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Pandemic Action Network @panaction.bsky.social · 26d

🔔 Registration OPEN! Join leaders at #UNGA80 on what’s needed to rebuild multilateralism + galvanise leadership, action, & investment for the interconnected threats of our time💥
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Pandemic Action Network @panaction.bsky.social · Aug 22

📅 Don't miss our #UNGA80 side event where leaders will discuss rebuilding multilateralism & galvanize ACTION to tackle interconnected threats. Hosted by
@panaction.bsky.social, @theindpanel.bsky.social, @theelders.bsky.social, @africaeuropefdn.bsky.social, @ranafrica.org 🎟️ tinyurl.com/y7xrwjea

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Pandemic Action Network @panaction.bsky.social · Aug 15

📌JOIN US at #UNGA80! @panaction.bsky.social, @theindpanel.bsky.social, @theelders.bsky.social, @africaeuropefdn.bsky.social, @ranafrica.org's
Sept. 23 side event will bring together leaders around rebuilding multilateralism & galvanising action to tackle interconnected threats. tinyurl.com/y7xrwjea

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · Jun 4

The Pandemic Agreement is a milestone - now national capitals must work towards implementation.

In this new @thelancet.com Comment, @helenclarknz.bsky.social & @MaEllenSirleaf write about the work required now to secure leadership, finance, equitable access & monitoring.

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Devex @devex.com · May 12

Don't miss The Right Honourable @helenclarknz.bsky.social, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and the current Co-chair of The @theindpanel.bsky.social, who will be a special guest on a live recording of the This Week in Global Development podcast.

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Nina Schwalbe, MPH, PhD @nschwalbe.bsky.social · May 1

📝Update on the Pandemic Agreement - next steps?

🎬 Here is what to expect at the World Health Assembly later this month - and our take!

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Update on the Pandemic Agreement - Next Steps

Here is what to expect at the World Health Assembly happening later this month - and our take!

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · Apr 30

On May 20 at the time of #WHA78, join @helenclarknz.bsky.social in Geneva for expert discussions on how the world can be prepared for a pandemic threat in these uncertain times.

Register for in-person at The Graduate Institute, or online!

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Pandemic Action Network @panaction.bsky.social · Apr 29

Join @panaction.bsky.social & @theindpanel.bsky.social at #WHA78 for Biosecurity: A Priority in the Era of Pandemics and AI — Wed., May 21 — to discuss opportunities + risks in our evolving landscape and next steps to keep the world safe and secure. www.pandemicactionnetwork.org/events/biose...

Biosecurity: A Priority in the Era of Pandemics and AI | Pandemic Action Network

The risks of new pandemic threats are compounding. Zoonotic spillover and uncontained outbreaks are well-known risks that are not yet well enough

www.pandemicactionnetwork.org

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · Apr 14

Will you be @ #WHSNewDelhi2025? Be sure to join
@helenclarknz.bsky.social who will chair a panel exploring what the US withdrawal from global health means for pandemic preparedness and response.

The full program: bit.ly/WHSNewDelhi

#PreventPandemics

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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · Apr 12

After talking all night, #PandemicAgreement negotiators at #WHO agree on everything but a single section - and a vexing word 'voluntary'. Will they make the new Tuesday deadline?
@nschwalbe.bsky.social
@theindpanel.bsky.social
@panaction.bsky.social
@pandemiccenter.bsky.social

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Pandemic Agreement Talks Deadlock Over Technology Transfer – And Keep Going - Health Policy Watch

By sunrise on Saturday morning, the entire draft pandemic agreement had been agreed on – bar the vexing question of whether technology transfer related to the

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Pandemic Action Network @panaction.bsky.social · Apr 7

At opening of #INB13 - the final set of pandemic agreement negotiations, Dr. Tedros urged @who.int Member States to “find a balance in protecting their people from both bombs and bugs” as the next pandemic is an “epidemiological certainty." healthpolicy-watch.news/pandemic-agr...

In Final Days Of Pandemic Talks, Countries Urged To Budget For 'Both Bombs And Bugs' - Health Policy Watch

Tedros, hastily tying his green tie, urged all countries to “find a balance in protecting their people from both bombs and bugs” as the next pandemic is an

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Nina Schwalbe, MPH, PhD @nschwalbe.bsky.social · Apr 7

🦠We are down to the wire on the #PandemicAccord.

📜Here is our joint statement to the #INB13 on behalf of @panaction.bsky.social, @theindpanel.bsky.social, the Panel for a Global Public Health Convention, and GPMB.

