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Kerry Cullinan

@kerrycullinan.bsky.social
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Cape Town-based health journalist. 🇿🇦 Passionate about people's right to live with dignity. Deputy editor of Geneva-based Health Policy Watch. healthpolicy-watch.news

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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Accra Reset is proposing a major overhaul of global health: reform, consolidate — and potentially close — institutions whose functions could increasingly be taken over by countries. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @gavi.org @unitaid.bsky.social @unaids.org @stoptb.bsky.social @mmv.org @cepi.net
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Accra Reset's Plan For Health Sovereignty Includes Closing Some Global Health Bodies - Health Policy Watch
A blueprint to empower countries in the Global South to end their dependence on health aid, which includes the possible closure of international global health
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Please watch this crucial discussion about the scale of Earth's energy imbalance. The numbers are shocking. Thanks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tCR...
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12 Hiroshima Bombs Every Second
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Billions of dollars could flow through non-competitive mechanisms under the new US global health strategy, while observers say procurement rules and information about how awards are made remain unclear. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @who.int @pih.org @publiccitizen.bsky.social @cgdev.org 📖 ⬇️ & 🔁🙏
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Controversy, Secrecy And Suffering After Year One Of The America First Global Health Strategy - Health Policy Watch
Country controversies, secret terms, opaque procurement, and massive unspent Congressional funds have characterised the first year of the America First Global
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
One year into the #Trump administration's new global health plan, 'America First Global Health Strategy', the main outcomes are controversy, secrecy and suffering @friendsofusaid.bsky.social healthpolicy-watch.news/controversy-...
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Controversy, Secrecy And Suffering After Year One Of The America First Global Health Strategy - Health Policy Watch
Country controversies, secret terms, opaque procurement, and massive unspent Congressional funds have characterised the first year of the America First Global
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump Republicans: defenders of pedophiles and animal abusers. #KashPatel
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Of 229 #LGBTIQ organisations surveyed across 94 countries, 203 lost funding after US aid cuts. Nearly half of affected groups lost 50% of their budgets, forcing health and protection services to shrink. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social outrightintl.bsky.social @gbgmc.bsky.social @unhcr.org 📖 ⬇️ & 🔁🙏
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LGBTIQ Groups In Repressive Countries Are Worst Affected By US Funding Cuts - Health Policy Watch
HIV services, mental health and harm reduction programmes have been severely affected by the huge funding cuts to organisations providing services for
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A doctor who survived #Ebola but lost his partner calls for psychological support for other Ebola survivors and their families healthpolicy-watch.news/doctor-calls...
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Doctor Calls For Psychological Support For Ebola Survivors And Families - Health Policy Watch
After a gruelling recent Ebola infection, Dr Patrick Oparpio, a gynaecologist based in Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has urged health
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It's tragic that here in Georgia in the year 2026, in some ways, one of the central questions of the U.S. Senate race is whether white nationalism belongs in the United States Senate.
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Health Policy Watch: South Africa Grapples With The Promise and Price of Injectable Lenacapavir to Prevent HIV by Kerry Cullinan @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social @kerrycullinan.bsky.social bit.ly/4qRXi0M
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"The four people in charge of the office regulating pesticides at EPA are all chemical industry lobbyists." - Stacy Malkan, @righttoknow.bsky.social app.publicnewsservice.org/story/trump-...
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Trump admin appointed chemical lobbyists to key oversight positions
New research by a public health group shows more than two dozen people appointed to oversee sensitive positions in environmental and safety agencies previously worked for large chemical and pesticide
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
El Niño is bearing down on some of the world’s most climate-vulnerable health systems. In Chad, a small hospital is showing how practical, low-cost changes can help clinics withstand extreme heat and weather shocks. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @wmo-global.bsky.social @who.int 📖 ⬇️ & 🔁🙏
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As El Niño Bears Down, A Small Hospital In Chad Offers Lessons In Climate Resilience - Health Policy Watch
Situated on the edge of the advancing Sahara Desert, Ngouri in western Chad is one of the most vulnerable places in the world to climate change.
