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Shailly Gupta

@shaillygupta.bsky.social
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Senior Communications Advisor, MSF Access Campaign. Avid follower of intellectual property and pro-access news. Believer of #ClaimingRightsNotCharity. Opinions are mine and doesn't represent my employer.

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We continue to see the same trends in R&D model. No transparency! No clear access commitments to ensure future access.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Generic companies won’t be able to provide unless they are also promised volumes. Fair point www.businessday.co.za/news/health/...
businessday.co.za
EXCLUSIVE | Aspen opts not to make HIV prevention jab lenacapavir
The drugmaker cites a lack of government purchase commitments as it focuses on Merck’s experimental monthly pill alimatravir instead
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Well done Indonesia. More and more countries need to denounce this anti public health tactics of pharmaceutical industry. Time and again, we have seen high costs of lifesaving medicines resulting from patent ever greening extending monopoly of drugs by Big Pharma! www.twn.my/title2/intel...
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Indonesia's Constitutional Court Restores Safeguards Against Pharmaceutical Patent Evergreening
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
During the 2022 Uganda Ebola response, strengthened community health systems significantly reduced detection times from seven or more days to just 24 to 48 hours, accelerating case identification and containment efforts.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
During 2023 Marburg outbreak in Tanzania, a community health worker.. received a local alert about unexplained deaths. Her rapid reporting through established community health channels triggered a coordinated response that helped contain the outbreak within 78 days. www.scidev.net/global/opini...
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DRC Ebola outbreak exposes community health gaps
As the DRC battles a rapidly growing Ebola outbreak, investment in community health surveillance is critical, writes Githinji Gitahi.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Why don’t apply their brain a bit while using AI? Like a teenie tiny bit of common sense would have helped 🤣
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Cancer jab can eradicate entire tumours in patients, trial shows
Jab brought ‘unprecedentedly strong responses’ in patients whose disease had become resistant to chemotherapy and immunotherapy
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/...
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Kenyan court suspends US Ebola quarantine facility plan
The plan to send Ebola-exposed US nationals to Kenya, which has no known cases of the virus, has provoked a backlash.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/05/2026
Number of suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo passes 900 as health workers face attacks and shortages
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Number of suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo passes 900 as health workers face attacks and shortages
World Health Organization says outbreak poses ‘very high’ risk for Congo, but risk of disease spreading globally remains low Congolese authorities say that suspected Ebola cases have now passed 900 in the ongoing outbreak in the east of the country. The Congolese ministry of communication, in a post on X on Sunday, said there were 904 suspected cases and 119 suspected deaths. Continue reading...
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
We are retrograding big time in context of believing in science that has saved lives for decades. Just insane.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Cuts to foreign aid budgets by the UK, France and Germany could contribute to more than 11.5 million preventable deaths by the end of the decade... www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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UK, German and French aid cuts will take ‘devastating toll’ on most vulnerable, says study
As Europe’s leading donor countries slash budgets, the result could be more than 11.5m preventable deaths, report suggests
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Africa CDC chief says he's in 'panic mode' after Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda and calls for manufacturing vaccines and treatments in Africa. youtu.be/-j-HhytGDfA?...
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Africa CDC chief says he's in 'panic mode' after Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda
YouTube video by Associated Press
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
a Lancet Commission on activism and health! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Imagining otherwise for better health: a Lancet Commission on activism and health
The political thinker Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937) is often inaccurately attributed with the phrase “The old is not yet dead, and the new is waiting to be born; now is the time of monsters.”1 Regardles...
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Wait what! They are not even keen from border security contexts or it’s coming soon when they see the fear becoming too real and up close for wealthy countries !!!
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
#Ebola An article worth reading to know challenges being faced on the ground during the most recent outbreaks - from testing hiccups to lack of vaccines and treatment and above all the political turmoil in DRC that already obstructs access to health services! www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/2... #IDSky
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Ebola: de Mongwalu à Goma, comment une épidémie a traversé une ligne de front
Ce dimanche 17 mai, le directeur général de l'OMS Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus a déclaré cette épidémie urgence de santé publique de portée internationale, soit le niveau d'alerte maximal du droit sanitaire…
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
UK Civil society fighting back against controversial drug pricing deal with the US pushing for measures that can curb NHS's ability to decide and pay for medicines www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Campaigners threaten legal action over UK-US deal on prices NHS pays for drugs
Two campaign groups claim that change to how NHS treatments are approved amounts to ‘unlawful power grab’
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
A step in the right direction to ensure transparency even though forced by courts in Switzerland. Crazy prices charged by pharmaceutical companies for COVID vaccines. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/drug-pri...
