I couldn’t be more excited to welcome Jessica Meyers to the Global Press Journal team as our new News Director! Jessica joins #GPJ after an impressive career which included stints as a Beijing-based correspondent for the Los Angeles Times , a national reporter for Boston Globe Media , a tech and transportation policy correspondent for POLITICO and an education and politics writer for The Dallas Morning News . We’re looking forward to adding Jessica’s expertise and energy to the mix! https://lnkd.in/dtpCR5y #journalism …see more

I'm truly mystified by the way some people have responded to 16-year-old Greta Thunberg's impassioned #climatechange activism. Though I realize most of of the criticism is fueled by conservative talking points culled from Fox News, the level of patronizing dismissiveness--or pious concern about "that poor, mentally unstable child being exploited by adults"--leaves me wondering how limited their view of children's humanity must be. If you want to read the rest of this rant, you'll have to find my new Facebook Page, "Rachel Jones-Globally Speaking." I've decided I needed someplace else to share my unique perspective about #globaldevelopment , #globalhealth and #socialjustice , and my page will take the conversations I've started on LinkedIn to the next level. I hope you'll check out #RachelJonesGloballySpeaking on Facebook, and give it a "Like" while you're there! …see more

Just stepped away from the suitcases and boxes long enough to take a WhatsApp call from nakisanze segawa , a Global Press Journal reporter based in Kampala, Uganda. I'm editing a second story Naki produced, about illegal fishing in Lake Victoria, after the first story of hers that I edited was posted yesterday. http://bit.ly/2kIYXsS Getting a little practice in before I start my job as Story Editor for GPJ on Sept. 30th! What a ride it's going to be, supporting women like Naki who are building their journalistic expertise and literally changing the face of #internationalreporting . #journalism #womenjournalists #GPJ #GlobalPressJournal #GlobalPressInstitute #globaldevelopment …see more

75 covers of Toni Morrison's "Beloved" From Around The World #RIPToniMorrison #publishing #literature #AfricanAmericans #Beloved

#Ebola #ebolaresponse #diseaseoutbreaks #globalhealth #publichealth #Emergencyresponse World Health Organization #WHO #communityoutreach #behavioralhealth #behaviorchange

I just downloaded the #AspenIdeasHealth app, and guess who I found? Myself! What a thrill to be located between two luminaries: #PhenomenalWoman and #MidwifeExtraordinaire Jennie Joseph and the legendary soul musician Booker T. Jones. I'm going to try to keep my professional duties front and center while I’m at the Aspen Ideas Health Festival, but y’all just don’t understand. I grew up with the music of Booker T. Jones. And if he brings even ONE MG with him, I will totally lose my mind. The Aspen Institute #IdeasHealth #midwivessavelives #globalhealth #healthaccess #healthequity #SocialDeterminantsofHealth …see more

"Could your family live on 600 liters of water for 10 days?" That's a question asked in this CNN .com article by Helen Regan and Omar Khan . #India is facing the worst #water crisis in its history, with 600 million people dealing with high to extreme #watershortages , according to a recent report by NITI Aayog , a #policy #thinktank for the Indian government. An average of 200,000 Indian lives are lost every year due to inadequate supply or contamination of water. #globaldevelopment #globalhealth #sanitation #hygiene #WASH #climatechange #waterpolicy #poverty #extremepoverty https://lnkd.in/eBw7hzT …see more

The #Human #Heredity and #Health in Africa ( #H3Africa ) Initiative is a partnership between The National Institutes of Health , the African Society of Human Genetics, and the Wellcome Trust , through the @Alliance for @The Alliance For Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa ( #AESA ). #H3Africa fosters genomic and epidemiological research in African scientific institutions. Many Institutes and Center across NIH have partnered to support H3Africa, and NIH leadership on the Initiative comes from the NIH Common Fund , th National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) an Fogarty International Center at NIH . Read more about the upcoming #H3Africa Meeting Here--> https://lnkd.in/eUadC4e https://lnkd.in/e8JpsRa …see more

Meet Women Deliver 's new class of #YoungLeaders: 300 under-30 advocates powering progress toward #genderequality 💪: #globalhealth #globaldevelopment https://lnkd.in/epjNXQs … …see more

This year marks two major anniversaries for women’s equality in the #UnitedKingdom . In 1868, nine women were admitted to the University of London to enroll for a ‘special examination’ course, giving women in #Britain access to university education for the first time. In 1918, the Representation of the People Act was passed in the #UK , for the first time giving the right to vote to women over the age of 30 and "of property". Now, 150 years since women were first admitted to higher education in Britain, and on the centenary of UK women's suffrage, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London is proud to be hosting the second annual Women Leaders in Global Health Conference. Women in Global Health   #WLGH18 #genderequity #globalhealth #globaldevelopment #HealthForAll #LSHTM …see more

I’ve been a big fan of former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet for many years, so it’s a great privilege to see her receive the very first National Geographic Explorers Award for Planetary Leadership. I must plan a trip to #Chile soon.... #womensleadership #conservation #NatGeoFest …see more

This terrific piece by Rebecca Root of Devex perfectly outlines the nexus between health and global development. Social and economic progress can only be attained when the majority of people are able to positively contribute to a country's functioning. It seems like such a no-brainer, and yet nations continue to debate the need for #universalhealthcare, and policies continue to be developed that are shortsighted and punitive when it comes to providing access to quality care. This has to stop. Healthy men, women and children must be viewed as lucrative business commodities. #HealthForAll #globalhealth #globaldevelopment #SDGs …see more

Stakes are high for the upcoming Dakar Financing Conference in #Senegal's capital, February 1st and 2nd, says Alice Albright , CEO of the Global Partnership for Education . "(The conference) will be the pivotal moment when political commitment meets financing commitments and when the international community reverses the decline in financing for global education we have seen over the past years."   #GPE2018 #education #globaldevelopment …see more

In his New Year's Message, United Nations Antonio Guterres issues a ‘red alert,’ urging the world to come together in 2018 to tackle global challenges.

I started my Wednesday morning by reading Laurie Garrett 's latest piece for Foreign Policy magazine,  'The Crime of Gender Inequality in Global Health." Garrett believes there’s no way we’ll be able to grapple with the coming health crises unless we fix the gaping problem of women’s empowerment in #globalhealth. …see more

I spent the past few days trying to decide what I wanted to say about #Charlottesville, and then just now I remembered that I'd already written it, on November 11, 2016, right here on LinkedIn .

How I miss the bustle and hustle of East Africa, especially Dar es Salaam, Tanzania! But that amazing Indian Ocean port city's population is expected to reach 10 million people by 2030. See how the World Bank Group is confronting that reality now, with the Dar es Salaam Bus RapidTransit Project …see more

Thrilled to announce that I'll be hosting Rakesh Khurana , Dean of Harvard College ( Harvard University ) for a discussion this Thursday at 4pm Eastern. Please register: https://lnkd.in/dpmd3NG

‪US student lending businesses are wrecked. there is no surviving from this tsunami about to hit universities in the US‬

‪c-banks & fin.regulators are going to have a richer interpretation of “operational resilience” post covid. expect a whole lot of activity around that from incumbents, startups... orthogonal to digitization & automation. differentiated enough to be a separate fintech trend.‬