Global health comms professionals
People working in global health communications (and the occasional journalist).
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@patgrossmann.bsky.social
@creynoldsdc.bsky.social
Proud mama of two fierce girls and a feisty doodle. Co-founder, Pandemic Action Network, CSIS Fellow, and resolute advocate for global health and development. Politics, news, and NYT Games junkie. Opinions my own.
@publichealthguy1.bsky.social
personal account. shares/likes ≠ endorsements. all opinions my own, except for any wrong ones
@annamiti.bsky.social
Public health and HIV advocate with a long history in media and communication.
@rodrigoordonez.bsky.social
Global communications, now at IWMI. Recovering multimedia journalist and humanitarian @americanredcross.bsky.social @savethechildren.bsky.social. Alum @fletcherschool.bsky.social.
@manishkak.bsky.social
Global Lead, Social Media @UNAIDS | Previously #UNICEF l #HumanRights #RightsEqualsHealth l Views my own
@mickessler.bsky.social
Global Health Media Consultant #hiv #tb #infectiousdiseases #CRDs #drugpolicy #ncds #pandemics
@katlay.bsky.social
Journalist - global health correspondent at The Guardian (kat.lay@theguardian.com)
@maevecullinan.bsky.social
Global Health Security journalist at The Telegraph. Contact: maeve.cullinan@telegraph.co.uk Covering infectious diseases, viruses, bacteria, parasites, AMR, vaccines, climate change, conflict, human rights, reproductive rights, etc.
@juliarobinson.bsky.social
Executive Editor, PLOS Global Public Health (@plosgph.bsky.social). Parent, activist, feminist, reader, runner, quilter, outside-goer. Pronouns she/her.
@arianebasaguren.bsky.social
Journalist • Editorial Coordination and Content Design at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) • @msf.bsky.social📍Barcelona
@callieklotz.bsky.social
Global health comms + advocacy at Global Health Strategies. Utahn in NYC. Views are mine alone.
@sybellawilkes.bsky.social
Senior Communications Officer at the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
@liliasebouai.bsky.social
Global Health Security reporter at @telglobalhealth.bsky.social Human rights, food security, malnutrition, women and girls, conflict and climate change. Contact: lilia.sebouai@telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health
@bijanfarnoudi.bsky.social
A voice for evidence-based and people-centred solutions. Comms & Public Affairs Director at IAS - the International AIDS Society, @iasociety.
@nick-owen.bsky.social
Head of Digital at Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) UK. Ebola vaccine guinea pig. Liberal applier of hot sauce. Views mine, not MSF's.
@ollycann.bsky.social
Comms Director at Gavi. I look like the guy up there but with a less wrinkly neck. For now.
@alexpearl198.bsky.social
Communications & Advocacy Specialist at UNOCHA Ethiopia. Views my own.
@kalikabro.bsky.social
Comms Lead, Humanitarian Innovative Finance Hub (HIFHUB) - hosted by the Danish Red Cross - an initiative to help take the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and the wider humanitarian sector beyond grants 🌱
@igorgbarbero.bsky.social
Juntador de palabras. Born in Bilbao. Lost in Bogotá. Revista 5W cofounder. MSF comms advisor for Latin America and Mozambique. Books: ‘Bangladesh. Crónica de un país olvidado’, ‘Vislumbres de África Oriental’. www.igorgbarbero.com
@janelennon.bsky.social
Global Health | Health for All | Comms and Marketing | Gender Equity | Mum to two monkeys
@berniearyeetey.bsky.social
Dad & Chief Cabbie. Policy, advocacy & comms for global health. #LFC. Mainly in that order. https://www.path.org/who-we-are/programs/advocacy-and-policy/
@lawrencemike.bsky.social
global health comms mgr at Brigham & Women’s and NCDI Poverty Network. equity for all.
@andsarj.bsky.social
💼 Media / Comms at Wellcome – @wellcometrust.bsky.social 💡 Interested in all things global health, scicomm and, at risk to my blood pressure, MUFC. 🤔 Still figuring this place out. 📍Chelmsford / London 🔗 @andsarj on other socials.
