Fully support this morning’s statement by @theindpanel.bsky.social at the #PABS talks at the WHO. It relates to the news broken by @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social that the US is seeking access to pathogen information in exchange for health funding. healthpolicy-watch.news/exclusive-us...

This am @theindpanel.bsky.social made a statement to #IGWG3 concerning bilateral health deals: "...these bilateral agreements will undermine the multilateral system. They will bypass the WHO, and the foundations of solidarity and equity we have been trying to build here." tinyurl.com/mr4dyr54

💥 NEW! Joint statement welcomes text-based negotiations for #IGWG3 and urges negotiators to hammer out the details for an equitable, effective #PABS Annex #PandemicAgreement @who.int . www.pandemicactionnetwork.org/news/details...

🔔 Registration OPEN! Join leaders at #UNGA80 on what’s needed to rebuild multilateralism + galvanise leadership, action, & investment for the interconnected threats of our time💥 airtable.com/appSBElqukpN...

📅 Don't miss our #UNGA80 side event where leaders will discuss rebuilding multilateralism & galvanize ACTION to tackle interconnected threats. Hosted by @panaction.bsky.social, @theindpanel.bsky.social, @theelders.bsky.social, @africaeuropefdn.bsky.social, @ranafrica.org 🎟️ tinyurl.com/y7xrwjea

📌JOIN US at #UNGA80! @panaction.bsky.social, @theindpanel.bsky.social, @theelders.bsky.social, @africaeuropefdn.bsky.social, @ranafrica.org's Sept. 23 side event will bring together leaders around rebuilding multilateralism & galvanising action to tackle interconnected threats. tinyurl.com/y7xrwjea

The Pandemic Agreement is a milestone - now national capitals must work towards implementation. In this new @thelancet.com Comment, @helenclarknz.bsky.social & @MaEllenSirleaf write about the work required now to secure leadership, finance, equitable access & monitoring. bit.ly/43JJ5aH

Don't miss The Right Honourable @helenclarknz.bsky.social, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and the current Co-chair of The @theindpanel.bsky.social, who will be a special guest on a live recording of the This Week in Global Development podcast.

📝Update on the Pandemic Agreement - next steps? 🎬 Here is what to expect at the World Health Assembly later this month - and our take! open.substack.com/pub/ninaschw...

On May 20 at the time of #WHA78, join @helenclarknz.bsky.social in Geneva for expert discussions on how the world can be prepared for a pandemic threat in these uncertain times. Register for in-person at The Graduate Institute, or online! graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...

Join @panaction.bsky.social & @theindpanel.bsky.social at #WHA78 for Biosecurity: A Priority in the Era of Pandemics and AI — Wed., May 21 — to discuss opportunities + risks in our evolving landscape and next steps to keep the world safe and secure. www.pandemicactionnetwork.org/events/biose...

Will you be @ #WHSNewDelhi2025? Be sure to join @helenclarknz.bsky.social who will chair a panel exploring what the US withdrawal from global health means for pandemic preparedness and response. The full program: bit.ly/WHSNewDelhi #PreventPandemics

After talking all night, #PandemicAgreement negotiators at #WHO agree on everything but a single section - and a vexing word 'voluntary'. Will they make the new Tuesday deadline? @nschwalbe.bsky.social @theindpanel.bsky.social @panaction.bsky.social @pandemiccenter.bsky.social bit.ly/42kXN8Z

At opening of #INB13 - the final set of pandemic agreement negotiations, Dr. Tedros urged @who.int Member States to “find a balance in protecting their people from both bombs and bugs” as the next pandemic is an “epidemiological certainty." healthpolicy-watch.news/pandemic-agr...

🦠We are down to the wire on the #PandemicAccord. 📜Here is our joint statement to the #INB13 on behalf of @panaction.bsky.social, @theindpanel.bsky.social, the Panel for a Global Public Health Convention, and GPMB. 🌍 We count on Member States to pull together to get this agreement done.

