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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 9d

TB anywhere is TB everywhere. Join us to know the challenges people with TB continue to face in accessing the TB treatment in EU and EEA region. #TBSky #IDSky

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 12d

The premises on which the US refused to endorse the declaration are beyond absurd - but sadly, not surprising.

Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 12d

BREAKING: UN Declaration On Noncommunicable Diseases Fails To Win Approval After US Foils Consensus - Health Policy Watch

NEW YORK CITY - A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 14d

A call by CSOs to make it available to all by overcoming patent and regulatory challenges #IDSky www.citizen.org/news/activis....

Activists Demand $40-a-year Generic Price for Breakthrough HIV Prevention Drug be Made Available to all Low- and Middle-Income Countries - Public Citizen

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A global coalition reacted to two deals announced today to make long acting lenacapavir (LEN-LA), a 6…

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 14d

But not all countries benefit: some were excluded from Gilead’s license with generics—meaning they won’t get this ~$40 price msfaccess.org/gileads-volu...

Gilead’s Voluntary License on Lenacapavir: Key Limitations of the License and Recommendations to Improve Access

MSF briefing document outlines Gilead’s voluntary license for lenacapavir, highlights its limitations and challenges, and recommends actions to expand access.

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 14d

It still requires massive budgets at country level to introduce this revolutionary drug at large scale to really turn the tide of HIV transmission. Amid funding cuts by the US and other countries, would the implementation of this HIV prevention drug become a reality? bsky.app/profile/avac...

AVAC @avac.org · 14d

Big news for #HIV prevention: @gatesfoundation.bsky.social and Unitaid commit to accelerate the development of, access to & price reduction for generic versions of injectable #lenacapavir (LEN) for #PrEP.

AVAC calls on all stakeholders to do their part: avac.org/press-releas...

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 14d

Unprecedented!!! The new price lands exactly in the range researchers projected last year ($35–$46/year with 2M doses in demand). A huge win for CSOs & HIV communities who campaigned tirelessly for this 🎉🎉🎉 unitaid.org/news-blog/le...

Unitaid, CHAI, and Wits RHI enter into a landmark agreement with Dr. Reddy’s to make HIV prevention tool lenacapavir affordable in LMICs - Unitaid

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 18d

AIDS is not over; the global AIDS response has been upended in recent months," the UNAIDS statement said, adding much more needed to be done if the world wanted to achieve the goal of ending AIDS by 2030. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 18d

« The executive summary says that many nongovernmental groups that receive funding approved by Congress, especially for technical assistance and program management, “have perverse incentives to self-perpetuate rather than work towards turning functions over to local governments.” »

U.S. to Cut Out Nongovernmental Groups in Refocusing Health Aid

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AVAC @avac.org · 21d

#LongCOVID is affecting 400M people globally who are often undiagnosed & unsupported. People living with #HIV are 2-4x more likely to develop #LongCOVID. We urgently need research centered on these communities JD Davids tells #SaveAIDSResearch in hour 24. #HIVresearch

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 21d

I wish people in the US demand for this drug to be available in pens at the same price as vials as it is possible. Mode of delivery of a drug cant make it few times more expensive. Its just ridiculous.

Reuters @reuters.com · 21d

Lilly sees obesity drug leadership beyond US as it leans on consumer-focused strategy reut.rs/41ZYXGi

Lilly sees obesity drug leadership beyond US as it leans on consumer-focused strategy

Eli Lilly has established itself as the market leader in obesity drugs in Europe, Asia and the Middle East and expects to replicate its U.S. dominance globally, the company's international president told Reuters on Wednesday.

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 21d

US funding cuts impact: Mpox has revealed that the scale of HIV in the country may be far higher than national data suggests. Meanwhile, Trump’s aid cuts left the country scrambling to plug gaps in programmes that has likely hampered the speed of its response, activists have told The Independent.

How an Mpox outbreak revealed an epidemic of untreated HIV in Sierra Leone

The impact of the US slashing foreign aid on the country’s Mpox response has likely been huge, activists on the ground tell Rachel Schraer

www.independent.co.uk

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Aug 16

Why are we so plagued by low self-esteem? “So inexplicable is its grip, so binding its influence, it can feel almost mythic,” Vivian Gornick writes.

Always Inadequate

The force of low self-esteem can feel so enormous, so unexplainable, it seems almost mythic.

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · Aug 17

Saturday morning run. Need to get up before sun does next time to get a better picture.

Picture of morning sun and its reflection on the lake

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · Aug 15

The consequences of ongoing and newly announced funding cuts threaten to reverse decades of hard-earned progress in Zimbabwe, where an estimated 1.3 million people are living with HIV significant achievements.

HIV Funding Cuts Undermine Years of Progress in Zimbabwe | MSF

Aid funding cuts in Zimbabwe have left communities without adequate HIV care

www.msf.org.za

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Looming Danger: Nigeria’s TB Fight on Life Support As Donors Pull the Plug

"When the political elites are affected by anything, they jump up and ensure their interests are protected. Now that HIV and tuberculosis may not touch them, we have to appeal to them." When the spine...

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · Aug 12

From January to June 2025, MSF teams at Bay Regional hospital treated 11,894 malnourished children, an increase of 76 per cent compared to the same period last year.

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · Aug 12

In 2024 alone, MSF treated over 14,000 children for malnutrition, conducted more than 38,000 paediatric consultations, assisted in over 2,800 births, and carried out approximately 35,000 reproductive health consultations.

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · Aug 12

The suspension of USAID funding has led to the closure of at least 37 health and nutrition sites in both rural and urban areas around Baidoa, Somalia. Consequently, patient numbers at remaining facilities like Bay Regional hospital have surged, overwhelming an already fragile healthcare system.

Funding gaps undermine healthcare for women and children in Somalia | MSF

In Somalia's Bay region, MSF teams work at Bay Regional hospital to deliver maternal and paediatric care to people from underserved communities.

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · Aug 12

As someone just said to me (in person) roses without borders 😅

Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · Aug 12

More keen on looking at the outside world than being in my balcony

A rose flower in my balcony facing the road

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · Aug 12

More keen on looking at the outside world than being in my balcony

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · Aug 11

“In May, the United Nations Population Fund in North Kivu, which helped sexual violence survivors with support from USAID, only had 2,500 emergency kits for the entire province, while thousands of women are attacked every month,” says Gbagbo.

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · Aug 11

An order of 100,000 post-rape kits – which include medication for preventing infection from HIV and other STDs – that were set to be distributed to multiple organisations treating sexual violence victims and survivors in eastern DRC was cancelled this year, with catastrophic consequences.

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · Aug 11

Congolese women are also suffering the consequences of the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) under the administration of Donald Trump. www.msf.org/women-easter...

For women in eastern DRC nowhere is safe from sexual violence | MSF

In Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), MSF teams continue to record alarming numbers of sexual violence cases, with hundreds of victims and survivors seeking care at health centres each ...

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · Aug 11

"With key malaria prevention activities such as the distribution of bed nets, indoor and outdoor spraying, and timely access to healthcare services being significantly decreased this year, we fear that the region will have a hard time controlling the spread of the disease.."

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · Aug 11

“Walking through the camp, you’ll see many empty buildings—spaces once used by NGOs that have now withdrawn,” says Dirks. “Their absence is deeply felt. Services that once supported this community have now disappeared.”

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