@IanRossUK

Assistant Prof (Health Economics) | water & sanitation econ at @LSHTM_GHECO @LSHTM_EHG | @WASHeconomics | mountaineer | fellrunner | father of 2

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New paper in @WaterRes_J "Using water-adjusted person years (WAPYs) to quantify the value of being water secure for an individual's quality of life" 👉 bit.ly/WAPY_theory the WAPY can improve the way we do cost-benefit analysis for water supply. more in 🧵 #WASHtwitter
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Great to be in Marseille for #WASHecon 2nd edition! More info here washeconomics.sciencesconf.o…
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APHRC@aphrc8 Feb 2024
To accelerate progress towards attaining SDG 5 - gender equality and 6 - clean water & sanitation, @APHRC & @LSHTM are hosting a convening on gender, sanitation, & quality of life. Our ED, @CKyobutungi attended the opening session, giving an overview of our work. #WeAreAfrica
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The Sanitation-related Quality of Life index (SanQoL-5) has been validated in four more rural and urban settings in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia. Find the preprint here (researchsquare.com/article/r… - feedback welcome) and more info/FAQs at SanQoL.org
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Please use SanQoL-5 to monitor and evaluate your sanitation programmes or in your research! Feedback on validity is always welcome. Do you have any questions about how to use it, or what it is (not) appropriate for?
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KEMRI-Wellcome
@KEMRI_Wellcome3 Jan 2024
Happy New Year! The AfHESG training sessions are back. Join the study group on 26th Jan for a session on measuring catastrophic health expenditures and impoverishment. Registration link: shorturl.at/flALT #HealthEconomics
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Sourav Roy Barman@Sourav_RB1 Dec 2023
World Bank has withdrawn three papers, including one that flagged a “most concerning” (12 percentage points) decline in the use of toilets in rural India between 2018 and 2021. "Institutional structures that supported Swachh Bharat were not sustained.” theprint.in/india/governance…

World Bank papers show 'most concerning' decline in toilet usage. Withdrawn 'under pressure' later

The three World Bank papers, published in September, highlighted decline in toilet use citing lack of sustainable institutional measures to support Swacch Bharat Mission.

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Paul Johnson@PJTheEconomist29 Sep 2023
We held back the dam on rising taxes for decades by slashing defence spending, and in 2010s through deep cuts to public spending. Now spiralling debt interest costs, rising spending, poor growth and demographic change are driving up size of state and hence taxes.
Ben Zaranko@BenZaranko29 Sep 2023
The level of taxation in the UK is pretty middling by international standards. Where the UK does stand out is the extent to which we kept taxes relatively flat between the financial crisis and Covid, in the face of demographic change and weak growth. Now, we're playing catch-up.
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Extinction Rebellion Global
@ExtinctionR17 Aug 2023
EARTH'S LAND MAMMALS BY WEIGHT ⚫ each equals one million tons TONS 520 CATTLE 39 34 49 29 WILD ANIMALS HORSES Source: XXCD.com 358 136 SHEEP 90 HUMANS PIGS PETS GOATS

ALT EARTH'S LAND MAMMALS BY WEIGHT ⚫ each equals one million tons TONS 520 CATTLE 39 34 49 29 WILD ANIMALS HORSES Source: XXCD.com 358 136 SHEEP 90 HUMANS PIGS PETS GOATS

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Work out in @WaterRes_J led by @EPFLEngineering MSc students It's an index of water service quality from (mostly) admin data on accessibility, quantity, continuity, affordability. Input data are easy to collect (vs alternatives). Can help model past/future changes in service.
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Found a female stag beetle on our doorstep this evening 🪲
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Duncan A. Thomas@duncanathomas6 Jun 2023
New open access paper out with Dale Whittington on what we learnt teaching water + sanitation policy + economics & @coursera MOOCs (1/4): aetrjournal.org/UserFiles/fi… @UN_Water @WorldBankWater @WHO @WASHLink @BEonthetoilet @FSM_Fail @WASHwatch @oliver_kathryn @Ofwat @NeilJefferyCEO
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Being back at the desk is a struggle after a week with my boys in the Peak District and Bannau Brycheiniog 🌄🌊
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Having "open" and "female" categories, as British Cycling are now doing, seems to be the fairest and least-worst way to solve this divisive issue. @TheEconomist has been making this case for a while economist.com/leaders/2022/0…

Sports should have two categories: “open” and “female”

Biology doesn’t always matter. But sometimes it matters a great deal

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BBC Breaking News
@BBCBreaking26 May 2023
British Cycling to ban transgender women from competing in elite female category bbc.in/3OCY8xd

British Cycling to ban transgender women from competing in female category

British Cycling is to ban transgender women from the female category of its competitions following a review and consultation.

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CLOSING TOMORROW! gender-focused post-doc - PhD + track record in gender research/theory essential - sanitation experience *not* essential (but helps) - £43-49k - 7mths w/ hope to extend - visas sponsored jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.asp…

Jobs at LSHTM

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re: funding sewer upgrades from water bills, listen to @BBCInOurTime on "the Great Stink" of 1858 buff.ly/3Om8CAH Similar debates as to who should pay, and how widely geographically (London or national) - see this p.108 buff.ly/3MCKHMl
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LAST CALL TO SHARE THIS JOB! (deadline 23 May) I'm recruiting a gender-focused post-doc - PhD + track record in gender research/theory essential - sanitation experience *not* essential (but helps) - £43-49k - 7mths w/ hope to extend - visas sponsored buff.ly/3nMilWb
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I want to read this - it is going to be motivating and full of good data
Hannah Ritchie
@_HannahRitchie12 May 2023
Exciting! My book is now available to pre-order in the UK. An optimistic, data-driven look at how we solve our environmental problems & build a sustainable future. It's the book I needed 10 years ago. You can pre-order here: amzn.to/3MdaOci @ChattoBooks @vintagebooks
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Please share a *gender*-focused post-doc I'm recruiting! - PhD + track record in gender research/theory essential - Sanitation experience *not* essential, but helps - £43-49k - deadline 23 May - 7mths w/ hope to extend - visas can be sponsored 👉 buff.ly/3nMilWb
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@MerielFlint @MinionPostDoc @PostdocPal
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PLEASE SHARE THIS JOB W/ CLIMATE & HYGIENE PEOPLE Assist. or Assoc. Prof (£50-70k) at @LSHTM_EHG re: hygiene & climate / AMR / One Health Are you a planetary health & hygiene expert? 👉 buff.ly/3nJwnYP - full-time, funded for 2yrs - £150k to develop new research
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