PoorCare @PoorCare
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Rockaway Beach Surf Club work with #Sandy victims provides lessons for NPOs, Gov., everyone | Reuters reut.rs/UdVNST
"Disability is not inability" Rwanda's #disabled seek more job opportunities | AllAfrica bit.ly/GC29X1
“We are left here, like we are just in a desert, nobody concerned with us," member of leper colony closed by S. Sudan bit.ly/FQ0W2W
Havana workshop addresses Cuban belief that "People who undergo medical procedures… will always have pain" | IPS bit.ly/we1pbb
"A lack of equipment, nurses, and doctors has rendered [Egypt's] hospitals totally dysfunctional" | IRIN bit.ly/z4u6mL
This is what democracy (within certain proximity from a restricted area) looks like: buzz.mw/_Tegl7 #G8
Relying on foreign donors, African countries spent less on HIV & malaria. Donations decreased, who will fill the gap? bit.ly/AxGSuG
"Uganda: North Fears 'Nodding Disease', Not Joseph Kony" | AllAfrica bit.ly/A4j8oT
Article: "WHO under siege from private sector " makes some interesting points | via Intellectual Property Watch bit.ly/AcBQ4n
KEI profiles Steve Ricchetti, former lobbyist and now policy advisor to Vice President Biden | bit.ly/zEdCPp
Group is developing Portable Sign Language Translator-turns gestures into text | via TechCrunch bit.ly/AraT0s
Lessons from "world's largest preventative TB study" | IRIN bit.ly/ACCJkG
Nigeria: Number of children stunted by malnutrition could rise to 13.4 million by 2020 | AllAfrica bit.ly/xR1QUE
"India's move to strip Bayer of exclusive rights to cancer drug sets precedent that could extend to other treatments" | reut.rs/wK6zKe
Kenya: 51% of mosquito nets are being used to "protect gardens and keep rodents from kitchens" | AllAfrica bit.ly/wo6PQn
India "plans to nearly double public spending on health… goal of eventually making medical care free" | WashingtonPost wapo.st/zDN9fU
Malnutrition in Egypt "not related to a shortage of food, but lack of access to proper foods" | IRIN bit.ly/xSkIw8
Cambodia has a "heavy mental health burden medical services are ill-equipped to handle" |IRIN bit.ly/zOrHcE
"Asian governments [are using] light debt burdens" to provide a social safety net for the poor | Reuters reut.rs/yHSvom
Worth a read: "Save Helpless Faraway Africans From The Comfort Of Your Armchair!" | #KONY2012 TechCrunch tcrn.ch/zrzXAa
Healthy DEvelopments @HealthyDEvs
1K Followers 3K Following Reporting on German development cooperation in health and social protection
Cherry Blossom @cbwellpdx
9 Followers 43 Following Cherry Blossom Wellness Center: A Multidisciplinary Clinic serving the residents of the Portland Metro area.
Princess @Princes84646901
0 Followers 1 Following
TLM Ireland @TLMIreland
39 Followers 102 Following The Leprosy Mission (TLM) Ireland is globally recognised as a world leader in leprosy care, cure, rehabilitation and prevention. RTs are not an endorsement.
Private Sector in Hea... @psinhealth
1K Followers 2K Following Analyzing #Markets for #Health Related Goods & Services in Low & Middle-Income Countries. Thematic working group of @H_S_Global #globalhealth #globaldev #sdgs
black steven @zehaan4300
69 Followers 443 Following
Ginny Barbour @GinnyBarbour
4K Followers 4K Following This account is no longer active. I’m on other networks
RepoSpotter @SpotterRepo
365 Followers 2K Following RepoSpotter is a network of individual spotters that locates collateral for repossession companies and lenders.
ISNTD Coinfections @ISNTD_Coinfect
479 Followers 2K Following ISNTD Coinfections 2016 conference, April 29th in London! This account is moving → please follow @ISNTD_Press by Feb 29th!!
ICASA 2013 @ICASAConference
1K Followers 2K Following The 17th ICASA on #AIDS and #STIs in Africa, 7 - 11 Dec 2013. ICASA does not endorse information available from any third party links, posts or websites.
Caitlin Paton @caitlinpaton
136 Followers 985 Following Australian Emergency & Public Health Doctor. Personal thoughts and opinions. She/her
aquarius @aquarius9626
20 Followers 347 Following
Marya Lieberman @MaryaLieberman
89 Followers 15 FollowingMichael Kofoed @onoscoia
68 Followers 682 Following Photographer .Founder , dadlens Modern Art Group . We have the resources to destroy the world 50 times or more . Why not save it once ? Intelect thru art .
