Sign in

Sharonann Lynch

@sharonannlynch.bsky.social
382 followers 193 following 4 posts

Co-Director, Center for Global Health Policy & Politics, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown U Access to medicines and diagnostics.

PostsRepliesMedia
Sharonann Lynch @sharonannlynch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank to advocates for joining the Diagnostics Equity Consortium (DEC) Global Day of Action to call for scale-up of TB diagnostics. #TestToTreatTB
010
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Georgetown Center for Global Health Policy & Politics @ghpp.georgetown.edu · 28/09/2026
We are delighted to welcome Dr. @Lara Vojnov to the Center as a Senior Scholar. Her focus on equity in testing will strengthen the Center's work as diagnostics move to the center of the fight against TB, HIV, and the next pandemic.
111
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
nytimes.com
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
381373571
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Georgetown Center for Global Health Policy & Politics @ghpp.georgetown.edu · 22/09/2026
Join TB advocates calling for action, ambition, and accountability in scaling up TB testing. Go to tinyurl.com/TBGDA to find out more. #TestToBeatTB @treatmentactiongroup.org, @globaltbcaucus.bsky.social
022
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Georgetown Center for Global Health Policy & Politics @ghpp.georgetown.edu · 16/09/2026
1/3 We're pleased to release E2 of Global Order: Can a Divided World Be Ready for the Next Pandemic? with the Rt Hon. Helen Clark. Listen now: open.spotify.com/show/3UVX9xJ...
112
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Latin America & the Caribbean helped shape the future of HIV prevention. But will they benefit from the innovations they helped advance? The region accounts for 1 in 10 new HIV infections globally, yet access to new innovations remains uneven. #AIDS2026. IAS - the International AIDS Society
151
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Asia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The International AIDS Conference is one time every two years the world focuses on HIV science & policy--and #AIDS2026 comes at a time of unprecedented crises. Are you an activist planning to be in Rio de Janeiro for #AIDS2026? Please join comrades for an activist meeting, Jul 26, 4-6 PM ✊🔥
Will you be at AIDS2026?

