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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 25/09/2026
SPECIAL #UNGA81 issue of Resilience Action Playbook! Featuring highlights and announcements from #UNGA and beyond... 📚 Read: mailchi.mp/rani/prisone... \\\ ⚡ Subscribe to Playbook: rani.co/newsletter-a... #Resilience #HLM #PPR #MFF
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 20/09/2026
🔔TODAY! Are you in New York for #UNGA? Kick off UNGA week with @rani.co at our annual Network Social TODAY, Sunday, 20 Sept., from 17.30-19.30 ET. Grab yourself a drink, meet our team, and say hi to friends and partners! ⚡ Register and see you there! airtable.com/appbHO72BzTg...
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 19/09/2026
Over five days at #IGWG8, @who.int Member States sought to advance the #PABS Annex – but no major breakthrough emerged. Complex discussions continued on how pathogen data would flow through the system and how benefits would be enforced. Key takeaways 🧵👇🏼
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Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We’re thrilled to announce our new cohort of Fellows! Supported by @carnegie.org, this program builds biosecurity expertise by placing Fellows with leading global organizations to reduce biothreats. Read our full release ⤵️ pandemics.sph.brown.edu/news/2026-09...
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Backed by an Award from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, the Brown Pandemic Center Launches a New Fellowship to Advance Global Biothreat Reduction, New Cohort Announced
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 11/09/2026
In the @rani.co Playbook: Shared Ambition 🌟 The compromise challenge #MFF 💶 @rani.co at #UNGA81 📅 #UNHLM #PPPR around the corner 📜 Gains and gaps #Ebola 📈 Expectations in check #IGWG8 8️⃣ & more! mailchi.mp/rani/shared-...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 04/09/2026
This week we hosted a landmark pandemic simulation exercise with Indonesia's Ministry of Health to strengthen national and regional readiness against a future ‘Disease X’. Discover more:
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Indonesia steps up Southeast Asia’s outbreak preparedness with pandemic simulation exercise
Over 120 experts working across the vaccine and epidemic preparedness research ecosystem in Indonesia and the region are taking part in the table-top event in Jakarta.
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 03/09/2026
⚡️ Register now! Join @rani.co @theelders.bsky.social @theindpanel.bsky.social 22 Sept. at #UNGA81 for a high-level discussion on redoubling commitments to international partnerships and thinking differently on investing for our shared #resilience and stability. 🎟️ airtable.com/appbHO72BzTg...
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Global Health Centre (GHC) @gvagrad-ghc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨Less than one week left to register for our webinar: Access to Health Products for Ebola-Bundibugyo: Implications for the #PABS Annex 🗓️ 8 September | 13:30–15:00 CEST 📍Online REGISTER NOW 👉 bit.ly/4cm55hk #GlobalHealth #WHO #PandemicAgreement
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CORE Group @coregroup.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 is seeking experts to join its 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 (𝗧𝗔𝗣) and help shape investments in pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. 📅 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: September 18, 2026 🔗 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: www.thepandemicfund.org/who-we-are/t...
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 27/08/2026
In the @rani.co Playbook: Back to School 📚 Back to the budget #MFF 💶 #Ebola at 100 days #100DM 🚨 @rani.co at #UNGA81 📅 Calls to honour commitments UNHLM #PPPR 📜 #PABS new season #IGWG8 🏃🏽‍♀️‍➡️ @ranafrica.org growing footprint 🌍 Back on the agenda #BiotectAct 📑 & more! mailchi.mp/rani/back-to...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 25/08/2026
100 days into the Bundibugyo emergency, the global health response has moved at a pace unimaginable a decade ago. Yet the outbreak is far from contained. It's painful proof that in a deadly epidemic, even faster than ever is often not fast enough. ➡️ Read more on our website:
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100 days into the Bundibugyo emergency, unprecedented speed is still not enough
The first 100 days of the Bundibugyo outbreak show how far epidemic response has advanced and how far it still has to go. It's painful proof that in a deadly epidemic, even faster than ever is often n...
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 20/08/2026
⚡️ Kick off #UNGA81 with partners and the @rani.co team at the annual Network Social on Sunday, Sept. 20 from 17.30-19.30 ET. Register now! 🎟️ airtable.com/appbHO72BzTg...
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 20/08/2026
UN MS must 'build on the progress, principles and pledges made since COVID-19. Dangerous pathogens have proved time and again that we must build stronger systems & simply cannot afford to retreat.' RH Helen Clark @theindpanel.bsky.social #FriendsofthePPPRHLM theindependentpanel.org/news/un-memb...
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UN Member States: Commit to a political declaration that upholds the promise of ‘never again’ - The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
The next pandemic threat could arise anytime, in any country, and infect every region in a matter of days. Every government will have a duty to protect its population, and every government will have t...
