No comments. Obama’s 2014 announcement of US intervention in response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-of... Trump's 2026 respose to the current Ebola PHEIC in Central Africa www.state.gov/releases/off...

The humanitarian infrastructure sustaining life in Gaza remains in peril over six months after a ceasefire agreement. As the Board of Peace prepares to brief the UN Security Council on its six-month progress report, Israeli authorities are undermining humanitarian lifelines. https://bit.ly/4nBz9cS

💬 Editor's Note: Inhaler fills remain lower among Asian, Black, Hispanic, and other racial and ethnic groups with #Asthma compared with White patients, highlighting ongoing inequities in essential medication access. #ATS2026 @atscommunity.bsky.social ja.ma/4fbQtDt

⏰ Deadline extended. The 66th ITM Colloquium — Health in Motion: Infectious Diseases on the Move — has extended its abstract deadline. Co-organised with AHRI, this year's colloquium explores what happens when pathogens, people and policies are all on the move. 🔗 www.colloq2026.be #CallForAbstracts

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#Uganda has also reported one Ebola Bundibugyo confirmed death today that is linked to Ituri, DRC. WHO experts are in Ituri, working side-by-side with DRC health authorities, reinforcing response measures to control the outbreak. 2/2

The #DRC has declared a new #Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province, with 13 cases so far confirmed to be caused by the Bundibugyo species. A total of 67 community deaths suspected to be due to Ebola Bundibugyo have been reported. 1/2

Today is Nakba Day. You cannot understand what lies at the heart of conflict in the Middle East unless you understand what happened to 85% of Palestinians in 1948. Here Eugene Rogan explains how hundred of thousands ended up as homeless refugees in Gaza

Data comes from #INRB in #DRC (one of the main national labs and research institutes). What this would indicate is that there is no approved of currently field-trialed vaccine available (Ervebo (rVSV-ZEBOV, is only proven effective against the Zaire strains and highly effective). #ebola

Progress towards universal health coverage is losing momentum. Since 2015, progress in health service coverage index has slowed, while financial hardship remains widespread. Fewer than 4 in 10 countries are still making progress on both fronts. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4fiNpVV

"The health ministry in Lebanon says Israeli airstrikes killed 22 people, including 8 children, in the south of the country yesterday"

🌎 The Hantavirus outbreak has shown how indispensable the @who.int is. ITM Emerging Infectious Disease Researcher Laurens Lienenborghs wrote an opinion piece for @demorgen.be in which he highlights the importance of the WHO during health crises. 🦠 Read the full article (Dutch) lnkd.in/eZCVM5fb

View DAFODIL a digital dashboard which enables regulators to compare the many devices that detect substandard & falsified medication & identify the right option for their needs👉 www.iddo.org/mq/science/d... @ndm.ox.ac.uk @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

European Union inks a draft deal to boost local production of medicines and avoid shortages www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... via @statnews.com @rravinetto.bsky.social @gorikooms.bsky.social

European Union inks a draft deal to boost local production of medicines and avoid shortages.. statnews.com/pharmalot/20... #pharma #medicines #shortages #Europe #vaccines #painkillers #insulin #raredisease

@theguardian.com: "Thirty years after first person-to-person transmission was documented in Patagonia, scientists say #global #heating could increase world’s exposure" (..... and meanwhile #Argentina just left @who.int ) www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

@unuinweh.bsky.social has signed a "strategic partnership" with Nestlé. @ununiversity.bsky.social Due Diligence Policy should have prevented this. The irony: @unu-iigh.bsky.social has spent years warning against this kind of corporate capture of global health.

The cocaine of the poor: Tramadol and Africa’s escalating opioid crisis www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/featured-art... Fear article by Relindis Ma-gang Tapang.

#Malattie #tropicali neglette: #accesso ai #farmaci, il rebus vale anche per l' #Europa e l’ #Italia. Qui spieghiamo perché è un problema a vari livelli: #etica, #SalutePubblica, e #sicurezza sanitaria. #MarcoAlbonico #LiaMarrone #FESTMIH @itmantwerp.bsky.social www.aboutpharma.com/sanita-e-pol...

The World Medical Association has expressed deep concern over the reported critical health condition of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and imprisoned human rights defender Narges Mohammadi. Read the full PR: bit.ly/4n7rTFq #HumanRights #MedicalEthics #RightToHealth

#Noma research could take a step forward after a newly identified bacterial species found in patients could open the door to better treatment for this devastating #NTD. This is a promising step forward for a long-overlooked disease. 👉 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

"Claims about immigration are taken at face value, and policies such as the Rwanda deportation scheme or the Italy-Albania deal viewed as serious attempts to address a problem. They are not. They constitute performative policymaking to obscure social problems at home. It’s time we called them out."