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
📣From Argentina to Washington, the Geneva Consensus Declaration is gaining new political momentum. Its return under US control could reshape how abortion, religion and reproductive rights are contested internationally. 📰➡️ healthpolicy-watch.news/us-assumes-c... ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The greed of drug-dealers has caused an #HIV crisis in #Fiji ⬇️
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A map error became a diplomatic credibility problem. As African countries navigate the transition from US-supported HIV programmes, accuracy and respect are not optional. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @iasociety.bsky.social #AIDS2026 #RethinkRebuildRise @aidsconference.bsky.social 📖 ⬇️ & 🔁🙏
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US Government Burns Goodwill With Incorrect Map Of Africa - Health Policy Watch
RIO DE JANEIRO - The United States’ rapid dismantling of its HIV funding since January 2025 has caused the worst financial crisis for the sector in decades –
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
New HIV Frontier: The Fight to Access Long-Acting Prevention Drugs like #leanacapavir #AIDS2026 healthpolicy-watch.news/brazil-pushe...
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New HIV Frontier: The Fight To Access Long-Acting Prevention Drugs - Health Policy Watch
Last month, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) launched a campaign to demand that the US-based Gilead “immediately make the highly effective HIV prevention
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
How do you vote against a UN declaration on reducing traffic deaths? #US delegate blames mention of 'climate & environment'!!! #roadsafely #UN healthpolicy-watch.news/world-commit...
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World Commits To Cut Traffic Deaths – But US Records Lone Vote Against UN Declaration - Health Policy Watch
World leaders recommitted to reducing road traffic deaths and injuries by at least 50% by 2030 at the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Road Safety
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Two competing models could shape the future of pathogen access & benefit sharing. What are the key differences between the federated & hybrid approaches, & can the #PABS annex still be completed this year? 📰➡️ & 🔁🙏 healthpolicy-watch.news/pandemic-tal... ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @afro.who.int
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
How do you vote against a UN declaration on reducing traffic deaths? #US delegate blames mention of 'climate & environment'!!! #roadsafely #UN healthpolicy-watch.news/world-commit...
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World Commits To Cut Traffic Deaths – But US Records Lone Vote Against UN Declaration - Health Policy Watch
World leaders recommitted to reducing road traffic deaths and injuries by at least 50% by 2030 at the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Road Safety
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Thank you #Belgium. The US Trump card failed. Now someone red card Infantino. #FIFA2026
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Health Policy Watch: US, Russia, North Korea Vote Against UN Political Declaration on HIV/ AIDS vote: 149 to 8 🤔 by Kerry Cullinan @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social @kerrycullinan.bsky.social bit.ly/43Peh9f
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The man who sold #Albania land to Jared Kushner & Ivanka Trump is investigated by prosecutors for drug trafficking, reports @occrp.org www.occrp.org/en/scoop/alb...
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Albanian Drug Trafficking Investigation Overlaps with Probe into Planned Resort that Sparked ‘Flamingo Revolution’
Protests continue in Albania against a luxury hotel development boosted by Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son in law. Prosecutors are investigating an individual who sold land for the pr...
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
💰 Africa CDC’s Jean Kaseya says donors must turn Ebola pledges into “real money.” By June 4, less than $2M had reached affected countries despite nearly $498M in pledges. 📰➡️ healthpolicy-watch.news/us-support-f... ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social & @fargonaut.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Some members of #PeterThiel inner circle (according to data leak): Scott Bessent, Sarah Bond, Elon Musk, Jared Kushner...
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maia arson crimew 🏴 @crimew.gay · 16/06/2026
Here are all 113 alleged members we were able to successfully extract. This data can also be verified via versions of the site captured by the Wayback Machine, even if it doesn't properly render the website.
