this #GivingTuesday: pihcanada.org/donate_today 021
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 29/11/2024PIH Canada National Director @mbrender.bsky.social recently visited the Dambe Health Centre Malawi, where your generosity is making a profound impact. To unlock our triple match, donate here: pihcanada.org/donate_today 023
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 18/11/2024"Health care shouldn’t be determined by where you live, income, or gender. It’s a human right that requires each of us to work in partnership to make it real." #Reflections from our National Director @mbrender.bsky.social on progress, resilience, and the road ahead: buff.ly/3UWJqn9 031
Reposted by Mark BrenderPartners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 12/11/2024This weekend, Partners In Health Canada hosted an end-of-year celebratory fundraiser, where we got inspired by PIHC board members Dr. Adrienne Chan and Dr. @ryanmeili.bsky.social , along with PIH Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joia Mukherjee and PIHC National Director @mbrender.bsky.social 132