Carolin Akhtari @mandarinteam
7 Followers 28 Following
UAEM UCL-LSHTM @UAEMUCL
162 Followers 131 Following Student group campaigning for 5+ years to leverage UCL's research for the global public's good and increase access to medicines
Aribert Deckers @aribertdeckers
958 Followers 5K Following I am world's best expert on homeopathy "Material über den Betrug Homöopathie" https://t.co/9FIztS5kXd https://t.co/cR7yF42DlE
Gelise McCullough @GeliseMc
195 Followers 269 Following Founder of #Painting for an #education to keep young girls living with #HIV in School
International Health ... @IHPblog
5K Followers 441 Following Shifting power in global health through constructive disruption. DGD funded. Based @ITM Antwerp, in collaboration with Emerging Voices & other Southern voices.
VacciNewsNet @VacciNewsNet
85K Followers 85K Following
Tom Kelly @pptpnet
905 Followers 2K Following Opening doors for the red headed stepchildren of Healthcare, our chronic pain patients. Patient Physician Trust Partnership
Operation ASHA @OperationASHA
1K Followers 810 Following Official Twitter feed of Operation ASHA (OpASHA). OpASHA has taken TB treatment to the doorsteps of the poorest of the poor. Find more at http://t.co/Wfxe3ooYgM
UBC Medical Journal @ubcmj
1K Followers 425 Following A student-driven academic journal with a goal to engage students in medical dialogue, discussion, and discourse. Check out our website for more information.
Alexi Corbett @AlexiCorbett
147 Followers 1K Following Feminist warrior. Closet optimist. Quirky mom. Tetchy AF sans the meds.
Mariann @forality
571 Followers 2K Following Finding balance & working the combinations. #FOANed #FOAMPed #Nursing #PaedPalCare #LiverKids #TransplantNursing #HPM #PPC #DFTB17 #GoTahs Sydney
sarahboseley @sarahboseley
22K Followers 847 Following Journalist formerly on the Guardian, writing about health, medicine and dodgy practices
Ryan Childress @childress_ryan
99 Followers 458 Following Jesus, Beards, Star Wars, LoL, tattoos, sufferer of Wanderlust! Baratay living in Cambodia!
Awakening @TLM_Awakening
399 Followers 1K Following Love God's people | Awaken a passion for justice | Awaken a heart for mission
C.R. English, MSN, MP... @crbenglish
1K Followers 5K Following RN/NP trying to change the world, one person at a time. Public health and social justice advocate.
Health and Rural Dev @HealthandAg
1K Followers 760 Following Promoting health and food security in the developing world
HIFA @hifa_org
4K Followers 2K Following Together we can stop people dying due to lack of reliable healthcare information
One in Seven @sev1en
180 Followers 275 Following A blog which aims to raise the profile of the Neglected Tropical Diseases @harrietebailey @alicelighton @jinanharb @piphobbs
Jennifer Tierney @JenniferT_MSF
478 Followers 625 Following Interested in women's health, neglected diseases and refugee migration. @MSFAustralia Executive Director, retweets ≠ endorsements
m=^e.o^=w @Brieaux
792 Followers 2K Following Nonconformist CyberMerc Mental Divergent Veritas Aequitas Portmanteau Creator #Team420 Strain Collector Egalitarian Ailurophile LuLz H8Rphobic Oṃ Amideva Hrīḥ.
hambaconlon84 @hambaconlon84
36 Followers 512 Following I am a professional independent tattooed SWF 47 wo is looking for a SWM who is also a professional and has tattooes. please follow me. http://t.co/eOz4TRkKtK
Tara Hayward @tweetingtara
709 Followers 1K Following All about non-profit fundraising, global health, NTDs and vaccine R&D. Tweets are my own opinion.
Incanus @incanuspa
200 Followers 773 Following INCANUS: Tweeting about global health, social and economic policy in emerging economies.
TropicalMed @TropicalMed
8 Followers 29 Following
Julien Potet @julienpotet
4K Followers 2K Following #NTDs advisor @msf_access. #snakebite, #Ebola, #malaria, #VaccinesWork.
DrJuanCelis @GIPEIT
16K Followers 4K Following Médico Infectólogo/Tropicalista; Medicina del Viajero en la Amazonía Peruana. Infectious & Tropical Disease Physician.
