www.theglobalfund.org/en/news/2025... Ridiculous headline - the 1 billion is mostly coming from the Gates Foundation. High time to let the private sector 'contribute' in another way. #globaltaxjustice

Oooooooh! This one’s going to be super interesting!

Check out the latest from @kstoreng.bsky.social - "The business of pandemic intelligence". A much needed dive into the emergence of a commercial market for pandemic intelligence and its consequences for the WHO and health equity. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

One of the best reads I had in a while. Really insightful paper based on fantastic work to obtain covid vaccine contracts in South Africa. Highly recommended!

@jacktaggart.bsky.social and I have been working together on multistakeholderism, and thinking about how these hybrid forms of governance connect to multilateralism This is an attempt to think through institutional hybridity in global plastics governance www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...

The UK pledged £1.25 billion to Gavi to save children, but the Minister of International development also reminds us that Gavi's partnership with UK pharma "supports economic growth and job creation, putting money in the pockets of British people." questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

To contextualize this pledge, this means Norway cuts its contribution to Gavi by 50%, and keeps its funding to The Global Fund stable (does not follow inflation). Check out Development Today’s piece for in-depth coverage: www.development-today.com/archive/2025...

New publication! 🎉 “Quasi-public Partnerships: Multistakeholder Governance in an International Organization” in Global Governance 🔓 brill.com/view/journal... The paper will be of interest to those interested in:

Bill Gates is so rich that he‘ll still be a billionaire after giving away 99% of his fortune 💰

In a new paper in Globalization & Health, @adebengyp.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social and I analyze how the Gates Foundation strategically works to align European donors with its global health and development priorities. Our key findings in this thread 🧵

New article out in Globalization & Health with @adebengyp.bsky.social and @kstoreng.bsky.social looking at the Gates Foundation’s efforts to influence European donor governments. Open access here: globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

🚨 New paper 📑 “The Gates Foundation’s network diplomacy in European donor countries”, co-written with @kstoreng.bsky.social & @simonrushton.bsky.social 👉 globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Happy to share my latest article in @biosocieties.bsky.social! 💊 🌏 It analyses science-policy responses to drug resistance and antibiotic pollution from pharma industries in India, showing how various uncertainties arise due to "molecularised" understandings of the environment. rdcu.be/ehiU9

Interested in understanding the impact of mega-foundations and other private actors in global health governance? Apply by April 23 to join the Global Health Politics group @uio.no PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Postdoc: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer had no taxable profits in its largest market, the U.S., after booking all its income in jurisdictions including Puerto Rico, Singapore and Ireland, according to a Senate Finance Committee report. www.law360.com/tax-a...

Interested in the role of mega-philanthropic foundations & private actors in global health governance? Come work with me, @kstoreng.bsky.social & team at the University of Oslo! PhD position: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Postdoc position: www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still... Deadline April 23.

Funding cuts are bad news for global vaccination efforts, but the 1.2 million deaths projection does not make sense. It depends on reshuffling of budgets, re-prioritization within Gavi, and whether recipient countries step up to fill the gap (increase co-financing requirements for sustainability?).

US plans to cut funding to Gavi, reports @stephanienolen.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h... A few thoughts about what’s next, should the decision be confirmed 🧵

Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/h...

New article about #blendedfinance in #globalhealth. Prof. McNeill and I ask whether private finance can fill globalhealth funding gaps, looking at #IFFIm, #AMCs and #matchingfunds. Unfortunately, it's not looking too good... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

WHO needs to be funded - but I don't think an endowment would be a good idea: 1) Susceptible to financial crises and market fluctuations 2) Conflicts of interests (will a WHO fund invest in harmful industries?) 3) Harder to control WHO secretariat / risk of bureaucratic push-back and inertia

Great article by @adebengyp.bsky.social et al in @thelancet.bsky.social: The #PPP model does not work for tackling the world's most pressing problems, as it invites the corporations that cause the problems to set the terms for their solutions www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Are today’s public-private partnerships the partnerships we need to meet future global health challenges? Find out what we think in this free to access Lancet Viewpoint authors.elsevier.com/a/1kWO5V-4XO... with @adebengyp.bsky.social, @profsophieharman.bsky.social, @simonrushton.bsky.social

important commentary by @adebengyp.bsky.social and colleagues that challenges the technical and apolitical status of global public-private partnerships in development re-politicizing these governance arrangement is a critical part of wider critiques of market-based approaches to planetary health

Viewpoint piece out in the Lancet today with @adebengyp.bsky.social @profsophieharman.bsky.social and @kstoreng.bsky.social looking at Global Health Partnerships for the future. Does “partnership” have to mean “public-private partnership”? kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

Thrilled to see @thelancet.bsky.social publish our viewpoint “Global health partnerships for a post-2030 agenda”, co-written with @profsophieharman.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social and @kstoreng.bsky.social A thread 🧵

BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

The Global Fund aims to raise $2bn from the private sector. But who will step up? In the period 2020-2022, the private sector gave $1bn, (5.6% of the Global Fund’s total budget), of which 760k came from the Gates Foundation. www.devex.com/news/devex-d...

SCOOP: The World Health Organization is freezing hiring, suspending investments and cutting non-essential travel in response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to take the US out of the global body. News on Bloomberg Terminal. Link to story to come.

Interested in the politics and political determinants of health? Then follow @collectivehealth.bsky.social

Stay up to date with the members of the Collective for the Political Determinants of Health! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Join the first Collective Conversation of 2025! "Private Finance and Financialisation: A Threat to Global Health" with @benmhunter.bsky.social & @felixundstein.bsky.social, moderated by Susan Erikson. The event is co-produced with @unu-iigh.bsky.social Sign up: sum.uio.no/english/rese...

Norges lederskap innen global helse – på tide å skifte ledertrøya? @kstoreng.bsky.social www.panoramanyheter.no/global-helse...

The Collective for the Political Determinants of Health has joined the eXodus - follow us and our members for updates! go.bsky.app/7bmv1xD

The WHO had its “culminating moment” at the G20 yesterday, gaining 3 additional pledges (total raised 1.7bn). Does anyone know what happened? No pledging ceremony? No high-level event? Surely, the WHO aimed more than a paragraph in a G20 declaration 🤔

This week, the World Health Organization is fundraising for the first time USD 7.1 bn in voluntary contributions. But is mimicking global health partnerships' replenishment model a good idea? @kstoreng.bsky.social & I analyze this move in Global Policy: www.globalpolicyjournal.com/sites/defaul...

Hoping to find here the global health community I interacted with and learnt from on Twitter. Let’s stay in touch!