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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
CSOs filed a complaint with the OHCHR to scrutinize if the EU, Norway, Japan & Switzerland are living up to their human rights commitments in the WHO #PABS negotiations. Join us Thursday to discuss where they stand. 📅 10 Sept | 3pm CEST 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/mrensk2p
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🇮🇩 Landmark ruling in Indonesia Constitutional Court reinstated a key safeguard against pharmaceutical patent evergreening, helping prevent unjustified patents & affirmed that civil society & patient groups can challenge patent grants. Full report 🔗 tinyurl.com/j5hs4rka
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
📘 NEW BOOK TWN’s new book traces the negotiations behind the landmark amendments to the International Health Regulations, documenting the twists & turns of the process. Download for free 🔗 twn.my/title2/books...
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📌 Webinar Join TWN & the Centre for Health Equity, Law & Policy (C-HELP) for a discussion on WHO's Global Strategy for Digital Health. 🗓️ 19 Aug 2026 ⏰ 10:30 AM (UTC) 🔗Register: bit.ly/3ROXmBk
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A Moment with Erik Fleming podcast @momenterik.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.momenterik.com @pid-us.bsky.social @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social @lissawarren.bsky.social #blacksky #politics #podcast
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
@keiwashdc.bsky.social and @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social at the ACANU press briefing moderated by John Zarocostas. @WHO #WHA79
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
In Geneva for #WHA79? Don't miss this crucial side event with experts in global health representing civil society, Member States, and the WHO. 📅 19 May 2026 ⏰ 18:00–19:30 CEST 📍 Salle C, WHO Headquarters 🥪 Sandwiches & drinks provided 💻 Online: tinyurl.com/484tvc4c
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Norway is accused of protecting the pharmaceutical industry, by Mathilde Becker @panoramanyheter.bsky.social "It is not an exaggeration to compare these uneven and exploitative relations between North and South with colonialism" says KM Gopakumar (TWN). www.panoramanyheter.no/global-helse...
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WHO-strid: Norge anklages for å beskytte legemiddelindustrien
Utviklingsland krever bindende vaksineavtaler. Kritikerne mener Norge bidrar til å bevare en skjev og farlig orden.
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Strong editorial by @theguardian.com on how Europe is putting the world's response to the next pandemic at risk. Europe is treating negotiations at @who.int as "technocratic haggling" rather than aiming to correct the inequities that defined COVID-19. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on the WHO pandemic treaty: the west’s fantasy negotiations have put the world at risk | Editorial
Editorial: After five years of deliberation the global south has forced the question that defined the Covid crisis: who will get the vaccines?
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Timely piece in the @thelancet.com Brazilian virologists Gabriel da Luz & Túlio Campos from @oficialfiocruz.bsky.social. "A fair genomic order would treat genomic information as both a global public good and a strategic public health asset". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Genomic sovereignty for health equity in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Green Finance Observatory @greenfinanceobs.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Our comicbook on #biodiversity credits / #offsets is finally available in print! You can order a copy for the price of $10 here: twn.my/title2/books... And you can still download the pdf for free here: greenfinanceobservatory.org/wp-content/u... Happy reading!
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Melissa Barber @mbarber.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Today, MSF is going public with something we've been fighting behind closed doors for months: Gilead will not sell us their new HIV drug, lenacapavir. The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell. Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/ www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...
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Gilead refuses to sell groundbreaking HIV prevention drug to MSF
Blocking humanitarian organizations from accessing a medical breakthrough puts vulnerable people across the world in danger.
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 07/01/2026
The cost of meds was too high for thousands of #CF patients. We worked with Vertex Save Us & @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social to approach a Bangladeshi company to make a generic version at a fraction of the price - it’s now on the way. This will change lives. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘We were sitting with our calculator saying “we can afford that!”’ Joy for families as cystic fibrosis drug prices fall within reach
The cost of medication was too high for thousands of CF sufferers around the world. Now a Bangladeshi company is making a generic version that will change lives
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Sanya Reid-Smith takes us back into the history of the international agreement that established intellectual property rules: TRIPS. In simple terms, clear examples & numbers, she gives a class on TRIPS, trade agreements & their impact on health. Listen▶️ tinyurl.com/FTAsimpacton...
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
"A new form of colonialism.” That’s how Dr Taime Sylvester describes the double bind facing developing countries. Pressured by the US into bilateral deals where aid is conditioned on sharing pathogens & by the EU to accept risks of 🏴‍☠️ biopiracy in the world’s largest pathogen-access system.