God,Family,Nigeria. @Niceakpabio
588 Followers 2K Following #ForChristiLive,coder,#hackjos Co-host,,Agro,Capacity builder,Entrepreneurial,God's own
Quentin @quentintmoore
35 Followers 191 Following
HealthFinAfrica @HealthFinAfrica
2K Followers 275 Following Twitter account of the Health Financing in Africa blog & related Communities of Practices. The best way to be up-to-date as for our knowledge activities.
Abubakar Danladi Said... @ASaidKanya
550 Followers 1K Following Interest in Global Public Health, Health Policy and Financing, MNCH. Opinions are personal.mrjln @mrjln43
28 Followers 169 Following
Fire in the Blood @fitbmovie
1K Followers 1K Following Globally-acclaimed tale of medicine, monopoly & malice *** LONGEST-RUNNING FEATURE DOC IN INDIAN CINEMA HISTORY *** See it now on Neftflix & Vimeo everywhere!!
stfrancishcs @stfrancishcs
689 Followers 2K Following Providing HIV/AIDS treatment, care & support to the most vulnerable. psychosocial support to orphans & vulnerable #children, grandmothers & offer youth #SRHR
Wellcome @wellcometrust
205K Followers 2K Following Supporting research to transform life, health and wellbeing. We’re taking on three urgent health challenges: mental health, climate change & infectious disease.
sarahboseley @sarahboseley
22K Followers 847 Following Journalist formerly on the Guardian, writing about health, medicine and dodgy practices
Mark Booth @DrMarkBooth
998 Followers 921 Following Independent consultant,Climate Change and Neglected Tropical Disease. Member, W.H.O Task Team on #climatechange, #NTDs and #Malaria. Views are my own
allAfrica.com @allafrica
475K Followers 2K Following Also @allafricafrench. Follow: https://t.co/J7n0oGp8Ke https://t.co/Pz5VVCj4yA https://t.co/bvrTFgpw2q
jim cleary @jfclearymac
6 Followers 15 Following
One in Seven @sev1en
180 Followers 275 Following A blog which aims to raise the profile of the Neglected Tropical Diseases @harrietebailey @alicelighton @jinanharb @piphobbs
Access to Meds @PCMedsAccess
2K Followers 1K Following Fighting pharma power since 2010 at @Public_Citizen. We work around the world to make sure people have access to lifesaving medicines. RTs =/= Endorsements.
END7 @END_7
4K Followers 1K Following We're on a mission to see the end of 7 neglected tropical diseases by 2020. Let's #EndtheNeglect for good - learn more: https://t.co/lQicnlzDkd
NGDI @ UBC @ngdiubc
302 Followers 94 Following The Neglected Global Diseases Initiative at UBC: Developing interventions for neglected global diseases and ensuring their delivery to those in need.
Dr. Samantha Nutt @SamanthaNutt
9K Followers 359 Following Doctor, writer, foreign affairs obsessive. War Child founder @warchildcan @warchildusa. Author, Damned Nations. Views my own, etc.
Sarika Bansal @sarika008
5K Followers 2K Following Editorial director, @AFARmedia. Author, TREAD BRIGHTLY: NOTES ON ETHICAL TRAVEL. Was EIC @brightthemag. Lover of crossword puzzles and hot sauce. SAH-rih-kah.
Sabin Vaccine Institu... @sabinvaccine
12K Followers 1K Following Working to develop and increase access to life-saving vaccines. #VaccinesWork
CORE Group @COREGroupDC
7K Followers 2K Following Home of the International Community Health Network. #GlobalHealth knowledge, evidence and best practices. Collaborative response & direct programmatic impacts.
Rise & Strive @Right2Health
1K Followers 1K Following Raising awareness & supporting action for everyone's #RightToHealth. —#UHC #SDG3 #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth
Rebecca Weintraub @RWeintraubMD
3K Followers 988 Following Associate Professor, Physician @HarvardMed @BrighamWomens @ariadnelabs Entrepreneur, Founder of @Jumpstartkids Views are my own.
CGHR.org @CGHR_org
836 Followers 174 Following The Centre for Global Health Research (CGHR) is a not-for-profit organization that researches health and premature mortality among the global poor.
Pharmabiz @PharmabizIndia
125 Followers 8 Following Pharmabiz.com is a comprehensive portal on the Indian pharmaceuticals industry, promoted by Saffron Media Pvt. Ltd. in Mumbai. This portal has a dedicated team
BBC News (World) @BBCWorld
42.2M Followers 17 Following News, features and analysis from the World's newsroom. Breaking news, follow @BBCBreaking. UK news, @BBCNews. Latest sports news @BBCSport
Dignitas Intl @DignitasIntl
4K Followers 3K Following We innovate solutions to health challenges, build resilient health systems, and advance the right to health for marginalized people. https://t.co/XnBiygt6OC
James Packard Love @jamie_love
11K Followers 3K Following Director, Knowledge Ecology International, an NGO working on knowledge governance. Also: @jamielove.bsky.social
Global Development @GdnDevelopment
209K Followers 5K Following This account has been archived. Follow us on https://t.co/GSNlgrCMYV
UAEM UK @uaemuk
1K Followers 610 Following UK branch of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, aiming to maximise global access to public health goods & promote research into Neglected Diseases.