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CEPI @cepi.net · 20/08/2026
Do existing vaccines against Zaire ebolavirus generate immune responses to Bundibugyo ebolavirus?
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New studies to test whether existing Ebola vaccines can generate immune responses to Bundibugyo ebolavirus
CEPI-backed studies will analyse blood samples from thousands of people who have already been vaccinated against Zaire ebolavirus, with first results expected within months.
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Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security @centerforhealthsecurity.org · 14/08/2026
🚨 Training opportunity 🚨 We are now accepting applications for our #ELBI Fellowship Class of 2027. Don't miss your chance to join this prestigious network and contribute to the future of global #healthsecurity. Apply by September 30th: centerforhealthsecurity.submittable.com/submit/35106...
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
With @drtedros.who.int projecting DRC's #Ebola outbreak is on track to eclipse the 2014-16 West African outbreak, #WHO is finalizing a Phase 3 vaccine trial protocol it hopes DRC regulatory officials will green light. Likely to start with Merck's Ervebo vaccine. www.statnews.com/2026/08/12/e...
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Talks on launch of clinical trial of Ebola vaccine in DRC advance, WHO says
Talks are underway between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the WHO to expedite the start of a multi-armed Phase 3 clinical trial of Ebola vaccines.
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Nuclear Threat Initiative @nti.org · 11/08/2026
As protein design tools and other biological AI models become more capable of designing novel biological components and systems, the mechanisms to prevent misuse have not kept pace. To safeguard this technology, NTI has developed an input screening method for AI-enabled protein design tools.
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AI Can Design New Proteins. It's Time to Build Real Biosecurity Guardrails
As protein design tools and other biological AI models become more capable of designing novel biological components and systems, the mechanisms to prevent misuse have not kept pace.
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 11/08/2026
"Pandemic preparedness is one of the smartest investments we can make – not only for health, but for global stability, economic resilience, and collective security," urge The Pandemic Fund's Dr. Mekdes Daba, @chatibbasri.bsky.social, and Priya Basu. www.thepandemicfund.org/news/op-ed/p...
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Pandemic Preparedness Is an Investment in Health, Security, and Economic Stability | The Pandemic Fund
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 06/08/2026
As @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social shares the Final Text of the Political Declaration for the UN HLM on #PPPR, the Friends of the PPPR HLM – co-convened by @theelders.bsky.social @fourpawsint.bsky.social @theindpanel.bsky.social @rani.co – flag 4 key gaps and urge an infusion of urgency + ambition.
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 06/08/2026
⚠️ Scientists used #AI to make new viruses in a major first. But with this comes the need to put in critical #biosecurity safeguards as @centerforhealthsecurity.org's Dr. Moritz Hanke underscores to ensure medicine and technology advance while keeping society safe.
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CEPI @cepi.net · 04/08/2026
The first participant has been dosed in a CEPI-backed Phase 1 trial of Moderna's investigational vaccine against Bundibugyo virus, marking rapid progress in the global effort to combat the deadly Ebola outbreak in DRC. Read more: cepi.net/modernas-bun...
A healthy adult participant, Susan Murray, receives the first dose in Moderna’s Phase 1 clinical trial in Canada evaluating mRNA-1469, an investigational vaccine candidate against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, in Truro, Nova Scotia, on August 3, 2026
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 03/08/2026
🔥The climate crisis is on 'overdrive' with the @wmo-global.bsky.social saying we are likely seeing a prelude rather than a peak. Through October, nearly every land area on 🌍 is expected to be hotter than normal with UN leadership calling for urgent action. ⚡️ healthpolicy-watch.news/climate-cris...
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Climate Crisis In 'Overdrive' As Fossil Fuels Fan El Niño, UN Chief Warns - Health Policy Watch
"This is only a warm-up act," he said. "El Niño is strengthening, adding fuel to a planet already on fire with scorching heat domes, apocalyptic wildfires and
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Think Global Health @thinkglobalhealth.org · 28/07/2026
As the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak worsens, Ranu Dhillon and Jean-Vivien Mombouli draw on their experience leading Guinea’s 2014-16 Ebola outbreak response to provide valuable insights for interventions.
