Anastasia Pharris
@anastasiapharris.bsky.social
🌏🇪🇺Global citizen, mom, nurse, public health professional @ecdc.europa.eu (views here are my own)
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THREAD 🧵
Internal State Department records show that months of warnings have become a reality: The Trump administration’s sudden withdrawal of foreign humanitarian aid has brought about death, violence and unrest. 1/
Internal State Department records show that months of warnings have become a reality: The Trump administration’s sudden withdrawal of foreign humanitarian aid has brought about death, violence and unrest. 1/
May 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Internal State Department records show that months of warnings have become a reality: The Trump administration’s sudden withdrawal of foreign humanitarian aid has brought about death, violence and unrest. 1/
Internal State Department records show that months of warnings have become a reality: The Trump administration’s sudden withdrawal of foreign humanitarian aid has brought about death, violence and unrest. 1/
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🎯 Sustainable Development Goal 3.3 — Are we there yet?
🌍 The goal: End epidemics of #HIV, #TB, #hepatitis, and other infectious diseases by 2030.
❌ The reality: We’re not on track.
Read more in
▪️ our news item ➡️ bit.ly/SDGsIn2025
▪️ the evidence brief ➡️ bit.ly/4cU0rWQ
▪️ full report ➡️ bit.ly/44oXMST
🌍 The goal: End epidemics of #HIV, #TB, #hepatitis, and other infectious diseases by 2030.
❌ The reality: We’re not on track.
Read more in
▪️ our news item ➡️ bit.ly/SDGsIn2025
▪️ the evidence brief ➡️ bit.ly/4cU0rWQ
▪️ full report ➡️ bit.ly/44oXMST
April 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🎯 Sustainable Development Goal 3.3 — Are we there yet?
🌍 The goal: End epidemics of #HIV, #TB, #hepatitis, and other infectious diseases by 2030.
❌ The reality: We’re not on track.
Read more in
▪️ our news item ➡️ bit.ly/SDGsIn2025
▪️ the evidence brief ➡️ bit.ly/4cU0rWQ
▪️ full report ➡️ bit.ly/44oXMST
🌍 The goal: End epidemics of #HIV, #TB, #hepatitis, and other infectious diseases by 2030.
❌ The reality: We’re not on track.
Read more in
▪️ our news item ➡️ bit.ly/SDGsIn2025
▪️ the evidence brief ➡️ bit.ly/4cU0rWQ
▪️ full report ➡️ bit.ly/44oXMST
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🌍 Dziś w Warszawie trwa spotkanie ekspertów ds. zdrowia publicznego z krajów Unii Europejskiej i Europejskiego Obszaru Gospodarczego.
Temat: walka z HIV, gruźlicą, wirusowym zapaleniem wątroby oraz chorobami przenoszonymi drogą płciową.
Temat: walka z HIV, gruźlicą, wirusowym zapaleniem wątroby oraz chorobami przenoszonymi drogą płciową.
April 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🌍 Dziś w Warszawie trwa spotkanie ekspertów ds. zdrowia publicznego z krajów Unii Europejskiej i Europejskiego Obszaru Gospodarczego.
Temat: walka z HIV, gruźlicą, wirusowym zapaleniem wątroby oraz chorobami przenoszonymi drogą płciową.
Temat: walka z HIV, gruźlicą, wirusowym zapaleniem wątroby oraz chorobami przenoszonymi drogą płciową.
➡️ @ecdc.europa.eu report on #SDG3.3 progress in #EU published today shows many areas where #HIV, #Hep, #TB and #STI prevention, testing & treatment must improve. www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
Making the next five years count: Europe not on track to reach 2030 Sustainable Development Goal targets on HIV, TB, viral hepatitis B and C and STIs
Although progress has been made towards SDG target 3.3 to end the epidemics of HIV, TB, and combatting viral hepatitis B and C and STIs by 2030, the EU/EEA is off track for many of the targets.
www.ecdc.europa.eu
April 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
➡️ @ecdc.europa.eu report on #SDG3.3 progress in #EU published today shows many areas where #HIV, #Hep, #TB and #STI prevention, testing & treatment must improve. www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
“Mobilising regional teams at the point of new outbreaks is more cost effective and sustainable than bringing in overseas experts.To accomplish this, Africa needs regional and international funding amounting to less than 1% of the EU’s 2024 military defence investments.”
“Mobilising regional teams at the point of new outbreaks is more cost effective and sustainable than bringing in overseas experts.To accomplish this, Africa needs regional and international funding amounting to less than 1% of the EU’s 2024 military defence investments.”