Join Health GAP, EANNASO, GHP Corp., ABIA and other  comrades for an activist meeting as AIDS 2026 kicks off. We will be making plans together so we can advance demands around treatment, prevention, human rights,  funding and more. 
Sunday, 4-6 PM, July 26
Location: Hotel Quality Rio de Janeiro, 10 mins by car from Riocentro
Directions: bit.ly/AIDS2026ActivistMeeting
Questions and agenda requests, email: bellinda@healthgap.org
057
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Fight AIDS Coalition @fightaidscoalition.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Fight AIDS Coalition will be at #AIDS2026 🔥🔥🔥🇧🇷 Save our events and join many other activists and partners at any of our sessions to continue advocating for an end to Advanced HIV Disease! #EndAIDSNow #AIDS2026
032
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Georgetown Center for Global Health Policy & Politics @ghpp.georgetown.edu · 11/02/2026
New tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics hold real promise — but how do we take them to scale? Join us and TB experts for a webinar on 25 February at 8–9:30 am ET to find out. 🔗Register here: georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BaGDCLCwT_-mWiocQv7_Mg#/registration
021
Sharonann Lynch @sharonannlynch.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The Diagnostics Equity Consortium (DEC) welcomes this price reduction and calls for countries to include in Global Fund GC8 proposals. Details here: medaccess.org/protecting-m...
010
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
297176878281
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Georgetown Center for Global Health Policy & Politics @ghpp.georgetown.edu · 09/01/2026
New article from our co-director @sharonannlynch.bsky.social in @plosglobalpublichealth.org: “Unlocking potential: Development finance reforms needed to support localized health product manufacturing.” 🔗Learn more here: shorturl.at/oblmX @who.int
023
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Georgetown Center for Global Health Policy & Politics @ghpp.georgetown.edu · 21/11/2025
At #Union2025 Tapiwa Kujinga and the Diagnostics Equity Consortium (DEC) calls for doubling the number of #TB tests performed by 2030 and rapid rollout of innovative near point-of-care TB tests. DEC is hosted by the @ghpp.georgetown.edu and PATAM. diagnosticsequity.org
diagnosticsequity.org
Diagnostics Equity Consortium - Center for Global Health Policy and Politics
About Diagnosis is a fundamental component of health care and surveillance, and a major driver of economic and health outcomes across health systems. Yet the importance of timely access to diagnostics...
012
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Georgetown Center for Global Health Policy & Politics @ghpp.georgetown.edu · 17/11/2025
New @nytimes.com article shows US blocking basic public-health terms including equity, UHC and references to WHO during G20 Health Minister meetings. Our director @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social told NYT these principles aren’t controversial - they’re essential for global health cooperation.
122
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Georgetown Center for Global Health Policy & Politics @ghpp.georgetown.edu · 03/11/2025
Ahead of the #G20 Health Ministers Meeting, leaders receive Breaking the Inequality–Pandemic Cycle, a landmark report from the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS & Pandemics. 🎥 @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social on how inequality fuels deadlier, costlier pandemics. Full report ↓ #GlobalHealth #UNAIDS
11310
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Georgetown Center for Global Health Policy & Politics @ghpp.georgetown.edu · 31/10/2025
@ghpp-georgetown.bsky.social Senior Scholar @drtlaleng.bsky.social presented her report “Health and care workers and the right to health” at the UN General Assembly— calling for peace, accountability, and protection for health workers everywhere. 📖 Read the report here: docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/48
042
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Georgetown Center for Global Health Policy & Politics @ghpp.georgetown.edu · 30/10/2025
The Georgetown University Center for Global Health Policy & Politics (GHPP) is is now live on Bluesky, LinkedIn🌍 Follow us for the latest analysis research and commentary on the intersection of politics and global health. 🔗LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/georgetownghpp 🔗X: x.com/GeorgetownGHPP
143
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Save the Children reports that Israel has killed more than 20,000 Palestinian children over the past 23 months — this means at least one Palestinian child has been killed every hour on average by Israeli forces.
02524
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Spotlight @spotlightnsp.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
MUST READ | As delegates convene at the SA AIDS Conference, they must publicly call out the demand for price secrecy from Gilead and the Global Fund for what it is: bullying, write Fatima Hassan, Leena Menghaney, and Bellinda Nkoana. www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/09/09/a...
spotlightnsp.co.za
A new HIV prevention jab could end AIDS – unless secrecy and greed get in the way
A new HIV prevention jab has the potential to bring an end to the AIDS epidemic. But a lack of ambition and unjustifiable secrecy over pricing is holding it back, argue three leading health activists.
001
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Matthew Kavanagh @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Human rights are key to pandemic response, but today face major headwinds. Join me & @drtlaleng.bsky.social on Sept 8 for a discussion the right to health in the face of pandemics amidst today's geopolitics @georgetownlaw.bsky.social @gtownsoh.bsky.social RSVP forms.gle/MVXjCUT58aka... #globalhealth
003
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Rev. Dr. Robin Tanner 🏳️‍🌈 @rockinrevrobin.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
This is a moral crisis. A created famine in 2025.
004
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Fight AIDS Coalition @fightaidscoalition.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Want to change the way your country addresses Advanced HIV Disease? Start with the facts. The CD4 Monitoring Fact Sheet gives you the evidence you need to understand the crisis, explain it to others, and advocate for stronger national responses. 📥 Download now: tinyurl.com/CD4testing
101
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 29/07/2025
@theipcinfo.bsky.social warns: the worst-case scenario of #famine is unfolding in #Gaza. Mass starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths. @who.int calls for urgent access for food and medical aid into Gaza at scale. Ceasefire. Peace is the best medicine!
38163
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
O'Neill Institute @oneillinstitute.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Authored by @sharonannlynch.bsky.social, @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social, ‪‪@linda-gailb.bsky.social‬, ‪@rmcohen72.bsky.social‬, Yogan Pillay, Yvette Raphael, & Agrata Sharma the 10-point framework to accelerate access, even at a time of drastic funding cuts & threats to the gains of the past 25 years.
002
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Matthew Kavanagh @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Our piece in @thelancet.com sets out a 10-point framework for catalysing equitable access to lenacapavir, built on difficult lessons of HIV treatment and PrEP scale-up and the realities of reduced global funding. Led by @sharonannlynch.bsky.social they include.. 🧵 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
thelancet.com
Lessons for long-acting lenacapavir: catalysing equitable PrEP access in low-income and middle-income countries
Despite substantial advances in biomedical HIV prevention, including long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) options such as cabotegravir, barriers to widespread adoption and scale-up p...
196
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Unitaid NGO Delegation @unitaidngos.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
🔊Reminder to sign up below for our upcoming webinar with @unitaidcommunities.bsky.social @oneillinstitute.bsky.social 'The Road to Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy' Thursday 17 April 3-4:30pm SAST & CET 💻 georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
033
Sharonann Lynch @sharonannlynch.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Great thread by Matt K on the Trump Executive Order on South Africa.
010
Reposted by Sharonann Lynch
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
CSPAN cut the feed after the press conference but the members of Congress and Senators have entered the main lobby where USAID HQ is located. The door is being blocked by law enforcement. Photo provided to me:
15641431282
Sharonann Lynch @sharonannlynch.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Just landed in bluesky. first time on any social media since #thathappened. next step in facing #newreality is reading the news, but tbh, i'm not ready. can barely face it. thanks to @mbarber.bsky.social for setting up the A2M pack.
060