💉India has launched the largest #HPV vaccination campaign ever, aiming to vaccinate nearly 12 million girls in just 90 days to prevent cervical cancer and move closer to global elimination targets. ✍️ @fargonaut.bsky.social @who.int @drtedros.who.int 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

☀️Extreme heat, floods, drought and air pollution are escalating across Africa. New climate-health hubs will link scientists, policymakers & communities to develop targeted solutions grounded in local realities. ✍️ @fargonaut.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

🌍A new generation of GLP-1 medicines is transforming obesity treatment—but access remains deeply unequal. Most people living with obesity are now in LMICs where these drugs remain scarce and unaffordable. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @worldobesity.bsky.social @medicinespatentpool.org 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

⚖️ Ghana and Senegal are considering tougher penalties against same-sex relationships. 🏳️‍🌈New legislation could criminalise #LGBTQ identities in Ghana and increase prison sentences to 10 years in Senegal. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

💉 More than 24,500 children and nearly 6,000 women in South Kordofan could now receive essential vaccinations after the first shipment of vaccines reached the besieged region since 2023. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @savechildrenintl.bsky.social @gavi.org healthpolicy-watch.news/first-vaccin...

🌍 The US has signed 24 new bilateral health MOUs under its America First strategy. Many shift #HIV & #TB funding burdens while expanding outbreak surveillance systems. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

🚭17.3% of European women smoke — nearly double the rate in the Americas. @who.int warns Europe is the only region not on track to meet the global 30% reduction target for women by 2025. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @ntrjournal.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

🏵️Innovative finance could help fragile health systems move from crisis response to long-term resilience. A new Geneva Health Forum report highlights vaccine bonds, insurance tools & micro-levies as practical solutions to funding gaps. @gavi.org @unitaid.bsky.social @medaccess.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

🌍 Cyclones in #Mozambique and #Madagascar have triggered a #cholera surge and mass displacement — with 90% of southern Africa’s cases in Mozambique alone. Climate shocks are now colliding with fragile health systems and vaccination gaps. ✍️@kerrycullinan.bsky.social @who.int 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

🦠 @who.int updates the 2026–2027 #flu vaccine after rapid global spread of A(H3N2) #subcladeK. Experts warn the influenza pandemic threat remains ever-present. 💉🌍 @crick.ac.uk @stjuderesearch.bsky.social @mvankerkhove.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

🌫️ A drone study from researchers at IIT #Delhi reveals Delhi’s spring air isn’t as clean as believed. Pollution 100m above ground was 60% worse than street monitors show. Published in @nature.com, @who.int safe limits exceeded. ✍️ @cbhattacharji.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

🌎A new fault line in global health aid: bilateral deals vs multilateral frameworks. Zambia and Zimbabwe step back from US MOUs as Africa CDC offers support for countries weighing the trade-offs. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @africanunion.bsky.social @unaids.org @unicef.org 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

In a tense Senate hearing, Surgeon General nominee Dr Casey Means affirmed vaccines “save lives” — but declined to make universal vaccination a core message. Instead, she emphasized nutrition, metabolic health, and environmental toxins. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

Following Australia’s landmark under-16 ban, Germany joins France and Spain in pushing stricter age limits. But under the EU Digital Services Act, national governments may not have the legal power to impose platform bans. ✍️ @fargonaut.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @bredowinstitut.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

🚨 New research finds post-#USAID stockouts have driven a steep drop in access to #HIV treatment, maternal medicines & contraception in 3 Kenyan counties—while Zambia shows modest gains where domestic financing increased. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @hai-org.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

🦠 Polio cases are down globally — but transmission persists in Afghanistan & Pakistan. Vaccine-derived outbreaks remain active in 13 countries. Eradication is within reach — but only with sustained political will & stronger immunization systems.🌍 ✍️ @ibukhariarsalan.bsky.social @gavi.org 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

🌍 “There is no scope for delay.” @who.int's @drtedros.who.int says the Pandemic Agreement must be ready by May. With only weeks left, negotiations over pathogen sharing, equity, and enforcement are intensifying. The next pandemic won’t wait. ⏳ ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

In emergencies, rape and sexual violence rise. But aid groups now face uncertainty over what reproductive health services they can legally provide without risking US funding. 📣Confusion could delay life-saving care. ✍️ Irwin Loy with @newhumanitarian.bsky.social @msichoices.org 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

Nearly 40% of global cancer cases could be prevented. @who.int – IARC research shows tobacco, infections & alcohol remain the leading modifiable drivers of 7.1 million cancer cases worldwide. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social @natmed.nature.com @nina-ren.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

As measles resurges & vaccination coverage drops, major US medical organizations are suing to block changes to CDC vaccine recommendations they say contradict established evidence and endanger children’s health. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @drjbhattacharya.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

🏥Nearly 2,900 verified attacks on healthcare in Ukraine since 2022. In 2025 alone, strikes are up 20%. Hospitals, ambulances, warehouses — all targeted. The war’s toll is now a full-scale health system collapse. @msf.fr @who.int @unhcr.org @euatun.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

@ipas.org has secured a major funding boost from The Audacious Project to expand access to safe abortion & contraception in 10 high-need countries. 🏵️The goal: prevent 16.3M unsafe abortions & avert 39,000 maternal deaths by 2032. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @skollfoundation.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

💄Toxic chemicals linked to cancer, hormone disruption & reproductive harm are still found in everyday cosmetics and hair products in the US. Federal oversight remains limited — and lawmakers say reform is overdue. @fda.gov @publichealth.berkeley.edu @ec.europa.eu 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

❓“If we invest in climate infrastructure, what happens to healthcare funding?” Inside an @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social classroom, students are confronting the same trade-offs policymakers face — through playable policy models. ✍️Rupsa Chakraborty @miqedup.bsky.social @baddeo.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

#NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya will now also serve as acting #CDC director — consolidating leadership over the two most powerful US health agencies at a time of vaccine rollbacks, measles resurgence, and institutional upheaval. 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏 #PublicHealthPolicy #VaccinePolicy #HealthGovernance

🔥🌫️ At Mumbai Climate Week, from cooling paints to blended finance models, experts say solutions exist — but scaling them demands collaboration. 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏 @clintonfoundation.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social @environmentalnews.bsky.social @unep.org @who.int @climategroup.bsky.social #AirPollution

🌍 The race for the next @who.int Director-General has quietly begun. With a $1B funding gap, U.S. withdrawal, internal reform battles, and geopolitical fractures, the next leader must be both technocrat and diplomat. @wellcometrust.bsky.social @gavi.org @drtedros.who.int 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

💔 More than 160,000 women died in conflict and fragile settings in 2023 from pregnancy-related causes. These are not inevitable deaths. They are the result of damaged health systems, insecurity, & disrupted services. ✍️@kerrycullinan.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @unicef.org 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

🌍 Air pollution is not just a respiratory crisis — it’s a mental health crisis. New research shows long-term exposure to fine particles worsens anxiety, depression & increases schizophrenia relapse. LMICs & communities face the highest risks.🧠☁️ @ihmeuw.bsky.social @heiresearch.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