Y. Natalia Alfonso

Exciting! My chapter Measuring & Valuing Health Outcomes was published🎉 In Handbook of Health Economics in Vaccines CO-AUTHORS @AnkurFactorial @StephaneVerguet @loganbrenzel @dbishai @DrWmPadula @immeconomics #vaccineeconomics doi.org/10.1093/oso/97… doi.org/10.1093/oso/97…

Please: Keep an eye on new moms. What I had is one of the top reasons US women die of pregnancy complications. The US maternal mortality rate is 2x most other developed countries. I knew to watch for depression. I wasn’t ready for this.

one of the most disturbing demographic data trends you’ve ever seen. the united states—pre-pandemic, mind you—vastly underperforming the g7 in life expectancy

The Supreme Court has stripped women of their liberty and let red states replace it with mandated birth. This is an attack on American freedom. CA, OR and WA are creating the West Coast offensive. A road map for other states to stand up for women. Time to fight like hell.

Read our latest #research on #AdolescentMentalHealth, published in @CommunityMenta2 Suicidal ideation and depression in adolescents are a public health problem Read here: rdcu.be/cwico @JHUCAIH @dbishai @MaryCwik

If this graph showing the rapid rise of child hospitalizations from COVID catches your eye ... 1/2

Know her name #SalimaMazari When many Afghan political leaders fled, Salima stayed to fight. As one of the first female district Governors in Afghanistan, she took on the Taliban & resisted until the end. She has reportedly been captured. Pressure to free her!! #FreeSalima

Three ways to support women in #Afghanistan RIGHT NOW: @WAWHumanRights @giwps @WomenforWomen @ChristinaKTLA

Concern about the integrity of the US public health infrastructure: state governmental public health spending saw no statistically significant growth between 2008 and 2018. We need better public health preparedness and response. See bit.ly/2PtBaMx

NEW: US Public Health Spending Fell In The Decade Before #COVID19. In a study released ahead of print, Natalia Alfonso of @johnshopkinssph & coauthors examined trends in state-level funding & saw a decrease in state government spending from 2008 to 2018. bit.ly/2PtBaMx

📢 NEW vaccination training for health workers The @WHO COVID-19 vaccination training for health workers course provides key information on how to safely and efficiently administer the COVID-19 vaccine #VaccinesWork technet-21.org/en/library/mai…

A reminder that it was a veteran that told Kaepernick to kneel.

Thousands of voices at a protest in D.C. came together to sing the Bill Withers classic "Lean on Me," led by local musician Kenny Sway. "It sounded like unity and togetherness," he says. "It sounded like love and pureness of the people." trib.al/hd27oex

Racism and discrimination are critical public health issues that demand an urgent response. #BlackLivesMatter Read our director’s statement: healthdata.org/about/racism-p…

Reminded today of the beauty of DC residents. Everywhere I turned at the protests there were ppl handing out water, Gatorade, snacks, hand sanitizer, & masks. Let’s keep marching, donating, learning, petitioning & fighting. #BlackLivesMatter #DefundThePolice #DCProtests @PoPville

Thank you @RalphNortham @andrewcuomo @TomWolfPA & @JohnCarneyDE for not sending your National Guard to DC We’re examining every legal question on the President’s authority to send troops, even National Guard from other states, to DC. We’ve not requested them nor do we need them

If you’ve been protesting (in person, in crowds) and want to get tested for covid, do it. The process has been quick and simple here at the Judiciary Square site. TY to everyone manning this site today. #BlackLivesMatter #DCprotest @PoPville @MayorBowser

I am calling on Ohio Governor @MikeDeWine to withdraw the @OHNationalGuard from DC. I appreciate their service. However, their presence is unnecessary.

Governor @PhilMurphyNJ — on behalf of the 706,000 residents of Washington, DC, I ask you to withdraw the @NJNationalGuard from our city immediately. While I appreciate their service, I never asked for them to come to our city. Their presence is unnecessary.

3rd day @TVEE4 in Jaipur, India teaching immunization economics: Financing, Economics, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Costing, with district and ministry immunization officers @dbishai @loganbrenzel @IIHMRUniversity @SChatterjee