Filling the funding void would mitigate infectious outbreaks and build resilience in Africa
Action is needed to mitigate disease outbreaks and challenge power imbalances, write Mosoka Papa Fallah and colleagues
Countries across Africa are facing more frequent and concurrent infectious dise...
www.bmj.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
“Mobilising regional teams at the point of new outbreaks is more cost effective and sustainable than bringing in overseas experts.To accomplish this, Africa needs regional and international funding amounting to less than 1% of the EU’s 2024 military defence investments.”
“Mobilising regional teams at the point of new outbreaks is more cost effective and sustainable than bringing in overseas experts.To accomplish this, Africa needs regional and international funding amounting to less than 1% of the EU’s 2024 military defence investments.”
April 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Massive cuts to programs that prevent disease would make Americans sicker. Cutting things isn’t likely to improve them. Actually improving takes expertise and investment.
Layoffs begin at US health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food
Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.
apnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Massive cuts to programs that prevent disease would make Americans sicker. Cutting things isn’t likely to improve them. Actually improving takes expertise and investment.
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Don't miss our tomorrow's webinar on talking about #SafeSex with young people!
There is still time to register ➡ bit.ly/4hInxkM
Let's meet tomorrow and talk about things that matter!
📅 Date: 2 April 2025
🕑 Time: 15:00-16:30 CET
#STIawareness #STIs #LetsTalkAboutSex
#IDsky #EpiSky #SexEd
There is still time to register ➡ bit.ly/4hInxkM
Let's meet tomorrow and talk about things that matter!
📅 Date: 2 April 2025
🕑 Time: 15:00-16:30 CET
#STIawareness #STIs #LetsTalkAboutSex
#IDsky #EpiSky #SexEd
April 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Don't miss our tomorrow's webinar on talking about #SafeSex with young people!
There is still time to register ➡ bit.ly/4hInxkM
Let's meet tomorrow and talk about things that matter!
📅 Date: 2 April 2025
🕑 Time: 15:00-16:30 CET
#STIawareness #STIs #LetsTalkAboutSex
#IDsky #EpiSky #SexEd
There is still time to register ➡ bit.ly/4hInxkM
Let's meet tomorrow and talk about things that matter!
📅 Date: 2 April 2025
🕑 Time: 15:00-16:30 CET
#STIawareness #STIs #LetsTalkAboutSex
#IDsky #EpiSky #SexEd
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“…TB could once again become the fully global crisis it was until seventy years ago.”
“Everything is Tuberculosis” is one of the ways that @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social has o advocate for stigma-free, affordable and person-centred #tuberculosis care.
“Everything is Tuberculosis” is one of the ways that @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social has o advocate for stigma-free, affordable and person-centred #tuberculosis care.
April 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“…TB could once again become the fully global crisis it was until seventy years ago.”
“Everything is Tuberculosis” is one of the ways that @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social has o advocate for stigma-free, affordable and person-centred #tuberculosis care.
“Everything is Tuberculosis” is one of the ways that @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social has o advocate for stigma-free, affordable and person-centred #tuberculosis care.
Grifters don’t belong in public health
Amid 20,000 HHS jobs lost, here's one new hire: A fixture of the anti-vaccine movement, brought in to study the link b/t vaccines and autism.
Mr. Kennedy has been citing him since '05.
w @sherylnyt.bsky.social & Emily Baumgartner
GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...
Mr. Kennedy has been citing him since '05.
w @sherylnyt.bsky.social & Emily Baumgartner
GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...
RFK Jr. Turns to a Discredited Vaccine Researcher for Autism Study (Gift Article)
David Geier has been hired as a senior data analyst at H.H.S. According to several people, he will examine any potential links between vaccines and autism that were debunked long ago.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Grifters don’t belong in public health
✨✨Worth a listen ✨✨ @veronicacristea.bsky.social sets a gold standard for communicating TB surveillance data to non-surveillance audiences!
🌍 #WorldTBDay podcast Episode!
#Tuberculosis isn’t just a disease of the past.
In our latest #ECDConAir podcast episode, ECDC tuberculosis expert - @veronicacristea.bsky.social explains why childhood TB cases are rising, why drug resistance matters, and what Europe needs to do to #EndTB by 2030.
#Tuberculosis isn’t just a disease of the past.
In our latest #ECDConAir podcast episode, ECDC tuberculosis expert - @veronicacristea.bsky.social explains why childhood TB cases are rising, why drug resistance matters, and what Europe needs to do to #EndTB by 2030.