⏰Next week is the final negotiating session for the #PandemicAccord at the World Health Organization in Geneva. 💣Negotiators cannot afford to fail. 🤝 To strike a deal, countries no longer have the luxury of holding tight to narrow national self-interest. 🧵

“The full scope of the cuts is still unclear, and legal challenges against them continue. Making sense of the chaos “is more challenging than trying to understand what’s going on with the damn diseases themselves,” says epidemiologist Michael Osterholm… the list of affected diseases is long.”

In @foreignpolicy.com, @helenclarknz.bsky.social and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf outline how US withdrawal from global health impacts pandemic preparedness, & what must happen next to protect lives and #preventpandemics. Tragedies should result in transformational change. bit.ly/4j2jfVB

The cessation of a lot of US foreign aid will have enormous consequences on the health of the world's people for years to come. The abrupt, no-notice nature of that move took the devastation next level. www.statnews.com/2025/03/19/t...

Abrupt cessation of US aid funding has plunged programs to fight #malaria, #TB, & #HIV into a crisis, #WHO said Monday. Director-General Tedros said while the US has the right to decide how to spend its money, if it is to withdraw it should do so in a planned way. www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/w...

The IHR Expert Committee report on the #Mpox public health emergency is now published by @who.int The Committee heard that the freeze in USAID funds is affecting testing in the DRC, & that the conflict in the eastern provinces were also hindering the response. bit.ly/4kYzDIi 1/2

Very good news from Tanzania today, as the Ministry declares the end of the latest Marburg outbreak. This is the result of hard work and collaboration between partners including Gov't of Tanzania, AfricaCDC, @who.int , @unicef.org, @ifrc.org and the US CDC. #PreventPandemics

As @who.int Member States work towards a pandemic agreement, @helenclarknz.bsky.social & HE Ellen Johnson Sirleaf join @GPHC_Pane in a call to deliver and "demonstrate the power & opportunity that comes from int'l cooperation and solidarity. Failure is not an option." bit.ly/4hvn2JK

As WHO Member States enter informal pandemic agreement negotiations before #INB13 resumes (April 7-11), members of The Panel for a Global Public Health Convention and the @theindpanel.bsky.social call for the "full use of the intersessional period to reach consensus on the outstanding issues."

Five years ago today, DG DrTedros @who.int characterized the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. In its report, @theindpanel.bsky.social described February as a lost month, when countries had been warned of a public health emergency of international concern, and too many delayed action on COVID.

As #mpox remains a public health emergency of int'l concern, @ippsecretariat.org reports very little progress on vaccines, diagnostics and treatments in the last 100 days. ⬇️ in the number of preclinical treatments 💉 more vaccines delivered to countries, but roll-out slow #PreventPandemics

[email protected] new report on undiagnosed illness in Equateur, DRC. In Basankusu: - deaths are ⬇️; w/ more young male deaths - investigation now focussed on rapid onset bacterial meningitis or chemical poisoning - local risk moderate, nat'l & global risk low #PreventPandemics shorturl.at/CTxcn

The potential human costs to cuts in ODA, acc. to senior USAID staff, reported by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social - >28,000 new cases of such infectious diseases as Ebola & Marburg annually - uncontrolled outbreaks of mpox & bird flu, including as many as 105 million cases in the US #PreventPandemics

In the latest @panaction.bsky.social Playbook: Paradigm shifts in defense spending, U.S. + U.K. aid, #G20 multilateralism ↪️ Playing with pandemic fire 🔥 Africa vaccine and finance sovereignty 🌍 What's next for the pandemic agreement ⁉️ Latest on #H5N1 #mpox & more! mailchi.mp/pandemicacti...

