The Pandemic and Palliative Care by Kseniia Shapoval Project Syndicate prosyn.org/WEQCdU7

Only 20 pc of Kenyans have any form of health insurance so why is the Govt still backing a health insurance route to UHC as opposed to tax financing capitalfm.co.ke/business/2021/…

We are so grateful to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for showing World Health Organization (WHO)'s support for #WHPCDay21 in this short video. Check with your head of state to see if he/she received Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's letter requesting them to implement the 2014 PC Resolution. 'Compassion, respect & dignity! we.tl/t-wKRT8OYGiB

Government of #Kenya says
First Lady will launch #PalliativeCare policy tomorrow! Dr Mary progress & challenges, key role of civil society advocacy! Still less than 10% of peole who need it have access to #morphine UN University World Health Organization (WHO) Mark Cheong Zipporah Ali MD APCA

Brilliant report on palliatve care in Russia
Astory of activists who changed laws to reduce punitive bureaucarcy & make pain medication available; of families desparate to get this help for their loved ones; of regions where officials ignore new laws
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What is the process for placing substances under international control? What are the child rights implications of such decisions?

Damon Barrett & Diederik Lohman, authors in the International Development Policy's 12th thematic issue, answer these questions ⬇️

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A love letter to my husband, the #DutchGardener finephrases.com/post/the-marri… #gardening #marriage #nurture #relationships #lovegrows #flowers #reluctantgardener #imarriedagardener #DutchFlowers #Holland #Netherlands

Two New Jersey leaders – Community Based Public Safety Collective Co-Founder Aqeela sherrills and Dept. Public Safety Lieutenant Anthony Lima – joined President Biden today for a discussion on his strategy to reduce gun crime. Our nation has lost too many lives to gun violence, and we’re committed to ending this epidemic.

The map of inequity, shame, and rage…

Alarming new data: NJ has spent a whopping $11.8 billion enforcing the drug war over the past 10 years - exacerbating inequality and costing people their lives. The cost of the war on drugs for our country is unjustifiable. Read more: njpp.org/publications/r…

MUST READ: Powerful piece from the NYT on the intersection of systemic and institutional racism in American research and healthcare, chronic pain, misogynoir, and how rampant opioidphobia + drug user stigma from our overdose crisis ruins lives.

nytimes.com/2021/05/30/us/…

“It was the worst 10 years of my life. I was away from my family from the age of six to 16. How do you learn about family? I didn’t know what love was.” Survivors of Canada’s Indian residential schools share their stories. #Kamloops movingwalls.org/moving-walls/2…

Thank you Bayeté for your important work on the Red Summers. Proud to support you through Open Society Foundations’s work on Monuments and Memorials. theguardian.com/us-news/2021/m…

We’re proud to be long-time supporters of #LGBTQI advocacy organizations worldwide, including rights groups that fight for legal recognition of gender identity and marriage equality. Learn more: osf.to/3i5IcTT #Pride

“Picking and choosing which acts of democratic backsliding to respond to, over more than a decade, has emboldened autocrats like Lukashenko and crippled the international community’s ability to collectively respond.” - Alexander Cooley #Belarus osf.to/3hY37IB

Skyrocketing pharmaceutical profits have created NINE new billionaires worth a combined $19.3 billion.

Their total wealth could vaccinate *everyone* in the world’s poorest countries.

Heidi Chow spoke to Newsday on BBC World Service

Teachers!

We at @HRW have been talking to students in 60 countries🌎about how #Covid19 has been harder for some kids than others.

Here's what we learned, in an #EasyToRead format: hrw.org/sites/default/…
(There's a version for you too: hrw.org/news/2021/05/1…) #EdChat

For many incarcerated people, the pandemic has brought a “double lockdown,” with little or no contact with others and deprived of family visits and legal advice. This has taken a heavy mental and physical toll. bbk.ac.uk/news/new-resea…

Clear and convincing evidence points to ISIL committing genocide against Yazidis in Sinjar, Iraq in 2014, as shown by a UNITAD investigation with our grantee SITU Research. osf.to/3yftpLY

“We want to show that we are also beautiful and strong.” #IDAHOBIT osf.to/3hqIILH