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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 15/06/2026

One month after the Ebola disease outbreak was declared in Democratic Republic of Congo, we’re warning that the outbreak is outpacing response efforts.

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DRC: MSF warns dangerous gaps persist in Ebola disease response | MSF

Despite the recent scale-up in the Ebola disease response in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), major gaps in surveillance, diagnosis, contact tracing and community engagement persist.

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Matthew Kavanagh @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Ebola, COVID-19, AIDS still continues, the world is failing to tackle pandemics. We've issued an urgent call from global experts at @theindpanel.bsky.social, @theelders.bsky.social Global Council on Inequality, AIDS, and Pandemics

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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 05/12/2025

The 4th round of #PABS Annex negotiations has adjourned. @who.int Member States struggled to make progress toward consensus and to expand 🟡 yellow text – but agreed to extend #IGWG4 and reconvene in the new year for 3 days (Jan. 20-22). Main takeaways from #IGWG4 final days 🧵👇🏼

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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Fully support this morning’s statement by @theindpanel.bsky.social at the #PABS talks at the WHO. It relates to the news broken by @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social that the US is seeking access to pathogen information in exchange for health funding. healthpolicy-watch.news/exclusive-us...

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EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid To Data Sharing On Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks - Health Policy Watch

The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with

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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 29/10/2025

💥 NEW! Joint statement welcomes text-based negotiations for #IGWG3 and urges negotiators to hammer out the details for an equitable, effective #PABS Annex #PandemicAgreement @who.int . www.pandemicactionnetwork.org/news/details...

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Details Matter: Getting to Work on PABS Text — Joint Statement | Pandemic Action Network

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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 12/09/2025

🔔 Registration OPEN! Join leaders at #UNGA80 on what’s needed to rebuild multilateralism + galvanise leadership, action, & investment for the interconnected threats of our time💥 airtable.com/appSBElqukpN...

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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 22/08/2025

📅 Don't miss our #UNGA80 side event where leaders will discuss rebuilding multilateralism & galvanize ACTION to tackle interconnected threats. Hosted by @panaction.bsky.social, @theindpanel.bsky.social, @theelders.bsky.social, @africaeuropefdn.bsky.social, @ranafrica.org 🎟️ tinyurl.com/y7xrwjea

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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 15/08/2025

📌JOIN US at #UNGA80! @panaction.bsky.social, @theindpanel.bsky.social, @theelders.bsky.social, @africaeuropefdn.bsky.social, @ranafrica.org's Sept. 23 side event will bring together leaders around rebuilding multilateralism & galvanising action to tackle interconnected threats. tinyurl.com/y7xrwjea

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The Pandemic Agreement is a milestone - now national capitals must work towards implementation. In this new @thelancet.com Comment, @helenclarknz.bsky.social & @MaEllenSirleaf write about the work required now to secure leadership, finance, equitable access & monitoring. bit.ly/43JJ5aH

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Devex @devex.com · 12/05/2025

Don't miss The Right Honourable @helenclarknz.bsky.social, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and the current Co-chair of The @theindpanel.bsky.social, who will be a special guest on a live recording of the This Week in Global Development podcast.

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Nina Schwalbe, MPH, PhD @nschwalbe.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

📝Update on the Pandemic Agreement - next steps? 🎬 Here is what to expect at the World Health Assembly later this month - and our take! open.substack.com/pub/ninaschw...

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Update on the Pandemic Agreement - Next Steps

Here is what to expect at the World Health Assembly happening later this month - and our take!

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

On May 20 at the time of #WHA78, join @helenclarknz.bsky.social in Geneva for expert discussions on how the world can be prepared for a pandemic threat in these uncertain times. Register for in-person at The Graduate Institute, or online! graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...

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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 29/04/2025

Join @panaction.bsky.social & @theindpanel.bsky.social at #WHA78 for Biosecurity: A Priority in the Era of Pandemics and AI — Wed., May 21 — to discuss opportunities + risks in our evolving landscape and next steps to keep the world safe and secure. www.pandemicactionnetwork.org/events/biose...