Breaking: Hours after Elon Musk reassured Cabinet that efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in Uganda had only been “accidentally canceled very briefly,” the Trump administration terminated at least four of the five contracts for Ebola-related work in that country. nyti.ms/4ikHi1Q

This week's gathering of experts advise that the #mpox public health emergency of intern'l concern should continue. @who.int DG Tedros issues updated temporary recommendations including on coordination, clinical care, vaccination and community protection in affected areas. #PreventPandemics

More people now associated with the undiagnosed illness in the #DRC. @who.int DRC office reports 1096 sick & 60 deaths in two communities fitting a broad case definition including .. bleeding from nose, cough, vomiting and diarrhoea. WHO investigating with national experts. shorturl.at/jOZkS

The USDA announces a new effort to control #H5N1 in poultry, but.. "We cannot effectively control H5N1 if the virus remains circulating in dairy," - @helenbranswell.bsky.social report. As long as people are exposed to #H5N1, the risk of mutation to a pandemic strain remains. shorturl.at/iXXGx

A sobering report on the impact of abrupt #USAID cuts to the #mpox response in DRC. "Flying blind" in surveillance. Vaccines stuck in the warehouse. Combined with insecurity, @who.int says "All of the investment we've made ..are interrupted, on hold and impossible to continue." shorturl.at/zkiyx

#Measles is one of the most contagious diseases - and also one of the most preventable. Through vaccination, endemic measles has been eliminated in the Americas. Now a large outbreak in Texas has led to the death of a child. A completely preventable tragedy. dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...

Here's the report from @whoafro.bsky.social, with details on two communities affected by an unknown disease causing a recorded 431 cases, 53 deaths and CFR of 12.3% Ebola and Marburg are ruled out, laboratory testing, investigation ongoing. #PreventPandemics iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...

According to the AP, local and WHO reports say 419 cases, and 50 deaths within 48 hours in an as-yet undiagnosed outbreak in NW DRC, ongoing since January 21. Tests for Ebola and Marburg are negative; with some positive for malaria. #PreventPandemics apnews.com/article/cong...

Progress on the pandemic accord was very slow this week. Here is @helenclarknz.bsky.social statement to #INB13 on Friday am: "A successful pandemic agreement is as important today as it was three years ago. Your work to conclude by May is vital for the health security of every country...

Hello from Geneva after #INB13 negotiations have wrapped up. Here’s our recap 🧵 of Day 5️⃣👇

Two dairy workers in Michigan may have transmitted bird flu to their pet cats last May, suggests a new study published on Thursday by the CDC. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/h...

The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

Reported plans underway to better tackle H5N1 in 🐔. What about cattle? "Public health responders need to adopt a more granular understanding of the vulnerabilities of all types of farmers. Agr. needs to recognize that its cherished flocks & herds can serve as the source of devastating diseases."

U.S. HHS orders CDC to halt some vaccine ads, saying RFK Jr. wants message focused on ‘informed consent,’ by @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/c... via @statnews.com

New @nature.com editorial calling for leadership on the lessons of COVID. “The science will deliver if we have a new emerging infectious disease. I think it will be the people who aren’t going to deliver.” - Joanne Liu of @mcgillghp.bsky.social and former member of @theindpanel.bsky.social

#INB13 pandemic agreement negotiations continued today. Here’s our recap 🧵 of Day 3️⃣👇

🌎 Day 3 of #PandemicAccord again started with no progress update. 📑 Newly circulated text showed limited progress - only on the margins. 🗂️ Divides persist on prevention & surveillance details (Art 4 & 5) and pathogen access & benefit sharing (Art 12). 🧵

“None of us thought about the scenario in which we would have leaders & a part of the pop that do not believe in science,” says @drejoanneliu.bsky.social to @nature.com. "The first step is to hold on to the urgency of 2020. Do not let history be forgotten, or worse, rewritten." shorturl.at/xDTfJ

Italian journalists face continued anxiety and trauma from reporting on the early devastation of COVID-19 in Jan/Feb 2020. From @NiemanReports: “Being one of the few people..dealing with relatives who would constantly cry on your shoulders … is something I will never forget.” bit.ly/4hLEBGG

@who.int Member States are in Geneva for #INB13 aiming to make significant progress towards a final #pandemicagreement before the end of the year. 🧵 Our recap of Day 2️⃣👇

Uganda has released from hospital 8 people who survived #Ebola Sudan. No newly confirmed cases in a while. Both excellent pieces of news. But the 1st case — a nurse who died — probably wasn't the first case. Would be good to have more detail about that investigation. www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/u...