@carthimannikarottu.bsky.social
Sambar🍲-obsessed writer + advocate | Global health, public policy, human rights | Comms @ WACI Health 🌍 (Views my own)
@katribertram.bsky.social
Working on & defending global health & universal human rights. Private account & views. https://www.linkedin.com/in/katri-bertram-85025787
@speladolinsek.bsky.social
🧠📢 PhD candidate | Health Comm & Mental Well-Being | UvA Exploring the link between health message exposure and mental well-being 💡 #healthcom #mentalhealth #depression #socialmedia #vaping #publichealth #adherence #copingstrategies #mentalwellbeing
@nedra.bsky.social
Creating health & social impact through social marketing + behavior design. Strategist/researcher/author. Public health | Behavioral science | Storytelling for change 🔗 Social-Marketing.com LA 🌍 Jerusalem
@benphillips76.bsky.social
Wrote How to Fight Inequality. Co-founded social movements. Served as a Director at the UN, Oxfam, ActionAid & Save the Children. Fellow at Bellagio, Notre Dame & Bosch. Writing a new book.
@siancrucefix.bsky.social
Comms at The Lancet Group • ✅ Healthy information ecosystems • Occasional 📸 • Views mine
@petrajoel.bsky.social
Risk Communication Officer at World Health Organization Moderator • Communicator • Idealist Talks about UN, health, climate, equity. Views are my own. 🇫🇮🇸🇪🇸🇳🇧🇪🇺🇳 Let's connect!
@katejean.bsky.social
Comms @UNDP, focused on climate adaptation 🌏 Confessed news junkie with interests in #media #socialmedia #digital #climatechange - views all my own.
@nicholsonp.bsky.social
Communications for UNDP on crisis response, recovery and resilience.
@adamcathro.bsky.social
@UN communications person. Now Comms Specialist @UNICEF. Formerly Head, Media & Advocacy (ai) @UNDP. Ex journo. Dad. Opinions my own, etc
@ricardopires.bsky.social
Comms manager @UNICEF NY media team covering humanitarian emergencies. Father, movie geek, football lover, casual gamer and hardcore foodie.
@aleksagorisek.bsky.social
Strategic Communications & Public Diplomacy | 25+ Years in Global Engagement, Storytelling & Crisis Response | @IFRC⛑, @UN🇺🇳 & @IAEA ⚛️
@svenjavr.bsky.social
Comms @ UN World Food Programme / previously UNHCR / always #withrefugees
@melissafleming.un.org
I lead communications at the United Nations. I promote peace, human rights & a healthy planet and advocate for humane information ecosystems. Author: A Hope More Powerful than the Sea. Podcast host: Awake at Night.
@andymucino.bsky.social
Communications at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, former Miss West Virginia USA, proud West Virginia University and University College Dublin alumna Media inquiries: mucinosa@unhcr.org
@paulgarwood.bsky.social
@thanas-goga.bsky.social
Risk communication at WHO • Ron Brown Fellow • Alumni Ohio University • Helping to build a healthier future for all, with a unique role to play for everyone • Posts are my own
@iamdiya.bsky.social
Head of social media & media monitoring at the World Health Organization, @who.int, former ILO, and journalist. I am an introvert in a loud 🌎 world.
@rachelschraer.bsky.social
Global Health Correspondent for The Independent 🌎 Before: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC News + World Service ✍️ 📻 📺 Get in touch: rachel [dot] schraer [at] independent.co.uk
@arndell.ca
Humanitarian Professional and Lt. Gov. Medal recipient. Views my own✌️ Former journalist current aspiring Dúnedain Ranger 🗡 Menagoesenog Acadien 🇨🇦 At the odd intersection of aid, climate, survival, politics and bikes 🌱 🪴 🌳
@timshenk.msf.ca
Senior Communications Officer, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières USA. Based in NYC and internationally focused. Opinions my own. @doctorswithoutborders.org
@brunodecock.bsky.social
photographer and photo editor. Audiovisual senior advisor for Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). 📍Ghent, Belgium
@markrlankester.bsky.social
Comms at MSF / Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders | Humanitarian action, mental health, cat memes | Pizza-powered marathon runner | Views mine
@ccfears.bsky.social
Comms, publishing, policy and politics of global public health. London based, lucky to spend lots of time in Mexico City - the two greatest cities in the world 🇬🇧 🇲🇽 https://christinefears.substack.com/
@evanoconnell.bsky.social
Comms director at @parispeaceforum.bsky.social. Used to work for politicians in France and the US, and also global health and other fun stuff. Anna’s husband. 🇫🇷🇺🇸 national. @evanoconnell on Twitter, www.o-connell.eu for most other things.