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Huge scoop by @crimew.gay, exposing members of #PeterThiel inner circle:
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The MAGA-MAHA alliance is being replicated in Africa - as shown by #Ghana’s Parliament hosting an #antivaxxer as part of ‘Family Values’ conference: healthpolicy-watch.news/ghanas-parli...
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Ghana’s Parliament Hosts Anti-vaxxer As Part Of ‘Family Values’ Conference - Health Policy Watch
However, Health Policy Watch first reported on an alliance between anti-rights groups opposing sexual and reproductive health rights and anti-vaxxers in 2024,
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
MAGA-MAHA link-up Africa style. Weird and disturbing that anti-vaxxers and anti-rights people have found common cause.
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
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Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry
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Climate Centre @climatecentreuk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🌊The rate of sea level rise has doubled, UN report finds. ⬆️Waters are now rising at 4.3mm a year, compared to the 2mm average annual increase recorded before 2015, the four-year study authored by 600 scientists reveals. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Severe’ stress on oceans as rate of sea level rise doubles in 10 years, UN warns
Global effort needed to limit effects of pollution, industrial fishing and climate crisis, World Ocean Assessment says
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
@who.int warns that chemical contamination in food is a “profound challenge” because once arsenic, lead & mercury enter soil, water & food systems, they are extremely difficult to remove. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @thelancet.com @lancetgh.bsky.social 📰➡️ healthpolicy-watch.news/chemical-haz...
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Europe moves away from US Big Tech companies: www.wired.com/story/all-th...
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All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology
A WIRED timeline shows how dozens of governments, companies, and other organizations across Europe are moving, or planning to shift, away from US Big Tech.
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Horrifying - but not surprising - that Big Tobacco used its expertise to engineer ultra-processed food to make it addictive. My latest story for Health Policy Watch:
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Health leaders at #WHA79 warned that misinformation is not just a communications challenge — it is a trust crisis. 🌐The response: rebuild confidence in science, support trusted health workers & hold tech platforms accountable ✍️@kerrycullinan.bsky.social @gavi.org @fosfeminista.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏
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How To Treat The Disinformation 'Virus' Undermining Health And Democracy - Health Policy Watch
The recent hantavirus outbreak triggered a wave of disinformation along similar lines to the COVID-19 pandemic: the virus was “fake”, “deliberately
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
#Ghana has passed an extreme anti#LGBTQ law that will punish all who “hold out” as “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, ally, pansexual, or a person of any other sexual orientation or in a sexual relationship contrary to the sociocultural relationship betw a male and a female”.
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Ghana’s Parliament Passes Extreme Anti-LGBTQ Bill To Coincide With Conservatives' Conference - Health Policy Watch
Ghana’s Parliament passed one of the most extensive, repressive anti-LGBT laws in the world late Friday, introducing prison terms for people who simply
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Africa CDC’s Dr Jean Kaseya says #Ebola travel restrictions on DRC, Uganda and South Sudan are “unacceptable” and risk damaging fragile economies without stopping the outbreak. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏
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Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions And Broken Aid Promises - Health Policy Watch
International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“We need to stop outbreaks when and where they occur.” ⚠️Experts say the repeated lesson from #mpox, #Ebola and #hantavirus is clear: global preparedness fails when local response is underpowered. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @gvagrad.bsky.social @ema.europa.eu @lancetgh.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏
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Stopping Outbreaks At Source: Pandemic Preparedness Stumbles At Local Level - Health Policy Watch
Does anyone brief cruise ship captains, cruise operators and passengers from Argentina that hantavirus is an endemic virus? asked Helen Clark, co-chair of the
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
🗓️ The first public forum for WHO DG candidates is set for 18 November 2026. Member states will question candidates seeking to lead @who.int through a period of funding strain, reform pressure and geopolitical tension. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @drtedros.who.int 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏
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WHO Executive Board Adopts Process For Election Of Next Director General, With Powerful Role For Poor African States - Health Policy Watch
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Executive Board (EB) decided on Monday that the first forum for candidates aspiring to become the next Director General
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The @WHO Eastern Mediterranean region is dealing with 'polycrises' amid budget cuts. My latest for @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social ⬇️
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JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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Colorado County GOP Chair Arrested In Child Sex Sting - Joe.My.God.
