Efforts to Contain Ebola May Have Been Hindered by Lack of U.S. Involvement www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/h...

Ebola Emergency Frames The Pathogen Access Benefit Sharing System As Key For Global Health Security newsletter.genevahealthfiles.com/ebola-emerge...

Who will be the next leader of the beleaguered WHO? www.bmj.com/content/393/...

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This was Paul Farmer's last book before his untimely death. It paints the picture of how neglect, violence, and greed set the stage for the most devastating #Ebola outbreak in history. It deeply moved me and made more committed to making justice central to my work. Now is a great time to read it.

I convened the Emergency Committee on the #Ebola outbreak in the #DRC and #Uganda yesterday. Today, at 11:00am CEST, I'm hosting a media briefing with the Committee Chair Lucille Blumberg and Vice Chair Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele. You can join and watch online on mine and @who.int social media channels.

Protesters in Geneva setting up statues of Bill Gates and Dr. Tedros. Against the pandemic agreement.

Health Emergencies & Political Votes Intersect to Spark Off Tense Start to the World Health Assembly newsletter.genevahealthfiles.com/health-emerg...

In 2025, HHS issued stop work order for federal research lab that studies Ebola virus and other deadly pathogens and fired its director. This lab was a world leader in accelerating development therapies and vaccines for Ebola and other viruses. 1/ www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...

#Ebola scoop: The Trump administration has imposed a travel ban on people who've been in DRC, South Sudan or Uganda in the past 21 days. The order does not apply to Americans. www.statnews.com/2026/05/18/c...

Travel to the U.S. from Uganda, Congo or South Sudan is being impacted by an ongoing Ebola outbreak.

To reform global health, we need courage, not caution. At this year’s World Health Assembly, Wellcome CEO John-Arne Røttingen is sharing insights from the global health reform dialogues and encouraging everyone to raise the level of ambition for reform. [1/4]

#WHA79 Vote on whether a resolution proposed by GCC against Iran should be admitted as an agenda item.

79th World Health Assembly has started. Happy to welcome @who.int Member States and global health partners back to the UN Geneva Main Assembly Hall to start a crucial week of deliberations for global health.

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Pleased to welcome Health Minister Elsa Nkana Joséphine Ayo-Bivigou to #WHA79. We had a good discussion about #Gabon's 100-day Health Agenda, & how @who.int can further support its implementation, esp. on health financing, health system digitalisation & telemedicine, training for nurses and midwives

Under the IHR (2005), @drtedros.who.int, the Director General of WHO, having consulted the States Parties where the event is occurring, has determined that the Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in DRC & Uganda constitutes a public health emergency of international concern bit.ly/3P4ZDac

After having consulted the #DRC & #Uganda where the #Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus is known to be currently occurring, I determine that the epidemic constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), as defined in the provisions of IHR. My statement: bit.ly/4wGGiwX

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The Role of Journalism in Global Health Diplomacy Side Event #WHA79 Register here: share.hsforms.com/1GHGix_bXTXy...

Revamping Global Health Architecture: Reforms by "Reports" [WHA79 PRIMER] newsletter.genevahealthfiles.com/revamping-gl...

SCOOP: RFK Jr. is driving a vast inquiry into vaccine safety, despite his recent silence on the topic. Public health experts fear the findings will be misused. Kennedy has long wanted "sufficient science" to lay the groundwork for lawsuits. w/@by-cjewett.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/h...

The Real Costs of Restructuring at the WHO: Financing, Staffing and Mandates [WHA79 PRIMER] newsletter.genevahealthfiles.com/the-real-cos...

A major new review of hundreds of studies and more than two decades of research reinforces longstanding findings that HPV vaccines are highly safe and highly effective at preventing cervical cancer. Explore the findings: bit.ly/4eAwI88

The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...

“If talks stall again or collapse entirely it will have consequences beyond global health… Avoiding a reckoning with that history [of vaccine injustice] suggests that the global north learned little from the Covid years, and has no serious plan for the future.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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MV Hondius cruise ship has reached the shores of Tenerife. We are in the port, coordinating the next steps for the safe disemarkment of the passengers. #hantavirus

What The Creative Ambiguity Around The Withdrawal From The World Health Organization Means An analysis by Vineeth Penmetsa newsletter.genevahealthfiles.com/what-the-cre...

Now updated with response from PAHO

The Dutch-operated cruise ship is now sitting off the coast of the West African island nation of Cape Verde, while the situation is being monitored by the World Health Organization.

China is building soft power as Trump burns bridges ft.trib.al/q7HUxZg

Countries Negotiate More Time, Ward Off Pressure to Rush Consensus on the WHO Pathogen Access Benefit Sharing System newsletter.genevahealthfiles.com/countries-ne...