@jocalynclark.bsky.social
International Editor, The BMJ. Former editor The Lancet, icddr,b and PLOS Medicine. Adjunct faculty UofT and UCL. 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧. Views mine.
@amymaxmen.bsky.social
Award-winning science reporter at KFF Health News. Bylines at Nature, New York Times, National Geographic & more. Covering inequality & public health. RT≠endorsement. www.amymaxmen.com & https://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/amy-maxmen
@rewinkels.bsky.social
Head of Communications and Press Spokeswomen of the German Red Cross | PhD student in Science Communication |private views
@mshail.bsky.social
Communication Strategist & Content Creator. My purpose in life is to be a collective learner, creator & contributor.
@helenbranswell.bsky.social
I cover infectious diseases for STAT (www.statnews.com). 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. I write about H5N1 (in all species), Covid, polio, flu, Ebola, RSV, mpox, STIs. Find me on Signal: HBranswell.01
@julierovner.bsky.social
Chief Washington Correspondent KFF Health News, Host "What the Health?" podcast/horseperson/corgimomx2/unapologetic Michigan fan.
@drlaurajwaters.bsky.social
NHS GUM/HIV doc @CNWLNHS | Honorary Assoc Professor @UCLGlobalHealth | @peoplefirstcharter@bsky.social founder | ex BHIVA chair | NSA HIV @NHSEngland | @RCPhysicians PIO | BASHH patient & public panel chair | she/her | @iasociety GC | Campari | Humanism
@datareport.bsky.social
Tracking the Covid Pandemic and other health news. Opinions are my own. My YouTube channel: http://tinyurl.com/9cd2zsfp My website: datareport.info
@ilanmoss.bsky.social
Communications at the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative. Former ex-pat Parisian, reformed journo, global health storyteller. Views my own. 🎻
@alicemeallan.bsky.social
Public health communications (WHO/Europe) Podcasts: Not if but When (Health in Europe, WHO/Europe) Books: Open my Eyes/ Sugar Sugar/ The Whispering Trees Nature and conservation T1D mum. West Country. Views my own.
@sarahityler.bsky.social
Public health communications (WHO) • Emergency communications specialist• ex Save the Children • ex journalist • Let’s chat about travel, food, gardening and Caravaggio.
@jasonmaddix.bsky.social
Comms @DNDi – formerly MSF, Unitaid, BUSPH. Interested in health equity, access to medicines, NTDs, container gardening, Barbizon School art
@matthewhodson.bsky.social
Shamelessly HIV+. Former CEO of aidsmap and Gay Men Fighting AIDS. Now speaking, writing, acting etc. These opinions, selfies and choices are mine but you’re welcome to them. He/him. 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🌱
@lizhighleyman.bsky.social
Freelance medical journalist. Science editor for @pozmagazine.bsky.social, Hep & CancerHealth. Words for @slate.bsky.social, Bay Area Reporter. Research beagle adopter. Socialists think I'm a libertarian, libertarians think I'm a socialist.
@mijailsantos.bsky.social
Communication strategist for the World Health Organization | Master in Public Policy 🇸🇬 | Political Science 🇲🇽 | advocacy, innovation and diversity 🏳️🌈
@stephanie-simon.bsky.social
Dean for Communications at Harvard Chan School of Public Health; former biotech comms; longtime journalist at STAT, LA Times, WSJ. ❤️all things health and science.
@gabbystern.bsky.social
Director of Communications at the World Health Organization (WHO) and former journalist at WSJ/Dow Jones and the Omaha World-Herald. Also, ex- BMGF communications. Love swimming, cats, reading, friends and above all family.
@shaillygupta.bsky.social
Senior Communications Advisor, MSF Access Campaign. Avid follower of intellectual property and pro-access news. Believer of #ClaimingRightsNotCharity. Opinions are mine and doesn't represent my employer.
@madhupai.bsky.social
Inaugural Chair, Department of Global & Public Health, McGill University. Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health Tweets: own views. He/him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhukar_Pai
@apoorvanyt.bsky.social
Science and global health reporter for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/by/apoorva-mandavilli Signal: amnyt.91
@patgrossmann.bsky.social
Passionate about global health and digital marketing. Consulting through healthcommstrat.com. Founder of campaigns4youth.com. Aussie/Swiss living on overpriced coffee in Geneva. MPH.