Personal Account. Surgeon, Writer ("Being Mortal," "Checklist Manifesto"), and @USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health.atulgawande.comJoined January 2011
Mpox in US: cases remain low. No summer wave.
Excellent piece from 3 leaders of the response on the lessons, including:
1. Make the affected community the vehicle not object of the response
2. Flex to its needs
3. Persist longer than you think
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
Earlier this year, @WHO reported we faced 56 concurrent health emergencies around the world. This new reality of compounding health crises calls for us to build a better way to respond—a global immune system.
Read more in my latest for @nytimes. nytimes.com/2023/12/25/opi…
🚨 Breaking news. TO KILL A TIGER has won the Women Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary By or About Women!
Winner of 22 awards. One of the @washingtonpost's Best Films of 2023. From director @NishaPahuja.
TO KILL A TIGER 🧡 For Your Consideration
Testified before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic with @HHS_ASGA and @Atul_Gawande about @WHO and ensuring global health security and accountability.
Stunning: NYT Critics Pick.
“TO KILL A TIGER Review: The Survivor Who Refuses to Be Shamed — In this unflinching documentary, a young girl in rural Indian and her father fight an entrenched village culture to seek justice for her brutal rape.”
nytimes.com/2023/10/19/mov…
Stunning: NYT Critics Pick.
“TO KILL A TIGER Review: The Survivor Who Refuses to Be Shamed — In this unflinching documentary, a young girl in rural Indian and her father fight an entrenched village culture to seek justice for her brutal rape.”
nytimes.com/2023/10/19/mov…
It’s kind of insane how “crippled the Black Sea Fleet and unilaterally re-opened its grain shipment corridor” isn’t widely considered part of Ukraine’s summer counteroffensive, when it very clearly is, and it very clearly has been hugely successful & consequential.
The Everyman’s Library edition of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is on sale today, with a beautiful new introduction from surgeon and writer Atul Gawande.
Order your copy here: oliversacks.com/oliver-sacks-b…
This is major. This price reduction will help hundreds of thousands more people who have undiagnosed TB get access to testing — a big step toward making TB testing and treatment more equitable for all.
This is major. This price reduction will help hundreds of thousands more people who have undiagnosed TB get access to testing — a big step toward making TB testing and treatment more equitable for all.
New York friends, this is it! We’re at @FilmForumNYC Oct 20th for a week. One of my all time favourite cinemas playing our film..full circle moment. Come out, spread the word… you’ll never forget the family in this incredible story @Atul_Gawande@tokillatigerdoc@mindykaling
New York friends, this is it! We’re at @FilmForumNYC Oct 20th for a week. One of my all time favourite cinemas playing our film..full circle moment. Come out, spread the word… you’ll never forget the family in this incredible story @Atul_Gawande@tokillatigerdoc@mindykaling
Hey. If you’re in NYC next Friday 9/22, join me as I interview author/psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison at @92ndStreetY about the art, the science, and the history of healing.
Not treating. Not curing. Healing.
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He chose hospice and, as so many have learned, that has not shortened his life. Focusing on support for quality of life also, on average, lengthens it. nytimes.com/2023/08/28/opi…
London, come see us at the BFI June 29th at London Indian Film Festival. Ranjit, the father from the film will be there-his first time abroad and his first time watching the film with an audience! Can’t wait to share that experience with him! @Atul_Gawande@LoveLIFF@ACFilmsInc1
Nairobi’s Mbagathi Hospital delivers around 30 newborns a day & a third of births have some type of complication. As the largest supporter of 🇰🇪 healthcare system, @USAID is investing in maternal health thru strengthening primary care& bringing innovative partnerships like m-mama
Today's news shows the U.S.'s continued leadership and commitment to strengthening global health security. These funds complement USG direct investments with partner countries in a holistic approach to preparing the world for future health emergencies. usaid.gov/news-informati…
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