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Theo Smart

@theosmart.bsky.social
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Senior technical editor at ICAP @Columbia U, and write rare disease reports on the side. Views my own. Interested in life & literature from anthropology to zoology. Originally, I wanted to focus on cultural anthro w/ folklore studies, until life happened.

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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Financial Boost For Global Health On Sidelines Of UN General Assembly - Health Policy Watch
Several significant pledges to global health were made on the fringes of last week’s United Nations General Assembly as the sector struggles amid massive
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A couple quick observations here, which should be obvious. 1) insurance “risk pools” work by requiring younger/healthier people who make few or no claims to sign up and pay premiums alongside older/less healthy people who do, essentially covering their costs.
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Health Policy Watch: Almost $3 billion Raised For DRC’s Ebola Outbreak, as Focus Shifts to Nord-Kivu by Kerry Cullinan @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social @kerrycullinan.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/4iQ7xRe
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Almost $3 Billion Raised For DRC’s Ebola Outbreak, As Focus Shifts To Nord-Kivu - Health Policy Watch
G20+ countries pledged an additional $700 million this week to counter the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Dr Jean Kaseya,
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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 23/09/2026
Cartographic justice, or: The #world we #map is the world we make. Abandoning a #eurocentric worldview: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... by @eromoegbejule.bsky.social via @theguardian.com
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UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale
Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland
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Spotlight @spotlightnsp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Testing more people who report TB symptoms at public sector clinics is one of the most effective things we can do to reduce rates of TB disease and death, according to a major new modelling study. www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/09/23/t...
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Testing more people with TB symptoms is critical to reducing new infections, study finds
Many people who report with TB symptoms at South Africa’s public sector clinics do not receive TB tests. Testing more of these people is one of the most effective things we can do to reduce rates of T...
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Spotlight @spotlightnsp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
SILENT PHONE LINES | A crucial hotline run for nearly 20 years from the slopes of Devil’s Peak in Cape Town for healthcare workers anywhere in South Africa was suspended this week due to a lack of funding. www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/09/16/a...
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Angst as South Africa's HIV & TB Healthcare Worker Hotline goes offline
A crucial hotline run for nearly 20 years from the slopes of Devil's Peak in Cape Town for healthcare workers anywhere in South Africa, from the country’s busiest urban hospitals to far flung resource...
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sat that Catherine Ringer of Les Rita Mitsouko died at 68. Cancer.
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Marcia Baila Les Rita Mitsouko
ALT: Marcia Baila Les Rita Mitsouko
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Francois Venter @francoisventer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
mailchi.mp/spotlightnsp... love our health journalists
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SA's health department is struggling. Can its new DG turn things around?
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twist @pvdork.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
60 yrs ago...
Star Trek comic book (Gold Key)
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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
When I was in Brittany last month, I made a quick visit to the amazing Dolmen of Ty ar Boudiged, an ancient tomb that still retains its original mound. Its name translates into English as 'the House of the Fairies'. #TombTuesday
A mound of earth with a stone-lined doorway, in the shadow of a tree.
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A good way to tell if folk feel a particular tree is home to a Wood Sprite is to check its base and any hollows too see if offerings have been left. It is important not to disturb, let alone remove, any appeasements made at the tree. – Instructions to the 1979 Wood Sprite Census takers
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The US House passed the Northeast Lobstermen Protection Act (H.R. 9436) by a vote of 219-196, which stops NOAA from protecting endangered right whales through to 2035 by requiring more expensive ropeless lobster pots. 1/n defenders.org/newsroom/hou...
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House Gambles with Survival for North Atlantic Right Whales in Latest Vote to Delay Protections
The House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 9436, a bill that will delay conservation protections for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Better life
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I-70 is such a bleak and god forsaken place to do it too. And we all go about business as usual.
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#AIDS2026 Advanced HIV Disease persists despite gains in HIV Treatment. icap.columbia.edu/news-events/...
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At AIDS 2026, Advanced HIV Disease Goes Under the Microscope
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Spotlight @spotlightnsp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
World’s largest research funder lifts ban on South Africa The United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban nearly 18 months after an order to stop work with South...
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World’s largest research funder lifts ban on South Africa
The United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted its ban nearly 18 months after an order to stop work with South Africa. The funding ban created a crisis...
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Health Policy Watch: Ebola Outbreak May be Three Times the Officially Reported Size by Kerry Cullinan @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social @kerrycullinan.bsky.social bit.ly/4gqTyy7
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Ebola Outbreak May Be Three Times The Officially Reported Size - Health Policy Watch
Over 5,000 people have been infected with the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the outbreak may be three times the
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
New: NIH's ban on funding projects in South Africa has been lifted. The ban was tied to a Feb 7, 2025 executive order directing agencies to halt foreign aid to South Africa. 18 months later, the agency has determined that grants don't constitute aid, so it was never subject to the EO.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The traitor, the self; the self that cries I want to live; let the world burn so long as I can live!
