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🎉 Finalists announced for the 2025 game design challenge focused on #communication. Announced this morning at the Games for Health Conference in Eindhoven.

Studio names and countries are listed below. For individual developers their initials and country are listed.

We received so many fantastic game pitches, it was difficult to narrow them down to these 16 Finalists:

2GEN Team
(Argentina )

CelleC Games
(U.S.)

CoLab
(U. K.)

DOTDOT
(U.S.)

Misfit Adventure
(U. S.)

Monkey Dori Team
(India)

Necther Louie
(Philippines)

Pawzzle Studios
(Canada)

Story Tonic
(U. S.)

Unwise Tootsie
(U.S.)

The Whole Circus
(U. S.)

A.R.
(Georgia)

D.T.
(India)

F.Z.
(Czech Republic)

L.V.
(France)

S.H.
(U.S.)

Congratulations Finalists - - and thank you to all participants. We are sending further details via email to all entrants later today.

@gamingagainstv @stopTDV #gamedev #publichealth #indiedev @sociology @publichealth @susanne @olmstead #prevention #education #psychology

The #CDC buried a #measles forecast that stressed the need for #vaccinations

Leaders at the Centers for #Disease Control and #Prevention ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near #outbreaks where #vaccination rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
#vaccines

arstechnica.com/health/2025/03

Ars Technica · The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinationsBy ProPublica

"Serait-on, outre le fait de ne pas considérer le COVID long comme une crise,, sur une décharge par avance pour l’éventualité de l’arrivée de H5N1 par la répétition des mêmes erreurs – malgré les promesses ?"

Splendeurs et misères de la santé globale

Lien : winslow.fr/one-health/

Winslow Santé Publique · splendeurs et misères de la santé globale - Winslow Santé PubliqueLes dangers du détournement de l'expression one health

There are daily pills to prevent HIV — but injectable options could change what prevention looks like
Quebec is the first province to publicly cover costs of long-acting injectable HIV prevention medication Apretude. Experts say it's a much-needed, long-awaited tool — and they're pushing to make it and other HIV prevention medications completely free.
#medicine #prevention #health #HIV #Quebec #News
cbc.ca/news/health/injectable-

There are daily pills to prevent HIV — but injectable options could change what prevention looks like
Quebec is the first province to publicly cover costs of long-acting injectable HIV prevention medication Apretude. Experts say it's a much-needed, long-awaited tool — and they're pushing to make it and other HIV prevention medications completely free.
#medicine #prevention #health #HIV #Quebec #News
cbc.ca/news/health/injectable-

Quebec becomes 1st province to cover new injection for HIV prevention
Quebec is the first province to publicly cover costs of long-acting injectable HIV prevention medication Apretude. Experts say it's a much-needed, long-awaited tool — and they're pushing to make it and other HIV prevention medications completely free.
#medicine #prevention #health #HIV #Quebec #News
cbc.ca/news/health/injectable-

This article is encouraging -- to the extent it highlights how very far Australia is from reaching their goals to end "#domesticviolence".

But it's also a frustrating read because it explores the well-intentioned, but generally misguided, government strategies.

I've not found many folks here focused on #IPV so I'll just leave it at that. 😶

🌐 theconversation.com/australia-

@publichealth @sociology @psychology @theconversationau #publichealth #prevention

The ConversationAustralia has promised to end domestic violence within a generation. Jess Hill asks: are our strategies working?
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