Prof. Devi Sridhar
@devisridhar
Professor & Chair of Global Public Health, Edinburgh Uni. Director of @GlobalHealthGP. Visiting faculty, Univ of Miami. Level 3 Personal Trainer. Views own.
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https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442907/preventable/9780241510537.html 03-08-2010 06:34:56
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Are you going to the Edinburgh Fringe? Specifically on the 17th August? I'm bringing UNDOCTORED for one day only to the beautiful Edinburgh Playhouse. It was the bestselling show of last Fringe and I think it's a lovely show. (But I would.) 5:30 & 8:30pm shows. atgtickets.com/shows/adam-kay…
Bad news, red wine drinkers: #Alcohol is only ever bad for your health. We needn’t be puritanical about having a drink, but we can no longer deny that it harms us, even in small quantities, by @DeviSridhar theguardian.com/commentisfree/… via The Guardian
I'm doing some mpox media today to try to focus attention on the crisis in the DRC & neighbouring countries. 2/3 of cases have been in children under 15 and 321 children have died already. We have an effective vaccine but it's too expensive ($100/dose). savethechildren.net/news/mpox-five…
Janice Kew Jason Gale Antony Sguazzin Naomi Kresge Laurens Liesenborghs was part of the team that identified Clade Ib. They warned it could spread globally. Action wasn't taken. “But of course you often don’t get credit for an outbreak that is avoided. That’s always the paradox in infectious diseases.” bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Althea Gibson- know who she is? She was a pretty incredible athlete who doesn't have the recognition she deserves. Here's a short BBC Radio 4 programme we made about her life Billie Jean King bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…