Ruth Douglas

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@SciDevNet in-depth: Human costs of US aid cuts laid bare as UK follows scidev.net/global/scidev-…

From #Gaza to the #Amazon, the scientists who risk it all for research... If you have time for one long read today make it this! @longreads @scidevnet tinyurl.com/3svbepcv

Sustainable healthcare isn’t just about medicine—it's about how we test, too. Explore how innovative, #ecofriendly diagnostic tools can reduce healthcare’s environmental footprint: bit.ly/3X7soCR Via @SciDevNet

New HIV drug 100% effective - but why does it cost $40,000? We need to grant generic licensing through the UN backed @MedsPatentPool, and make generics available for all of Africa, Asia & Latin America. @SciDevNet scidev.net/global/news/ze…

Mpox vaccine rollout to begin in Nigeria, DRC. @SciDevNet's update on the multi-country #mpox outbreak here: scidev.net/global/news/mp…

Curious about Africa's battle against the #mpox outbreak? Nigeria is leading the charge with the immediate rollout of 5,000 vaccine doses, while the DRC prepares for its largest shipment yet. scidev.net/global/news/mp…

@Winnie_Byanyima @TheLancet @UNAIDS @GileadSciences @UNAIDS_WCA @UNAIDS_ESA @UNAIDS_EECA @UNAIDS_AU_ECA @UnaidsLac @UNAIDS_AP @SteglingC @AchrekarAngeli @EamonnMurphy63 @anneshongwe Good to see @TheLancet catching up, @Winnie_Byanyima...campaigners including @UNAIDS and @MSF have been calling for this for some time, as reported here @SciDevNet: tinyurl.com/5n7rs5n3

An HIV prevention drug that is 100% effective: this is a game-changer! Now to ensure lives over profit. Pleased to see @TheLancet back @UNAIDS' call for @GileadSciences to make lenacapavir available rapidly & affordably to all who need in low- & middle-income countries. thelancet.com/journals/lanhi…

Thanks to @Yawansah12 and @Adapt_Alliance for this insightful article on funding for grassroots climate adaptation projects, like Zambia's seed banks. tinyurl.com/3k8h8xsc

As #Paralympics2024 gets underway, a reminder of the inequalities faced by people with disabilities in the global South and why investment in assistive tech is crucial: tinyurl.com/36zwvd4d @SciDevNet

Delighted to contribute my first article @SciDevNet -bringing science & development together through news & analysis - who I have admired for years scidev.net/global/news/ba… @ISTJA_IE @RuthHDouglas

Our thanks to Yvonne Pinto, incoming director general of @irri, for this exclusive interview with @NeenaBhandari4 for @SciDevNet ahead of taking up post. We wish you luck in your new role! shorturl.at/ruDE6

Another report on the flailing #SDGs. In this one, @UNESCAP says Asia Pacific's progress on SDG 13 - climate action - has gone into reverse. Govts must see urgency of pursuing climate action, not just winning elections, writes @ranjitdevraj @SciDevNet: shorturl.at/IQS26

A simple packet of oral rehydration salts could save so many lives. So why are many children in India and elsewhere not being given it when they need it? Thanks Claudia Caruana for unpacking this illuminating research for @SciDevNet: shorturl.at/guOW0

Almost two-fifths of Sudan's population face dangerous levels of food insecurity and this is expected to worsen as the conflict spreads into new areas in 2024. Thanks to Hazem Badr for this insightful article @SciDevNet: shorturl.at/iBOSU

Great investigative piece by @Jennifer_fact and @theplainjain for @SciDevNet uncovering how misinformation in non-European languages is being bypassed by social media platforms. Please read it! shorturl.at/boDNY

'The transition may be fast...but [it] is not funded or fair.' @mohadow of @PowerShftAfrica sums up what many are saying about the #COP28 deal now the dust has settled. More finance needed for #developingcountries to decarbonise and adapt. @SciDevNet shorturl.at/nxOS3

What are climate-vulnerable countries saying about the 'landmark' #COP28 deal? Transition away from #fossilfuels is a start but where is the funding for adaptation and a green transition? @SciDevNet reports: shorturl.at/gklP6

It's been a long night, but we are making use of these last few minutes to review texts and consolidate our position on the way forward. We will once again leave COP united with a renewed focus on keeping 1.5 alive.

@mrMattSimon @WIREDScience @KaraPlatoni @raminskibba @marynmck Always on the lookout for good freelance journalists for SciDev.Net with interest in science for global development.

Just had brutal layoffs across WIRED that hit @WIREDScience especially hard. We lost our amazing editor, @KaraPlatoni, @raminskibba on the space beat, and my fellow doomsday reporter @marynmck. I’m still here, picking up the pieces. But hire these people before someone else does.