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Swiss court forces Covid vaccine procurement transparency
Court forces Switzerland to release unredacted Covid vaccine contracts from the pandemic.
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
healthpolicy-watch.news
Trump's 2027 Budget Deepens Cuts To Global And Domestic Health - Health Policy Watch
US President Donald Trump wants to eliminate $4.3 billion from the US government’s global health budget, including all funding for the Pan-American Health
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Finally some good news .....
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
“What’s left for me to do? To play God,” said Julio Ramirez, head of the oncology unit at the regional public hospital in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala’s second largest city. “The first patient who arrives, that’s who I’m going to give the treatment to because that’s all I can do.”
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
List prices range from about $80,000 for a year’s treatment in Germany to $208,000 in the U.S., $93,000 in Lebanon to about $130,000 in Colombia, $65,000 in South Africa to $116,000 in Croatia. www.icij.org/investigatio...
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How Merck turned its wonder drug into a blockbuster — and priced out cancer patients worldwide - ICIJ
The pharmaceutical giant has built a fortress of patents, traded in secrecy and relentlessly lobbied to guard its revenue kingpin Keytruda.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
If you’re looking for an NGO to support through your charitable contributions this year, I strongly recommend them. Been following their work for years. Believe me, every penny contributed by you will be put to good use, supporting and covering health needs of women in India.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Spring is here
Cherry blossom with sun on the side
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Amid crazy conflict setting, it's always the women and girls who get the worst of it. Kudos to all those woman who courageously stepped up to share their stories for this heartbreaking yet much needed report by MSF. #SexualViolence in Darfur, Sudan.
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MSF report finds no safe places for women and girls in Darfur | MSF
Our latest report on Sudan documents widespread and systematic sexual violence across roads, fields and displacement camps in Darfur, both in areas affected by conflict and far from frontlines.
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Doctors Without Borders @doctorswithoutborders.org · 30/03/2026
NEW: US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences is refusing to sell groundbreaking HIV prevention drug to MSF.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I wonder if state regulations of any kinds be helpful ! I mean people are using AI for diagnosis left and right.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
AMR is everywhere. But situation is much much worse in crisis and conflict-affected settings. Read this report of ours that reveals our experience of witnessing AMR and struggling to deal with it in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria and now Gaza.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Perils of AI: When I asked about the best hot-dog-eating tech journalists, Google parroted the gibberish from my website, both in the Gemini app and AI Overviews..ChatGPT did the same thing, though Claude, a chatbot made by the company Anthropic, wasn't fooled. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI - and it only took 20 minutes
I found a way to make AI tell you lies – and I'm not the only one.
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Lancet: "From next month, patents for semaglutide will expire in several countries, including in Brazil, Canada, China, India, and Türkyie—amounting to about 40% of the world's population. Manufacturers in China and India stand poised to launch a raft of biosimilars."
thelancet.com
Making treatment for obesity more equitable
2026 may prove a pivotal year for obesity. GLP-1 receptor agonists have revolutionised obesity management over the past 10 years. Mounting evidence has established their benefits across many cardiomet...
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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Ozempic, Wegovy: India's cheap weight-loss drugs could reshape global obesity fight
With India’s semaglutide patent expiring on 20 March, about 50 branded generics are expected to enter the market.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
whoa 50 brands. Thats news for me.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
More on WHO DG elections www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Candidates prepare for WHO Director-General election
There is a wide field of unofficial candidates. Whoever succeeds will take the helm of an agency in turmoil. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
MSF also issued a brief fact sheet in this regard few days ago: www.msf.org/report-near-...
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Report: Near point-of-care tests for tuberculosis | MSF
Our latest report from the TACTiC project provides details on near point-of-care tests for tuberculosis.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
A great tool to be used in remote settings for countries having limited resources. Hoping for a quicker roll out now. #TBSky
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Tuberculosis funding cuts could cost households up to $80 billion www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis...