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Using Guinea's Approach to Contain Ebola in the DRC  | Think Global Health
Negotiating access, earning trust, and building a tightly coordinated response are essential to stopping transmission, according to two advisors of Guinea's 2014-16 Ebola response
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Ahead of pandemic negotiations from 14–18 September, HPW is publishing two contrasting pathogen-sharing options: Africa’s Federated Model & the European Union’s Hybrid Model. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @consilium.europa.eu @civicusalliance.bsky.social @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social
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Pandemic Talks: What Are The Two Models For Sharing Pathogens? - Health Policy Watch
Two practical – and contrary – proposals were tabled at pandemic talks last week, detailing how information about dangerous pathogens should be shared. Health
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 28/07/2026
Following the 42-day monitoring period, Uganda declared the end to the 2026 #Ebola #bundibugyo outbreak. Minister of Health Dr. Baryomunsi attributed success to continued investment and strengthened public health #preparedness, lab capacity, #surveillance, and joint efforts. health.go.ug/news/
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News - Ministry of Health - Uganda
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 27/07/2026
Matt Field @mattyfield.bsky.social reports that while plenty of hurdles remain for anyone hoping to use fast-improving AI to develop a bioweapon, one expert notes, 'Where we will find ourselves a year from now is likely to be, without intervention, a much more risky circumstance.'"
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AI executives worry about their technologies aiding bioterrorists. How likely is that?
Plenty of hurdles remain for anyone hoping to use fast-improving AI to develop a bioweapon, but, as one expert notes, "Where we will find ourselves a year from now is likely to be, without…
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Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Join us on 7/31 at 12PM ET as we dive into how #ElNiño weather shifts drive environments where infectious diseases flourish. Moderated by @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social with panelists Lauren Charles & Natasha Bagdasarian. Register Now ⤵️ brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Webinar flyer for “Rising Temps, Rising Risks: Infectious Disease in the 2026 El Niño Year,” with panelist photos, event date, and Brown Pandemic Center branding.
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 24/07/2026
🚨 272 AI experts ranked the top #AI risks through 2030 – even with strong safeguards, there is a 12% chance of catastrophic harm from AI-enabled weapons, including biological ones. #Biosecurity guardrails must be built into AI oversight NOW, not later. mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...
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These are the most urgent AI risks, according to 272 experts | MIT Sloan
Which AI risks could cause the most harm in the next five years? New MIT research shows that businesses should be aware of threats like competitive pressure and dangerous AI capabilities.
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 22/07/2026
The new 2026 Africa Health Security Index shows that while investments in health and preparedness since COVID-19 have improved #preparedness by nearly 30%, much more needs to be done for Africa's #biosecurity #biosafety capacity. 📑 Report ghsindex.org/africa/ 📅 Event ghsindex.org/articles/tra...
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The Africa Health Security Index
An independent assessment of epidemic and pandemic preparedness across Africa.
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 21/07/2026
For 10 days, @who.int Member States gathered in Geneva for #IGWG7 to advance negotiations on the #PABS Annex of the #PandemicAgreement. What happened, and what’s next? Here are the key takeaways 🧵👇🏼
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 20/07/2026
"Every extreme weather event and its true underlying root cause must be brought to the forefront of public discussions." @conservationdoc.bsky.social & co highlight smog and clean air policy lessons to address the #climatecrisis and its health effects @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/07/17/w...
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What the 20th-century war on smog tells us about today’s wildfire smoke
The evolution of air pollution policy shows how to respond to the dangerous haze caused by Canadian wildfires, experts write in opinion piece.
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Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#IndoorAir policies have entered a new era 🍃 Our Visiting Fellow Skandan Ananthasekar highlights a new #WELLcertified report showing how governments are "exploring new policy approaches that can deliver better health outcomes" worldwide. Full release + report ⤵️
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International WELL Building Institute
WELL Certified
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 16/07/2026
NEW! Read @impactglobalhealth.bsky.social and @path.org's timely brief on Africa's diagnostics gaps and the alignment with the continent's health security agenda ahead of the upcoming #AU Extraordinary Summit on Health in Accra.
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 16/07/2026
In the @rani.co Playbook: Future financing #MFF #OwnResources 💶 @rani.co at #UNGA81 📅 Expansion phase #Ebola 🚨 To be continued #BiotechAct 🧬 New evidence for #biosecurity safeguards ⚠️ Latest from @dndi.org @cepi.net @pandemiccenter.bsky.social @path.org 📰 & more! mailchi.mp/rani/future-...
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Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Mark your calendars. The 2026 Africa Health Security Index goes live July 22, an independent look at epidemic and pandemic preparedness across African countries. #AHSIndex Register for our webinar on July 29: www.nti.org/events/track...
A promo graphic for the AHS Index Launch on July 29 features headshots for four panelists.
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 15/07/2026
🚨 The #Ebola outbreak is continuing to 'outpace response efforts' in the DRC, says Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu @who.int. Confirmed cases have risen over 1,900 with over 700 confirmed deaths, and cases are spreading faster than can be tracked. Read more ⬇️ www.npr.org/2026/07/15/g...
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Ebola is spreading faster in eastern Congo than it can be tracked, as deaths pass 700
Eighty percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are emerging from unknown chains of transmission, according to WHO, a sign the outbreak is spreading faster than health officials can track.