🌍 We count on Member States to pull together to get this agreement done.

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Nina Schwalbe, MPH, PhD @nschwalbe.bsky.social · Mar 31

⏰Next week is the final negotiating session for the #PandemicAccord at the World Health Organization in Geneva.

💣Negotiators cannot afford to fail.

🤝 To strike a deal, countries no longer have the luxury of holding tight to narrow national self-interest.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · Mar 27

“The full scope of the cuts is still unclear, and legal challenges against them continue. Making sense of the chaos “is more challenging than trying to understand what’s going on with the damn diseases themselves,” says epidemiologist Michael Osterholm… the list of affected diseases is long.”

Trump cuts damage global efforts to track diseases, prevent outbreaks

Disease surveillance programs worldwide are suddenly in limbo

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · Mar 26

In @foreignpolicy.com, @helenclarknz.bsky.social and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf outline how US withdrawal from global health impacts pandemic preparedness, & what must happen next to protect lives and #preventpandemics.

Tragedies should result in transformational change.

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The Lessons Not Learned From COVID-19

Trump’s WHO withdrawal and cuts to research and aid are making it harder to prepare for the next pandemic.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · Mar 19

The cessation of a lot of US foreign aid will have enormous consequences on the health of the world's people for years to come. The abrupt, no-notice nature of that move took the devastation next level. www.statnews.com/2025/03/19/t...

'We've vanished': U.S. aid cuts leave health workers around the world reeling

The cuts to U.S. foreign aid could result in the resurgence of some diseases. They've also forced health workers out of their jobs.

www.statnews.com

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · Mar 17

Abrupt cessation of US aid funding has plunged programs to fight #malaria, #TB, & #HIV into a crisis, #WHO said Monday. Director-General Tedros said while the US has the right to decide how to spend its money, if it is to withdraw it should do so in a planned way. www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/w...

WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health

Breaking: The WHO issued its starkest warning yet on the consequences of the abrupt cessation of U.S. global health funding, saying it is threatening to reverse years of progress worldwide.

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · Mar 17

The Committee is concerned about:
- an epidemiological situation 'worryingly similar' to Nov. 2024
- the co-circulation & risk of mutations
- that mpox could become more severe 'resulting from food insecurity & interruption in the delivery of HIV care due to the freeze of aid.'

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · Mar 17

The IHR Expert Committee report on the #Mpox public health emergency is now published by @who.int

The Committee heard that the freeze in USAID funds is affecting testing in the DRC, & that the conflict in the eastern provinces were also hindering the response.

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Third meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024

Concurring with the advice unanimously expressed by the Committee during the meeting, the WHO Director-General determined that the upsurge of mpox 2024 continues to meet the criteria of a public healt...

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · Mar 14

Very good news from Tanzania today, as the Ministry declares the end of the latest Marburg outbreak.

This is the result of hard work and collaboration between partners including Gov't of Tanzania, AfricaCDC, @who.int , @unicef.org, @ifrc.org and the US CDC.

#PreventPandemics

WHO @who.int · Mar 13

Great news: #Tanzania 🇹🇿 has officially declared the end of the #Marburg virus disease outbreak.

Today, the Ministry of Health declared the end of the outbreak after 42 days with no new cases. This is a victory for public health in the country!

bit.ly/3XMKScU

A happy healthcare worker is showing a thumbs up sign.

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · Mar 12

As @who.int Member States work towards a pandemic agreement, @helenclarknz.bsky.social & HE Ellen Johnson Sirleaf join @GPHC_Pane in a call to deliver and

"demonstrate the power & opportunity that comes from int'l cooperation and solidarity.

Failure is not an option."

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Pandemic Action Network @panaction.bsky.social · Mar 12

As WHO Member States enter informal pandemic agreement negotiations before #INB13 resumes (April 7-11), members of The Panel for a Global Public Health Convention and the @theindpanel.bsky.social call for the "full use of the intersessional period to reach consensus on the outstanding issues."

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · Mar 11

The result of delayed action was a global health crisis that has led to some 28 million excess deaths, trillions in losses, and social and economic impacts that continue to affect us all.

The world has yet to apply all of the lessons, and #PreventPandemics

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · Mar 11

Five years ago today, DG DrTedros @who.int characterized the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic.

In its report, @theindpanel.bsky.social described February as a lost month, when countries had been warned of a public health emergency of international concern, and too many delayed action on COVID.

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · Mar 9

You've tagged the wrong Independent Peter.

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