James Chau
I am humbled to participate and to serve: #WorldHealthOrganization #UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador
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Virus rebel Professor Edward Holmes named NSW Scientist of the Year
Kate Aubusson - The Sydney Morning Herald 93d 9 tweets
The man who first published the genome sequence of the coronavirus for the world to see has been named NSW Scientist of the Year.
The Elders call for urgent action to address multilateral failings exposed by COVID-19
The Elders 97d 6 tweets
The Elders call on world leaders to urgently strengthen, defend, and realise the potential of the multilateral system, to end the current disarray in the global order.
James Chau Important call from to world leaders. Full statement here: 93d
Pope Francis calls for civil union laws for same-sex couples
NBC News 98d 2 tweets
“Homosexuals have a right to be part of the family,” the pontiff said in “Francesco,” a documentary about his life.
Black Lives Matter's Alicia Garza: ‘Leadership today doesn't look like Martin Luther King’
the Guardian 102d 5 tweets
In seven years, BLM has gone from hashtag to global rallying cry. So why has the co-founder stepped away from the movement she helped create?
Mini apps could reinvent the way you use your iPhone. China led the way
CNN 103d 1 tweets
Apple has a solution for home screen clutter: Mini apps. In China, that has long been the norm.
James Chau Innovation isn’t exclusive to one country. But... 103d
Rudy Giuliani Posts Footage of Himself Mocking Asians to YouTube
Justin Baragona - The Daily Beast 105d 7 tweets
The president’s personal lawyer gleefully pantomimed a bow while putting on a stereotypical Chinese accent in footage he apparently posted accidentally.
Vaccines should be made global common good
Global.chinadaily.com.cn 105d 2 tweets
We are in the grip of a historic pandemic. The novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 threatening the whole of the human family. COVID-19 does not discriminate. Across the globe, outbreaks of COVID-19 continue to claim thousands of lives.
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James Chau Nobel laureates Muhammad Yunus and José Ramos-Horta write in for a common good vaccine. China has pledged vaccines it deploys and develops to be offered as a global public good, and last week joined the COVAX alliance for equitable distribution 105d
OPINIONISTA: Queering queer discourse: Advocating for recognition of the existence of queer people
Daily Maverick 107d 1 tweets
There is something disembodying about the label “queer”. It means to embody invisibility through misidentifying pronouns, official documentation, single-sex schools, bathroom signs, the clothing industry, sanctioned hair length and instructive...
Bryanboy: Controversy grows over restaurant's 'racist' posters
BBC News 108d 3 tweets
The posters described China's leader as a "bat man", but the artist says no offence was intended.
Julian Lloyd Webber
Facebook.com 107d 1 tweets
Vaccines with a global common good guarantee
The Hindu 108d 3 tweets
The post-COVID-19 world has to be one that shares the anti-virus therapeutics and the vaccines with the poor
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James Chau Excellent piece in today's as laureates Muhammad Yunus and José Ramos-Horta step-up calls for a vaccine with a "global good guarantee": 107d
Covax: Covid vaccine global effort gets China's support
the Guardian 110d 8 tweets
Beijing joins initiative against ‘vaccine nationalism’ in contrast to US, which is not part of alliance
James Chau The fight against #COVID19 is bigger than any one country. Vaccine for all. Health for all. 110d
Long COVID: let patients help define long-lasting COVID symptoms
Nature.com 112d 19 tweets
The terminology for long-lasting COVID symptoms — and the definition of recovery — must incorporate patients’ perspectives.
Sexist data hold back the world's Covid-19 response - STAT
Melinda Gates - STAT 181d 17 tweets
A dearth of Covid-19 data disagreggated by sex, race, and other factors can skew much-needed responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
COVID Gender-Disaggregated Data Reveals Groups Being Left Behind in National Responses
Ms. Magazine - Ms. Magazine 114d 2 tweets
The Sex, Gender and COVID-19 project tracks gender differences in infection rates and health outcomes for COVID-19. Launched as a joint project between Global Health 50/50,The International Center for Research on Women and the African Population and...
What We Know About COVID-19 Now
Emily Bloch - Teen Vogue 112d 2 tweets
We've learned a lot since the start of the pandemic.
Data shows fewer Afghan women than men get Covid-19. That’s bad news.
Nytimes.com 111d 1 tweets
Youth mental health gets a boost from RACV | [email protected] | RACV
@RACV 111d 1 tweets
COVID-19 has taken a heavy toll on young people in regional Victoria but a new partnership between RACV and Orygen promises help.
James Chau Grateful to learn that are partnering for young people with #Mentalhealth services over 3 years + recognizing that #COVID19 misshapes our wellbeing and future prospects: 111d
March for Mental Health
Facebook.com 112d 1 tweets
Causes event by Speak Your Mind on Friday, October 9 2020 with 1.4K people interested and 264 people going.
James Chau Good news: you don't need to walk for 24 hours straight Even better news: but you can walk for mental health in the first 24-hour virtual march of its kind Sign-up here: 112d
Coronavirus Deaths Pass One Million Worldwide
Nytimes.com 121d 17 tweets
Over the past 10 months, the virus has taken more lives than H.I.V., malaria, influenza and cholera. And as it sows destruction in daily life around the globe, it is still growing quickly.