EDCTP @EDCTP
8K Followers 651 Following European-African partnership funding clinical research on poverty-related infectious diseases. Supported by the European Union under Horizon 2020. 🇪🇺
Sian @SianTLMEW
848 Followers 1K Following Curry eating, Christian, photosnapping adventurer, who advocates on disability, NTDs (inc. leprosy) & social justice - views are my own
KFF @KFF
108K Followers 27 Following The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news.
Working Group on New ... @newtbdrugs
2K Followers 176 Following Part of Stop TB Partnership, we are a network of committed individuals devoted to accelerating the development of effective,affordable new therapies for TB.
Judit Rius Sanjuan @juditrius
4K Followers 5K Following Law and Policy on Access & Innovation to medicines, vaccines, others. (personal capacity)
LIFE Before Death @lifebeforedeath
999 Followers 2K Following LIFE Before Death is a documentary project comprising a feature film, a one-hour television program and 50 short films about pain control & palliative care.
Mind the Health Gap @mindthehealth_
139 Followers 48 Following Mind the Health Gap exists to speed the development and deployment of health technology for marginalized communities.
Wim Vandevelde, @wimv... @VandeveldeWim
3K Followers 3K Following Treatment access activist 🌈 The right to health is a fundamental part of our human rights and of our understanding of a life in dignity 🌐 Tweets my own etc
Dr. Peter A Singer, O... @PeterASinger
31K Followers 12K Following On my 5th career: board member, blogger, skier. Before: Professor of Medicine, co-founder @UTJCB & @gchallenges 🇨🇦, Special Advisor to @WHO Director-General
Policy Cures @PolicyCures
492 Followers 313 Following An independent, not-for-profit group providing analysis and decision-making tools for those involved in creating new pharmaceuticals for neglected diseases
Gabriel Adams @onehealthntd
579 Followers 2K Following The International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases. Launched at OneHealth NTD conference June 2012. Next Oct: parasitology conference www.isntdbites.com
R&D Policy Assesment @R4DAssessments
751 Followers 363 Following The Center for Global Health R&D Policy Assessment is dedicated to providing neutral and rigorous assessments of new ideas to advance R&D for global health.
ACTION Global Health ... @ACTION_tweets
5K Followers 2K Following A group of 14 locally rooted organizations around the world, working for a world where all people have equitable access to health. Secretariat in Washington, DC
Annabel Baddeley @HIVTB
6K Followers 2K Following Committed to achieving #UHC and to #EndTB through person-centred care and the integrated management of TB and comorbidities
Lauren Leahy @Lauren_Leahy
328 Followers 475 Following Passionate about #law #globalhealth and demand for #vaccines
Sandra Rotman Centre @srcglobal
2K Followers 973 Following Innovation for global health - We empower innovators to save and improve lives globally. Also follow @PeterASinger
World Bank Africa @WorldBankAfrica
588K Followers 6K Following Welcome to the World Bank Africa Region. Fighting poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results.
Kenya Hospices and Pa... @KEHPCA
5K Followers 2K Following KEHPCA is a National Association representing and supporting Hospices and Palliative Care providers in Kenya.
jim cleary @jfclearywisc
6K Followers 3K Following Professor of Medicine & Walther Senior Chair & Director, Supportive Oncology, IUSM & IU Simon CCC. Improving global pain relief thru balanced access
Community Speak-Up @WHO4ALL
1K Followers 754 Following “Nothing About Us Without Us” meets “Leave No One Behind” at WHO. Have your say with #WHO4ALL—#Community #Participation #GlobalHealth #RightToHealth #SDGs
Holly Yang, MD @hollyby
5K Followers 2K Following Palliative medicine physician in San Diego. Passionate about #hapc, #meded, & increased access to health care.
UBC-UAEM @UBC_UAEM
679 Followers 1K Following Universities Allied for Essential Medicines @ UBC. We advocate for new medicines to be made accessible in poor countries & more research on neglected diseases.
Humanosphere @TheHumanosphere
4K Followers 471 Following Covering the fight against poverty and inequity because we give a damn.