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Association for Progressive Communications (APC) @apc.org · 19/06/2025
We're launching the #DigitalJusticeNow campaign at the @intgovforum.bsky.social. Join us in reclaiming the digital future we want 👇 www.apc.org/en/news/glob... #IGF2025 #WSIS20 - with @itforchange.bsky.social
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Global Digital Justice Forum: Building a more inclusive digital future together
The Global Digital Justice Forum (GDJF) is launching the #DigitalJusticeNow campaign during this year's IGF to reclaim a digital order that prioritises people and the planet over profit. The campaign ...
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IT for Change @itforchange.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Kicking off Day Zero of #IGF2025, the Global Digital Justice Forum launched "Digital Justice, Now", our global online advocacy campaign for a just and democratic digital future!
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
🔴 WE ARE LIVE TWN is thrilled to organize with the United Nations University - IIGH (@unu-iigh.bsky.social) the Symposium Strengthening Global Health Governance: Defending the Public Interest and Holding Powerful Private Actors Accountable. Watch here ▶️ shorturl.at/eSMyO
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Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
New from @cplusc.bsky.social , @ccj-ubc.bsky.social & @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social : we ran focus groups with biodiversity & international economic experts; everyone agrees that big reforms to the global economy are needed to stem the loss of biodiversity. But agreement on how to do it is elusive.
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Transformative Biodiversity Policy at a Stalemate - Climate and Community Institute
This study updates our research that shows how governments—highly constrained by financial and political conditions to implement a just  ecological transition—are “Exporting Extinction.” The briefing ...
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Join us TWN & @unu-iigh.bsky.social are organizing this event for civil society & academia to examine the influence of private actors in global health & discuss avenues for action. 🗓️April 22 | 9:00 MYT 📍In-person registration: shorturl.at/7TLqM 💻Attend online: shorturl.at/eSMyO
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ban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
#Biosecurity #BioriskManagement PDF download
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Indian generic company Natco Pharma just announced rare disease drug Risdiplam could cost 97% less. For TWN, this price difference should prime other countries to follow & allow generic manufacturing in the promotion of public interest. Full report ▶️ shorturl.at/EN2D8
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
🚨New Report AI is now designing & modifying DNA, but its decisions are a “black box”—untraceable & risky. Impact on biodiversity, biosecurity & the environment is huge. Read further in our latest report with @etcgroup.bsky.social & the African Center for Biodiversity. ⏬ shorturl.at/pB3ba
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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Trump's aid cuts are bad news for international climate finance. I looked through the available data to work out how bad... Around 8% of the climate finance pledged to developing countries by rich countries last year came from the US. Those funds are now under threat. ➡️ buff.ly/BuxwfSL
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Rosa Luxemburg NYC @rosalux.nyc · 11/02/2025
Bhumika Muchhala (@3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social & Civil Society Financing for Development Mechanism) reminds all that #FfD4 shd expand policy & fiscal space for structural transformation toward global South economic sovereignty.
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
🌍 Mpox should be a global wake-up call In our new podcast episode, we interview Chetali Rao, a lawyer & scientist who traces the virus's trends, outbreaks & medical responses to highlight the ethical, legal & equity issues they raise. Tune in🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2388994/epis...
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Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Poor deal on New Finance Goal bull-dozed through at COP29 via @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social Essential reading on what went down in the final negotiations at Cop29 which ended with a deal the US, EU, UK & other wealthy polluters feeling pretty good. Status quo=climate injustice twn.my/title2/clima...
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Developing countries expected that developed countries would drive climate finance mobilization. But the COP outcome aims low and dilutes responsibility. 🎧Meena Raman, Program Director at TWN, breaks down #COP29 in Baku. www.bfm.my/podcast/the-...
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Africa Group & Brazil call out global pressures from developed countries against TRIPS flexibilities at WIPO. A UN report about these cases said this violates the integrity and legitimacy of the rights and duties in the TRIPS Agreement. Full report 🔗 www.twn.my/title2/intel...
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Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @lossanddamage.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
1/2. “Developed countries grew rich, not because they were smarter than the developing world, but because of #Colonisation. They continue to impose structures that make development difficult." Mina Raman of @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social on developed countries blocking progress at #COP29.
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Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @lossanddamage.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
1/3. “We may be in a football stadium, but we cannot afford to play games.” Meena Raman of @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social network on developed countries blocking progress on the New Collective Quantified Goal on #ClimateFinance (#NCQG) and other work at #COP29.
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Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @lossanddamage.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
“If the US🇺🇸 can't do anything. It's pay up or shut up and not cause a big problem in the negotiations.” Meena Raman of @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social on developed countries blocking progress on the New Collective Quantified Goal on #ClimateFinance (#NCQG) at #COP29.
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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Roche targets Indian generic Zydus –that produces generic cancer drug– citing lapses like missing approvals & trial material issues. But Roche's claims seem more about blocking affordable biosimilars than compliance. Full report 🔗 www.twn.my/title2/intel...
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