Onze professor opkomende infectieziekten Laurens Liesenborghs over het hantavirus in @demorgen.be 👇

Member States of WHO progressed work on the Pathogen Access & Benefit Sharing (PABS) annex, a key part of the WHO #PandemicAgreement, & today agreed additional time was needed to finalize the framework for ensuring a better, more equitable, response to future pandemics. www.who.int/news/item/01...

No deal on the WHO PABS Annex this week. New negotiations not scheduled until July, after the WHA.

Via Science News: www.science.org/content/arti...

Le Ghana refuse un accord de santé avec les États-Unis sur fond de tensions autour des données

At least 65 Ethiopian migrants are at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia for drug-related offenses. Saudi Arabia’s extensive use of the death penalty is intertwined with fundamental and systemic rights violations. The death sentences should be commuted and the death penalty abolished.

‘Dr. Djalali is al 10 jaar pasmunt in Irans cynische gijzelingspolitiek.’ Wies De Graeve, directeur van Amnesty International Vlaanderen, roept op tot actie. www.mo.be/opinie/Dr-Dj...

Deze week schreef Gent geschiedenis: als eerste Vlaamse stad eert ze Patrice Lumumba, de man wiens naam voor eeuwig is verbonden aan de onafhankelijkheid van Congo, met een eigen park. Blogger en Congowatcher Ivan Godfroid is verheugd over dit inititiatief. www.mo.be/blog/gent-zo...

The hybrid symposium "Conversations for Change: Shaping the Future of Essential Medicines" (Antwerp 12 June, 10 am CEST) will look at gaps & opportunities for research & advocacy in #Essential #Medicines. #LancetCommissionEMs with @itmantwerp.bsky.social Register here: www.itg.be/en/events/co... !

Hi, I’m supporting this fundraiser on GoFundMe. If you can, please consider supporting by donating or sharing the link. Every bit of support makes a huge difference. gofund.me/1cc641718 / I have known Prince since I worked in Johannesburg, this is a legit fundraiser

Global #disparities in #access to #controlled #medicines cause huge burden of disease & serious health-related #suffering for #children esp. in #LMICs. Listen to a Lancet ChildAdol podcast with @belentarrafeta.bsky.social & Hazel M Gutierrez : open.spotify.com/episode/5Vwz...

The US government’s World Cup task force has promised a safe and welcoming 2026 World Cup🏆 But in this commentary, Robbie Newton of @hrw.org argues that without enforceable safeguards, fans risk discrimination, arbitrary treatment, and unequal access. 👉 www.playthegame.org/news/promise...

Mortality in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detention jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Can “America First” bring Burundians together? www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/featured-art... New IHP Feat article by Antea Paviotti (ITM).

3/3 This conference should not have to be remembered as the first day of yet another year of atrocities against civilians in Sudan.  Read more from HRW: www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...

The African Medicines Agency (AMA) officially opened in Kigali, working to strengthen regulatory collaboration across Africa. This milestone aims to improve access to safe, quality, and efficacious medical products in Africa. Watch insights from AMA & EMA’s leaders on this new partnership.

#CancerCalculus: An ICIJ-led collaboration with 47 media partners in 37 countries reveals how Merck & Co. keeps the price of its lifesaving cancer drug Keytruda sky-high, locking out patients and squeezing health care systems worldwide. www.icij.org/investigatio...

This is a comprehensive investigation of patent abuse of a Keytruda & the best I've ever seen patent data visualisation of evergreening practices and the resulting thicket until 2046 - another extra twenty years of patent monopoly right h/t @clancyny.bsky.social

The real question is: how do you use #AI? As a sparring partner for ideation, or cognitive surrender? Read in @geekwire.com : www.geekwire.com/2026/opinion...

A must read in @ihpnetwork.bsky.social. #Children #Medicines #Equity #Access #NoOneLeftBehind

Woo hoo!! Congratulations to my Hungarian friends! Hungary’s Orban, a Beacon to the Right Wing, Concedes Election Defeat www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

Really worth a read!: " #AI itself isn’t the problem. The problem is magical thinking. It’s the belief that we can somehow bypass the hard, unglamorous work of building functional #HealthSystems and jump straight to the sexy, Silicon Valley solution"

Why NCD drug licensing lags behind www.devex.com/news/why-ncd... (gated) @rravinetto.bsky.social @belentarrafeta.bsky.social

Israel launched its largest wave of strikes in Lebanon yet today, with more than 100 airstrikes in 10 minutes. Dozens of people have reportedly been killed so far today, and more than 1500 people have been killed since March 2. Civilians, who continue to pay the highest price, must be protected.

Onze jurist @gorikooms.bsky.social over Trumps 'zorgdeals' met 27 Afrikaanse landen: hulp en medicijnen in ruil voor mineralen en medische data. "Dit is onderhandelen met het mes op de keel."