Kristof Decoster
@KristofDecoste1
Institute of Tropical Medicine; editor International Health Policies (IHP) newsletter; interests: climate emergency, GH govnce, policy & fin (views are my own)
As a longtime humanitarian who has battled famines and hunger crises, I fear that starvation in Gaza has now passed the tipping point and we are going to see mass-scale starvation mortality. A thread on famine momentum, famine response, and what it means for Gaza today.
Doctors and health officials report wave of hunger deaths in Gaza on.ft.com/46iUoK6
Wat dat 'pad naar excellentie' elders opleverde (zie universiteiten, geneeskunde, ...) kunnen we nu in de VS vaststellen. 't Is geen fraai zicht, me dunkt.
"Hij heeft veel leiding gegeven, maar het pad leidde altijd naar beneden." @GeertNoels bij @jdceulaer in De Morgen over Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit) . Citaat:
The environmental impacts of conflict - The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance… Lancet World Report.
What FCDO will spend its money on this year devex.com/news/what-fcdo… #Devex via @Devex
It’s surprisingly hard to know just how many people will die because of USAID cuts The chaos of Trump’s global health cuts make the human toll near-impossible to calculate. That’s by design. . vox.com/future-perfect…
Exclusive: USAID analysis found no evidence of massive Hamas theft of Gaza aid | Reuters reuters.com/world/middle-e…
Check out IHP news 839: Catching up on the past two weeks in ‘G/global health’ internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/upl… (also with French, Spanish & Portuguese translations (pdfs) )
The costs of ratifying and implementing the Pandemic Agreement - The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance… by C Wenham & R Katz
What will Pope Leo XIV do for health? - The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance… The Lancet continues its "pope analysis/coverage".
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health: 2026–30 strategy - The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…
Africa CDC warns of exponential mpox spread in Guinea cidrap.umn.edu/mpox/africa-cd…
UN forum affirms stronger commitment to achieve sustainable development news.un.org/en/story/2025/…
Hundreds of thousands of doses of #mpox vaccine that the U.S. had promised to send to African nations are in danger of going to waste. reuters.com/business/healt…
progressive.international/wire/2025-07-1… @Rvandepas @willemvandeput @RRavinetto @GorikOoms
Danish biotech Bavarian Nordic said on Thursday it is in discussions with a consortium of Nordic Capital and Permira regarding a potential takeover offer from the two private equity groups, sending its share price up 24%. reut.rs/3TXCOEa
🇪🇺 The #EU is dying in #Gaza. By refusing to sanction Netanyahu government, Europe betrays the values it claims to stand for. Meanwhile Palestinians are being slaughtered. ❌Stop arming the genocide. ❌Suspend the EU-Israel agreement. 🔗 Read more: g2h2.org/posts/gaza-sta…
Why ‘integration’ has become a ‘dirty word’ in HIV programming devex.com/news/why-integ… #Devex via @Devex
It is unbelievable how nonchalantly leaders like @kajakallas and @vonderleyen continue to ignore (and stand against) intl law and the decisions of the highest intl Courts re Israel: among others, I shall remind them, the ICJ ordered Israel to: - withdraw its troops and remove…
The killing of civilians seeking aid in Gaza is indefensible. I spoke again with @gideonsaar to recall our understanding on aid flow and made clear that IDF must stop killing people at distribution points. All options remain on the table if Israel doesn’t deliver on its pledges
💬 @Lisa_dh, Director of Global Policy, Advocacy & Research at @savechildrenuk: “The government has confirmed our worst fears – significant reductions in aid spending will result in deaths of the world’s most vulnerable, including children.” theguardian.com/global-develop…