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Tuberculosis funding cuts could cost households up to $80 billion
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Read MSF's factsheet on emerging near point-of-care nucleic acid amplification tests (nPOC-NAATs) for TB. Watch out for more details on MiniDock Ultra (Pluslife), the first TB nPOC-NAAT test available for procurement through the Global Fund and the GDF. www.msf.org/report-near-...
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Report: Near point-of-care tests for tuberculosis | MSF
Our latest report from the TACTiC project provides details on near point-of-care tests for tuberculosis.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Coming soon: Next round of WHO DG elections amid massive cuts and fund shortage: healthpolicy-watch.news/want-to-beco...
healthpolicy-watch.news
Want To Become The Next WHO Director-General? Get In Line  - Health Policy Watch
As the mandate of Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus approaches its expiration in August 2027, the high-stakes manoeuvring for the next WHO Director-General (DG) of the World Health Organization (WHO) has ...
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
It’s spring already in a green house garden in Geneva
Different kind of yellow flowers in a green house garden in Geneva
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Worth noting for people following PABS discussions at Geneva level. There are attempts underway to roll back existing laws in Brazil that ensure broader post-trial access for clinical trial participants.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
With foreign aid cuts continue to impact TB programs globally, there is a high risk that such recommendations that allow a better quality of life to people living with TB will slip even further down the priority list. Thanks to Stephanie Nolen for persistently spotlighting these field stories
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
WHO recommended community-based, out-patient treatment for people with drug resistant TB in 2011. Yet, 15 years after this recommendation and 8 years after the introduction of all-oral regimen, many countries are still slow in adopting this guidance. Must read by @stephanienolen.bsky.social
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4 Months Trapped in a Hospital for an Obsolete Way of Treating Their Disease
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Of the 149 compulsory licenses that were pursued, 49 were not issued because companies responded. Of those, 23 were not issued after the pharmaceutical company offered to increase access through voluntary licensing, a price discount, or donations. Most often, discounts were offered.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The number of compulsory licenses pursued by wealthier nations rose from 15% of all such licenses between 2005 and 2014 to 54% between 2015 and 2024. In all, 149 such licenses were considered by any country - rich or poor - during that 20-year span, according to the study in BMJ Global Health.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The use of compulsory licenses by high-income countries to gain access to medicines increased considerably over a recent 10-year period, mostly for treatments of noncommunicable diseases such as cancer and cystic fibrosis, along with Covid-19, a new study found.
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More high-income countries have used compulsory licenses to gain access to meds, study finds
More high-income countries have used compulsory licenses to gain access to meds, study finds.
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Modelling scientists at Wits University have calculated that if enough people — between 1-2 million per year — take LEN just once, new infections would decline fast enough so that South Africa can end #AIDS as a public health threat by 2043. #IDSky
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The anti-HIV jab Buhle trusts — and 456 000 South Africans can soon get for free - Bhekisisa
For the past three years, Buhle Sikade, 22, has been using an injection that gives her almost foolproof protection against getting HIV through sex — medicine that around 456 000 other HIV-negative peo...
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
reuters.com
US set to quit World Health Organization
The U.S. is due to officially exit the World Health Organization on Thursday, in the face of warnings it will hit both U.S. health and global health and also in violation of a U.S. law that requires W...
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
One year later, MSF is witnessing the human cost of decisions that have upended aid programmes worldwide where #FundingCuts are restricting access to basic healthcare, vaccines, nutrition, epidemic control tools, and support for marginalised populations. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/how-u...
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How US policies are reshaping global health and humanitarian aid, one year later
We are witnessing the human costs of actions upending aid programs around the world
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MSF Access @msfaccess.org · 16/01/2026
Why is #insulin, an essential and lifesaving medication that’s existed for over 100 years, still priced, patented, and distributed like a 💎luxury good💎? Listen as our advocacy advisor, Candice Sehoma, unpacks it on this #podcast episode: open.spotify.com/episode/6p39...
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Diabetes, Dollars, and Power: The Fight For Affordable Insulin.
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