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CEPI @cepi.net · 09/07/2026
In our new blog, CEPI's Chief Scientific Writer Kate Kelland asked Aurélia Nguyen, CEPI’s Deputy CEO, to explain how CEPI is supporting the global response to the Bundibugyo outbreak and how that work aligns with the 100 Days Mission. Read the new Q&A to learn more: cepi.net/bundibugyo-a...
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Bundibugyo and the 100 Days Mission: Preparedness, Readiness and Response
Aurélia Nguyen, CEPI’s Deputy CEO, explains how CEPI is supporting the global response to the Bundibugyo outbreak and how that work aligns with the 100 Days Mission.
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 08/07/2026
📅 Don't miss this @pandemiccenter.bsky.social event featuring @ranafrica.org's Aggrey Aluso and @cepi.net's Nafisa Jiwani on #vaccine readiness #100DaysMission. ⬇️
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 02/07/2026
Today, the final contact of a person exposed to #hantavirus on the cruise ship MV Hondius completed their quarantine period, tested negative and returned home. No further cases have been reported since the 25th of May. Therefore, @who.int considers the hantavirus outbreak over.
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 02/07/2026
In the NEW issue of @rani.co Playbook: Heating up #EU budget #MFF #EUCO 🌡️ Upending #ODA assumptions @odi.global @rani.co 🙃 #Ebola outpaces response ⚠️ New chapter #PABS #IGWG7 📑 #BiotechAct gathers steam 🚂 New tools, resources, reads, & more! 📚 mailchi.mp/rani/heating...
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International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat @ippsecretariat.org · 01/07/2026
⏱️ Day 45 of the #100DaysMission Ebola Bundibugyo Virus clock. There are still no approved point-of-care diagnostics, therapeutics, or vaccines for Bundibugyo virus, but momentum continues to build. Selected developments since Day 30: 🧵👇
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 01/07/2026
"In the absence of trust, even the best-resourced outbreak response will struggle. But when trust is present, communities themselves become our strongest defence." Amref's Dr Githinji Gitahi on minding the community trust gap in the #Ebola outbreak response.
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 22/06/2026
Australia reported #H5N1 has arrived on its mainland, putting millions of birds and mammals – including humans – at risk. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘A genuine wildlife emergency’: everything you need to know about the arrival of H5 bird flu in Australia
What is the virus? Where did it come from? Are humans at risk? What does it mean for the agricultural sector and wildlife? Experts answer your questions
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 17/06/2026
In the @rani.co Playbook: Pivotal moment #EU #MFF #EUCO 🤸🏽‍♀️ #Ebola challenges 🚧 Road to #IGWG7 🛣️ #BiotechAct moves ahead 🧬 Heat, health, and climate #resilience 🥵 Calls to redesign #internationalfinance #GPI 🏦 & more! 📚 mailchi.mp/rani/pivotal...
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 17/06/2026
✊🏽This week we're on the streets of Brussels with #MFFHub. Ahead of the June 18-19 #EUCO, we're making our message on the next #EUbudget (#MFF) impossible to ignore. 📣 Europe's future needs strong foundations. ⚡Take action for a stronger Global Europe: www.mffhub.org/be-the-archi...
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 11/06/2026
'Heatwaves are no longer freak weather anomalies. They are now a recurring crisis inflicting suffering, claiming lives and fracturing our health systems and infrastructure,' said @who.int's Dr. Hans Kluge.
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 10/06/2026
Together with partners, @rani.co and #FriendsofthePPPRHLM were at the 9 June Multistakeholder Hearing on #HLMPPR2026 at the #UN. Here are our key takeaways and highlights 🧵👇🏼
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 09/06/2026
🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Thank you to the partners who joined the #FriendsofthePPPRHLM Social to align and connect ahead of the #HLM #MSH. As @rani.co's Zander shared, with the ongoing #Ebola #hantavirus outbreaks, it is on all of us to show consensus for the urgent need for ambitious action.
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 04/06/2026
In the @rani.co Playbook: Building Resilience 🌱 New rani @ranafrica.org Impact Report ⚡ Future-proofing Europe’s tomorrow 🕰️ Catastrophic collisions #Ebola 💥 More time to get #PABS right ⏳ #Biotech #biosecurity discussions advancing 🧬 #GHS2026 events 📅 & more! mailchi.mp/rani/buildin...
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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 04/06/2026
⚡ NEW! @rani.co and @ranafrica.org proudly share our joint annual impact report – What it takes to build resilience. Join us in our ambition to build a collaborative, equitable, and mutually accountable future for global resilience and health security. Read: rani.co/joint-rani-r...
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