Colorado Politics reports: Hunter Rivera, the 24-year-old chairman of the Weld County Republican Party, was one of two men arrested Thursday on suspicion of trying to buy sex from Larimer County Sheri...
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
With a 42-day incubation window and passengers from multiple countries, the MV Hondius outbreak is testing how governments balance evidence, uncertainty and public health precaution. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social 📰➡️ healthpolicy-watch.news/hantavirus-e... @sanidad.gob.es @healthgovau.bsky.social
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
#Vaccines are the single biggest life-saver of all medical inventions... But #RFKJr 'Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into #Vaccines, Despite His Public Silence' www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/h...
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Kennedy Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into Vaccines, Despite His Public Silence
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Today's travel tips: Wear a mask on flights. Never take a cruise! #Hantavirus
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
What made #Zambia suddenly block #RightsCon despite being an official partner? Is it afraid to support #digitalrights in an election year? In a true democracy, a govt can't veto a conference. 🤮🤮
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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Developed Countries Propose ‘Hybrid’ Model Ahead Of Pandemic Agreement Talks - Health Policy Watch
Yet another negotiating session on the outstanding annex of the Pandemic Agreement begins at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) headquarters on Monday (27
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The US health deal with #Ghana is on hold as the US policy of 'Trade over Aid' pushes some countries away. My latest for @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social ⬇️ #globalhealth #Trump
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
🚨 Researchers say US claims of stable #PEPFAR impact may hide deeper disruption. #HIV testing fell 17%, treatment starts fell 16%, PrEP initiations dropped 33%, & 76,000+ PEPFAR-supported jobs were lost. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @iasociety.bsky.social @aidshealthcare.bsky.social 📖⬇️& 🔁🙏
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Researchers Dispute US Government's Upbeat Data About PEPFAR’s Impact On HIV - Health Policy Watch
Researchers have challenged several upbeat claims made by the United States government about the continued impact of the US President’s Emergency Plan for
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
⚖️ Developing country negotiators say the #PandemicAgreement’s PABS annex is the real test of equity. Will pathogen sharing come with enforceable benefit-sharing — or will the status quo remain❓ ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @norwayingeneva.norway.no @who.int 📖⬇️& 🔁🙏
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Developed Countries Propose ‘Hybrid’ Model Ahead Of Pandemic Agreement Talks - Health Policy Watch
Yet another negotiating session on the outstanding annex of the Pandemic Agreement begins at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) headquarters on Monday (27
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
🌍🤝 Africa and Europe announce €100M in new health initiatives. Focused on: 💊 Local manufacturing 🏥 Stronger systems 💉 Better access A shift toward equity and resilience in global health. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @who.int
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Africa And Europe Announce €100 Million In Joint Initiatives To Strengthen Health Systems - Health Policy Watch
The African Union and the European Commission have concluded three agreements worth €100 million aimed at strengthening Africa’s health systems.
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Health Policy Watch: Researchers Dispute US Government’s Upbeat Data About PEPFAR’s Impact on HIV by Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social bit.ly/4tu7PzF
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Researchers Dispute US Government's Upbeat Data About PEPFAR’s Impact On HIV - Health Policy Watch
Researchers have challenged several upbeat claims made by the United States government about the continued impact of the US President’s Emergency Plan for
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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Call for US Congressional Oversight on State Dept #Bilateral Health Agreements, mainly with African countries, as they're ⅓ lower than allocated funds healthpolicy-watch.news/call-for-us-...
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Call For US Congressional Oversight On Bilateral Health Agreements - Health Policy Watch
The US Congress needs to exercise oversight over the bilateral global health agreements that the United States has reached with 30 low- and middle-income
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