Ben Verboom

"Next Wednesday it is expected that the [ICJ] will find against Israel for ending all cooperation with UN aid agencies" and "clarify that Israel as an occupying force had a legal duty to provide aid to the people of Gaza, and it . utterly failed to comply with that duty."

Genocide theatre: (1) Canada and the West publish sternly worded statements about some aspect of Israel's genocide; (2) Israel announces a change and continues killing; (3) Canada and the West praise Israel for the change and pat themselves on the back for bringing it about.

Call for Public Comment: WHO Strategic and Operational Plan for Coronavirus Disease Threat Management (2025–2030) Deadline for comments: 08 August 2025, 23:59 CEST who.int/news-room/arti…

BB Verify dug into Israel's widespread demolitions in #Gaza. Main legal points: Destruction of property in occupied territory without imperative military necessity is a war crime. bbc.co.uk/news/resources…

Global Impact of Attacks on Healthcare in Conflict Zones Join Dr. Swee Chai Ang of @MedicalAidPal, Dr. James Smith, and Dr. @nevegordon for this crucial discussion. July 9, 6-8pm, Milton Lecture Theatre in London. You can also join online. Register: tinyurl.com/vacans5t

Countries Vote in Support of Palestine at World Health Assembly, as Humanitarian and Health Crises Worsen in Gaza Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #275 [The Files In-Depth] genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/-countries-v…

Antimicrobial resistance #AMR is an impending catastrophe. Our call to @WHO and the international community at #WHA78: - End industrial factory farming – Shift to #agroecology – Defund factory farms – Invest in #PublicPharma Our future depends on it @PSIglobalunion @verboom

A nuclear war would inevitably be a mass casualty event. The People's Health Movement's position on the devastating health effects of #NuclearWeapons and #NuclearWar. A statement delivered to the World Health Assembly with our friends at @PSIglobalunion. #WHA78 @WHO @verboom

The spectre of nuclear war haunts our increasingly divided world. My statement on the health implications of nuclear weapons and nuclear war. Delivered on behalf of @PHMglobal and @PSIglobalunion to the 78th World Health Assembly. #WHA78 @WHO @IPPNW

🚨A source close to the Palestinian negotiators tells me Hamas and the U.S. have reached an “understanding” on the terms of a Gaza ceasefire agreement. They emphasized Hamas is still awaiting Israel’s response and that Israel often sabotages these deals.

@BabaAye, @PSIglobalunion: “Financialization of health in any form undermines the essence of universal health care. [...] UHC requires global solidarity. Richer countries and international financial institutions need to cancel the debts of developing countries” 💪💪💪 #WHA78

🌍 #GlobalHealth is in crisis. Donor-driven aid is failing. Power imbalances persist. Privatization expands. 📣 Join us for a workshop to reclaim global *public* health. 🗓️ Mon 26 May 🕙 10:00–12:00 CEST 📌 Geneva & online 🔗 Register now g2h2.org/posts/time-for…

"We need to progressively delink the incentives to invest in biomedical R&D from the grant of temporary monopolies. Legal monopolies on medicines predictably lead to high prices and appalling inequities of access and outcomes." –@ThiruGeneva #WHA78

.@ThiruGeneva of @KEI_DC speaking truths at #WHA78: "The only way to have anything remotely equal in terms of access to medicines is to fundamentally change the way we finance biomedical research and development." @WHO @jamie_love

#NCDs and #MentalHealth are being discussed now at #WHA78 The People's Health Movement believes in community-based primary health care for mental health and NCDs. #Prevention is essential. We call on @WHO member states to back comprehensive PHC in the tradition of #AlmaAta.

As diplomats gathered with @WHO this week to discuss the health conditions in Palestine, we gathered in the streets of Geneva to mourn the health workers and civilians lost to Israel's genocide on Gaza, and to demand an end to the occupation and to attacks on health care. #WHA78

Our #WHOWatch team hard at work in Geneva casting a critical eye on the #WorldHealthAssembly and bringing a radical, grassroots critique to global health governance. #WHA78 #HealthForAll

Our #WHOWatch team is bringing our critique of militarism, genocide and aggression to the streets, on the margins of the World Health Assembly in Geneva. Palestine is on the agenda tomorrow at #WHA78. We demand safety for health workers and an end to the occupation #NotATarget