“Even countries that have been successful in keeping AMR rates under control cannot afford to be complacent. Unless AMR programs are protected from aid cuts, resistance rates will likely increase. @mcdonnell.bsky.social discusses the tool in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

ICARS' Executive Director, Sujith J. Chandy, recently joined @Kevin Outterson, @carb-x.bsky.social, Misbah Khan, @tbij.bsky.social, and Anthony McDonnell, @cgdev.org, for an interesting discussion on designing an effective Independent Panel on #AMR. 🔗Read more about the side-event at #WHA76 ⬇️

The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought: - 1.65 million deaths from AIDS - 500,000 from lack of vaccines - 550,000 from lack of food aid - 290,000 from malaria - 310,000 from TB

“Pepfar has saved more than 26 million lives and prevented roughly 1,000 babies a day from being born with the HIV virus” Superb piece on how cuts to USAID will affect the world’s poorest, focusing on HIV on.ft.com/3QX1HhP

I've written a blog post looking at how US AID cuts could impact drug resistance to TB drugs, and intern then negative long term consequences this could have for Americans. www.cgdev.org/blog/tubercu...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer just cut the UK aid budget from 0.5% of GNI to 0.3% in 2027 to fund increases in defence spending. He says he’s making tough choices, but cutting funding for the world’s poorest people is the easiest—and cruellest—choice he could make (1/4)

For as long as Democratic Europe has been united, we've been able to rely on America's for support. That is no longer true, and as @gideonrachman.bsky.social argues policies must change. "Europe must now start the painful process of “de-risking” its relationship with the US."

We already see the shutdown's cost. Kids with drug-resistant TB, turned away from clinics, are not just dying - they're spreading the disease. People around the world w HIV, denied their medicine, will soon start transmitting virus. The damage is global.

The WHO plays a vital role in so many areas of global health, it reduces the risk of pandemics, enables sharing of scientific expertise & provides some essential services. After US cuts, please consider giving them a dollar (or more) to keep going #WHO ❤️ whofoundation.donorsupport.co/page/FUNEKRB...

USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency

CDC brings so much expertise to projects that include the WHO. Engaging with the WHO enables the CDC to better understand and prepare America for others are dealing with aka Mpox. Everybody loses here, except maybe America's advisories who'll seek to fill any vacuum www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/c...

Exactly this. Reviewing foreign aid for consistency w/admin policy goals is reasonable. Many programs can absorb a 90 day pause w/o catastrophic impact. But a real stop work on bi-partisan malaria & HIV programs--delivering lifesaving medicines & bednets--quite literally means people will die.

Trump has not just paused new foreign aid. Today Marco Rubio sent a cable to all US diplomatic missions calling for immediate “stop work” orders on *existing* projects. This is sweeping and reckless. People are going to die.

I will be giving an LSE lecture on the economics of antimicrobial resistance at 6pm today. The event is virtual, and you can register below. Hope to see you there. lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Most Republicans seem to see China as America's biggest threat. If this is the case, then even from an America First stand point, it seems very short sighted to abandon the world's poorest and create a vacuums for China to fill. apnews.com/article/trum...

Seriously grim. Breaks my heart that fellow Jews can't see the obvious parallels. Even if in their own self-interest. A world of hatred based on identity never works out well for us.

It will be a degrees warmer than JFK's, 2 degrees colder than Obama's first and Carters. All of which were outside. Ulysses Grant managed on what is still the coldest March day on record. It will be ten degrees warmer and far less windy than Reagan's second inauguration the only other one inside.

Conference organiser: "Please share your most recent high-resolution headshot" Anthony: "This photo I really like from April 2018 is definitely my most recent right?"

With Trump's inauguration just days away, many people are worried about what his second term will mean for global reproductive rights. In a new blog, my colleagues and I argue that the UK should step up to champion family planning and reproductive rights: www.cgdev.org/blog/trumps-...

20 years ago, a teacher told that a child had been conceived using two eggs, and no sperm. I asked if it would work using only sperm and what would happen if a child got two Y genes. Some kids ridiculed me thinking the question implied I was gay, our teacher led the mocking. Things changed fast.

New CGD event! On Jan. 29, experts will explore the impact of AMR on up to 140 different countries, as part of a new, interactive data visualization tool.💊 Ft: Prof Dame Sally Davies, Tim Laurence, Amanda Countryman, and Anthony McDonnell. RSVP to join us ⬇ bit.ly/40vholF

Terrific column - also highlights one absurdity among many of the calls for a further inquiry: the people doing so will openly admit that they “know” what the problem is and some will even say precisely what extreme means should follow from this knowledge - yet their call is another inquiry.

Jimmy Carter’s legacy is immense, but one moment stands out: seeing a woman in Ghana, incapacitated by Guinea worm, he vowed to fight the disease. Thanks in large part to his efforts, cases dropped from millions in the 1980s to near eradication. A true champion of global health. Rest in peace.

The reason the UK has the highest tax rates in 70 years and crumbling public services is in large part due to a lack of growth over the last 16 years. We shouldn't back growth at all costs, but it's disingenuous to say that it won't benefit struggling communities, who need public services most.

New @cgdev.org policy paper: *MALARIA VACCINES* are a huge scientific breakthrough. But the world is dragging its feet on rolling them out. We examine why, and how to go faster. 🧵

i just.... it's literally the polio vaccine. how can you be on team polio

I will be giving a lecture at LSE on the economic burden of antimicrobial resistance on the 21st of January, followed by a discussion with Michael Anderson and Elias Mossialos. It's a virtual event and you can register here. lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Hope to see you there. #LSEhealth

Really interesting study on the impact of COVID-19 vaccines on reducing long COVID in Children. With a 60% reduction of long covid amongst 5-11 year olds, and a 75% among adolescents. Benefits were higher again before Omicron.

For a British minister (Kemi Badenoch) to block a grant to a Northern Irish band, for being proudly Irish. Is a breaches all the norms and laws created during the Northern Irish peace process. It's sectarian and arguably racist. Glad the new government has changed course. www.rte.ie/news/2024/11...

In 2012 Ireland’s abortion laws killed Savita Halappanavar. I’ve never been so ashamed to be Irish. But it sparked conversation, 2013 the law was improved and in 2018 66% of people voted to remove our ban. I don’t understand why reality of total abortion bans isn’t swaying more people in the USA.

So many countries fund the WHO for a specific purpose. Which makes it hard for them to adjust priorities or do what they think is best. It's thus great to see the UK pledge of £310 million flexible funding to WHO over next four years. questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

The overdue migration to a new microblog site is a great example of the change overcoming collective action problems, and market failures more generally. Want insight into how similar market failures cause global inequality, see CGD’s new starter pack bsky.app/starter-pack... @cgdev.bsky.social

It's World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week.💊 To help improve awareness & understanding of AMR, we're highlighting a CGD report that offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the impact of #AMR on global economies & health systems ⬇ www.cgdev.org/publication/...

If you're looking to find the people you used to follow on X then the extension Sky Follower Bridge works fairly well ( but not perfect) chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...

"The irony of AMR is that it is driven by inappropriate use, whilst large number of people lack access to these essential medicines, we thus need to improve access, stewardship as well as innovation." Great speech from Tedros at the Saudi ministerial meeting. #AMR