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
nightmare www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Ebola in DR Congo: River boat under quarantine after five deaths
The health minister says all the passengers are being screened as a precautionary measure.
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IAC - the International AIDS Conference @aidsconference.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
“At the #AIDS2026 conference, Brazilian advocates said health systems need to be more independent from foreign funding” via @theguardian.com
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Brazil’s HIV advocates say they predicted USAID funding cuts: ‘We would see the trends’
At the Aids 2026 conference, Brazilian advocates said health systems need to be more independent from foreign funding
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
W. Byanyima "International HIV financing fell last year by more than $1.5 billion—an 18% decline. Domestic investment continues to grow, but it cannot replace external financing that has been cut overnight." But the big take away is they want #AIDS2026 not to be about what's lost but how to rebuild
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
#AIDS2026 The choice of Brazil as the host of AIDS 2026 was not just a geographic decision—it was a political and historical statement. It recognizes how Brazil set the global standard for how to fight HIV/AIDS (1)
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
At #AIDS2026, Beatriz Grinsztejn: This year, we celebrate 30 years of highly active antiretroviral therapy. We heard the efficacy data @ the 11th AIDS Conf. in Vancouver in 1996… a moment… when science changed what it meant to receive an HIV diagnosis. With [ART] people living with HIV had a future.
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At #AIDS2026
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Horrendous.
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A little bit of Burlington Vermont, and Champie
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Boring and tired
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Praying this works.
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Sam Neil was definitely my Merlin.
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aidsmap @aidsmap.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The 26th International @aidsconference.bsky.social (#AIDS2026) is taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and virtually from 26-31 July. aidsmap is an official scientific media partner for the conference. @iasociety.bsky.social www.aidsmap.com/news/jul-202...
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AIDS 2026 news coming soon
The 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) is taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and virtually from 26-31 July. aidsmap is an official scientific media partner for the conference. The th...
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Fascinating thread, about looted and smuggled antiquities.
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Decided that a road trip up north this weekend might help preserve my sanity.
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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 29/06/2026
Springfield in the Crosshairs Once Again.
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Springfield community protests Supreme Court ruling on TPS for thousands of immigrants | WHIO-TV
YouTube video by WHIO
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
"Mistakenly, we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that that would produce a high-quality product." Holy cow, Ford bought the AI hype, believing they could go "hey computer, make me a good car" and it would.
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Allez COD (DRC)!!!
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Is it strange that I get a little excited and do a little cheer when I find that reference I’ve been searching for?
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
And don’t you forget it!
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I stayed very close to here when I was in Kyiv. This is horrendous.
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Health Policy Watch: Plunging HIV Budgets Cast Dark Shadow Over UN High-Level Meeting by Kerry Cullinan @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social @kerrycullinan.bsky.social ▶️ bit.ly/3SjjS4W
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Planet On Course To Permanently Breach 1.5°C Limit By 2030 - Health Policy Watch
The world will permanently breach the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C warming limit within about four years if emissions continue at current levels, a major global
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Great updates on the #Ebola outbreak here from @kakape.bsky.social
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Spotlight @spotlightnsp.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
SA's LATEST HIV NUMBERS ARE IN | 7.9 million people are living with HIV. Treatment coverage has crept up by just 40 000. And 53 000 HIV-related deaths were recorded. What does it all mean? Find out in our newsletter: tinyurl.com/3a7w5kya You can join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/82jdsfjy
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
🌍 African leaders at #WHS2026 declared the “end of the aid era” for health financing — but data shows a harder transition ahead. Debt, climate shocks & historic aid cuts are narrowing the space for domestic health investment. ✍️@stefananderson.bsky.social @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social 📖⬇️& 🔁🙏
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African Leaders Declare End Of Aid Era At Nairobi World Health Summit, But The Data Tell A More Complicated Story - Health Policy Watch
African leaders opened the World Health Summit Regional Meeting at the United Nations complex in Nairobi this week with a unified declaration that two decades of dependence on foreign aid for health i...
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
“What is happening in Mpongwe now is a grim echo of a time that most of the nurses and clinicians here are not old enough to remember. Three decades ago, hospitals in Zambia were packed with young men and women dying agonizing deaths… Life expectancy had dropped to 37.”
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AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Lancet HIV: Ending HIV requires research in and with South Africa Danielle Giovenco et al bit.ly/48OqFsI
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Listening to Kate Bush’s brat of the other sides. Lyra! I haven’t read the books where she’s grown up yet.
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Theo Smart @theosmart.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Thank heavens. And thank heavens nukes weren’t going off a few days ago and that they had an Earth to come back to.
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AVAC @avac.org · 10/04/2026
The new issue of #GlobalHealthWatch is out! Proposed US budget cuts, #HIV supply chain disruptions, evolving #GlobalFund commitments & a renewed push to weaken US #vaccine policy highlight a rapidly shifting global health landscape. Read more: avac.org/blog/global-...
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