Episode 59 - Veronica Cristea - Beyond numbers: Understanding TB
ECDC: On Air · Episode
spoti.fi
March 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
✨✨Worth a listen ✨✨ @veronicacristea.bsky.social sets a gold standard for communicating TB surveillance data to non-surveillance audiences!
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#JustPublished!
Childhood #tuberculosis cases rise by 10%: a disturbing wake-up call for Europe.
Read our press release: bit.ly/4kSjgNF
Joint ECDC-WHO Europe report: bit.ly/41UtrIP
#WorldTBDay #WorldTuberculosisDay #EndTB
Childhood #tuberculosis cases rise by 10%: a disturbing wake-up call for Europe.
Read our press release: bit.ly/4kSjgNF
Joint ECDC-WHO Europe report: bit.ly/41UtrIP
#WorldTBDay #WorldTuberculosisDay #EndTB
Childhood tuberculosis cases rise by 10%: a disturbing wake-up call for Europe
The 2025 Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring report shows that children under 15 years of age accounted for 4.3% of those with new and relapsed tuberculosis (TB) in the WHO European Region, repre...
www.ecdc.europa.eu
March 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
#JustPublished!
Childhood #tuberculosis cases rise by 10%: a disturbing wake-up call for Europe.
Read our press release: bit.ly/4kSjgNF
Joint ECDC-WHO Europe report: bit.ly/41UtrIP
#WorldTBDay #WorldTuberculosisDay #EndTB
Childhood #tuberculosis cases rise by 10%: a disturbing wake-up call for Europe.
Read our press release: bit.ly/4kSjgNF
Joint ECDC-WHO Europe report: bit.ly/41UtrIP
#WorldTBDay #WorldTuberculosisDay #EndTB
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Our new issue marks #WorldTBDay 2025 on 24 March with 3 papers on #tuberculosis across #Europe
Have a look 🗞️ bit.ly/EUS3011
#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #PedSky 🦠🧪🩺 #PublicHealth
Have a look 🗞️ bit.ly/EUS3011
#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #PedSky 🦠🧪🩺 #PublicHealth
March 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our new issue marks #WorldTBDay 2025 on 24 March with 3 papers on #tuberculosis across #Europe
Have a look 🗞️ bit.ly/EUS3011
#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #PedSky 🦠🧪🩺 #PublicHealth
Have a look 🗞️ bit.ly/EUS3011
#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #PedSky 🦠🧪🩺 #PublicHealth
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📆 Today the @ecdc.europa.eu & @who.int EURO organized a webinar looking forward on 2025 #WorldTBDay:
"Measuring the progress, moving forward towards Ending TB in the WHO European Region". 📈
📌 Our colleague Dr. Ineke Spruijt was one of the experts in the discussion on cross border #TB control🙌
"Measuring the progress, moving forward towards Ending TB in the WHO European Region". 📈
📌 Our colleague Dr. Ineke Spruijt was one of the experts in the discussion on cross border #TB control🙌
March 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
📆 Today the @ecdc.europa.eu & @who.int EURO organized a webinar looking forward on 2025 #WorldTBDay:
"Measuring the progress, moving forward towards Ending TB in the WHO European Region". 📈
📌 Our colleague Dr. Ineke Spruijt was one of the experts in the discussion on cross border #TB control🙌
"Measuring the progress, moving forward towards Ending TB in the WHO European Region". 📈
📌 Our colleague Dr. Ineke Spruijt was one of the experts in the discussion on cross border #TB control🙌
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An urgent modelling study finds ending US PEPFAR funding and other reductions in international aid could result in up to 10 million more HIV infections and up to 2.9 million HIV related deaths in just the next 5 years.
A grim return to a time when we did not have the ability to treat or prevent HIV.
A grim return to a time when we did not have the ability to treat or prevent HIV.
March 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
An urgent modelling study finds ending US PEPFAR funding and other reductions in international aid could result in up to 10 million more HIV infections and up to 2.9 million HIV related deaths in just the next 5 years.
A grim return to a time when we did not have the ability to treat or prevent HIV.
A grim return to a time when we did not have the ability to treat or prevent HIV.
“We are now at the place, only eight weeks into this presidency, at which judges must decide if they will take the necessary steps to enforce their decisions, including sanctions and contempt, or if they will agree to be made irrelevant. Those are the remaining options.”
Yup. My lawyer friends agree. Read this piece by @mjsdc.bsky.social and @dahlialithwick.bsky.social. And it means it's up to us now. We. The. People. slate.com/news-and-pol...
We’ve Officially Entered the Next Phase of Trump’s Dictatorship Era
Taken together, these actions and declarations amount to a significant escalation in Trump’s transformation of his own presidency into an autocracy.
slate.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“We are now at the place, only eight weeks into this presidency, at which judges must decide if they will take the necessary steps to enforce their decisions, including sanctions and contempt, or if they will agree to be made irrelevant. Those are the remaining options.”
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LA County reports first measles case of 2025—in LAX traveler—as cases confirmed in Philadelphia, NY state
Authorities said patients in Philadelphia and New York cases had no connection to ongoing outbreaks.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Authorities said patients in Philadelphia and New York cases had no connection to ongoing outbreaks.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
March 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
LA County reports first measles case of 2025—in LAX traveler—as cases confirmed in Philadelphia, NY state
Authorities said patients in Philadelphia and New York cases had no connection to ongoing outbreaks.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Authorities said patients in Philadelphia and New York cases had no connection to ongoing outbreaks.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
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We need some better language for pushing back against what the administration is doing. They’re not “ending DEI.”
No. They're firing women and people of color in the military.
They’re forbidding whole fields of research.
They’re erasing trans people from existence.
No. They're firing women and people of color in the military.
They’re forbidding whole fields of research.
They’re erasing trans people from existence.
March 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We need some better language for pushing back against what the administration is doing. They’re not “ending DEI.”
No. They're firing women and people of color in the military.
They’re forbidding whole fields of research.
They’re erasing trans people from existence.
No. They're firing women and people of color in the military.
They’re forbidding whole fields of research.
They’re erasing trans people from existence.
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Detailed epidemiological report on the outbreak of unknown cause unfolding in the N.W part of the DR Congo. This report released by the WHO yesterday provides a situation update and highlights the key working hypothesis.
www.who.int/emergencies/...
www.who.int/emergencies/...
Cluster of community deaths in Basankusu, Equateur- Democratic Republic of the Congo
On 9 February 2025, officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported to regional health authorities a cluster of 24 unexplained community deaths in a single village in Ekoto health area, Bas...
www.who.int
March 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Detailed epidemiological report on the outbreak of unknown cause unfolding in the N.W part of the DR Congo. This report released by the WHO yesterday provides a situation update and highlights the key working hypothesis.
www.who.int/emergencies/...
www.who.int/emergencies/...
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New from me: The Trump administration isn't just shutting down ongoing or future USAID contracts — it's refusing to pay for ~$1.5 billion in work that's already been done around the world. That blatant disregard for compensating people's labor comes from the superrich men at the top.
Opinion | Trump and Musk refusing to pay USAID's bills threatens far more than foreign aid
It takes a certain kind of mindset to believe that there are no consequences for paying the people who have already provided their labor.
www.msnbc.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
New from me: The Trump administration isn't just shutting down ongoing or future USAID contracts — it's refusing to pay for ~$1.5 billion in work that's already been done around the world. That blatant disregard for compensating people's labor comes from the superrich men at the top.
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40 years of progress in controlling the HIV epidemic are about to be completely shattered if nothing is done. Keep speaking out and keep education on what is unfolding.
March 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
40 years of progress in controlling the HIV epidemic are about to be completely shattered if nothing is done. Keep speaking out and keep education on what is unfolding.
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“This will be a bloodbath. Millions will suffer as a result of these actions, and global health—and the very notion of solidarity—will be unrecognizable.”
- Jirair Ratevosian on the impact of Trump’s global cuts to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention.
#SaveHIVFunding
www.science.org/content/arti...
- Jirair Ratevosian on the impact of Trump’s global cuts to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention.
#SaveHIVFunding
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘A bloodbath’: HIV field is reeling after billions in U.S. funding are axed
USAID’s promises to support lifesaving efforts are broken, putting millions in peril
www.science.org
March 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“This will be a bloodbath. Millions will suffer as a result of these actions, and global health—and the very notion of solidarity—will be unrecognizable.”
- Jirair Ratevosian on the impact of Trump’s global cuts to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention.
#SaveHIVFunding
www.science.org/content/arti...
- Jirair Ratevosian on the impact of Trump’s global cuts to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention.
#SaveHIVFunding
www.science.org/content/arti...
Great to see some voices providing European leadership on this important issue! ✨
The urgent need to protect WHO is also an opportunity - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The urgent need to protect WHO is also an opportunity - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The urgent need to protect WHO is also an opportunity
The recently re-elected President of the USA's decision to withdraw the USA from WHO
is highly regrettable on multiple levels, and hopefully will be quickly reconsidered.1,2
But if it holds, it nevert...
www.thelancet.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Great to see some voices providing European leadership on this important issue! ✨
The urgent need to protect WHO is also an opportunity - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The urgent need to protect WHO is also an opportunity - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...