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Biosecurity: A Priority in the Era of Pandemics and AI | Pandemic Action Network

The risks of new pandemic threats are compounding. Zoonotic spillover and uncontained outbreaks are well-known risks that are not yet well enough

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Will you be @ #WHSNewDelhi2025? Be sure to join @helenclarknz.bsky.social who will chair a panel exploring what the US withdrawal from global health means for pandemic preparedness and response. The full program: bit.ly/WHSNewDelhi #PreventPandemics

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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 07/04/2025

At opening of #INB13 - the final set of pandemic agreement negotiations, Dr. Tedros urged @who.int Member States to “find a balance in protecting their people from both bombs and bugs” as the next pandemic is an “epidemiological certainty." healthpolicy-watch.news/pandemic-agr...

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In Final Days Of Pandemic Talks, Countries Urged To Budget For 'Both Bombs And Bugs' - Health Policy Watch

Tedros, hastily tying his green tie, urged all countries to “find a balance in protecting their people from both bombs and bugs” as the next pandemic is an

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Nina Schwalbe, MPH, PhD @nschwalbe.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

🦠We are down to the wire on the #PandemicAccord. 📜Here is our joint statement to the #INB13 on behalf of @panaction.bsky.social, @theindpanel.bsky.social, the Panel for a Global Public Health Convention, and GPMB. 🌍 We count on Member States to pull together to get this agreement done.

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Nina Schwalbe, MPH, PhD @nschwalbe.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

⏰Next week is the final negotiating session for the #PandemicAccord at the World Health Organization in Geneva. 💣Negotiators cannot afford to fail. 🤝 To strike a deal, countries no longer have the luxury of holding tight to narrow national self-interest. 🧵

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

“The full scope of the cuts is still unclear, and legal challenges against them continue. Making sense of the chaos “is more challenging than trying to understand what’s going on with the damn diseases themselves,” says epidemiologist Michael Osterholm… the list of affected diseases is long.”

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Trump cuts damage global efforts to track diseases, prevent outbreaks

Disease surveillance programs worldwide are suddenly in limbo

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

In @foreignpolicy.com, @helenclarknz.bsky.social and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf outline how US withdrawal from global health impacts pandemic preparedness, & what must happen next to protect lives and #preventpandemics. Tragedies should result in transformational change. bit.ly/4j2jfVB

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The Lessons Not Learned From COVID-19

Trump’s WHO withdrawal and cuts to research and aid are making it harder to prepare for the next pandemic.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The cessation of a lot of US foreign aid will have enormous consequences on the health of the world's people for years to come. The abrupt, no-notice nature of that move took the devastation next level. www.statnews.com/2025/03/19/t...

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'We've vanished': U.S. aid cuts leave health workers around the world reeling

The cuts to U.S. foreign aid could result in the resurgence of some diseases. They've also forced health workers out of their jobs.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Abrupt cessation of US aid funding has plunged programs to fight #malaria, #TB, & #HIV into a crisis, #WHO said Monday. Director-General Tedros said while the US has the right to decide how to spend its money, if it is to withdraw it should do so in a planned way. www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/w...

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WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health

Breaking: The WHO issued its starkest warning yet on the consequences of the abrupt cessation of U.S. global health funding, saying it is threatening to reverse years of progress worldwide.

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Very good news from Tanzania today, as the Ministry declares the end of the latest Marburg outbreak. This is the result of hard work and collaboration between partners including Gov't of Tanzania, AfricaCDC, @who.int , @unicef.org, @ifrc.org and the US CDC. #PreventPandemics

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

As @who.int Member States work towards a pandemic agreement, @helenclarknz.bsky.social & HE Ellen Johnson Sirleaf join @GPHC_Pane in a call to deliver and "demonstrate the power & opportunity that comes from int'l cooperation and solidarity. Failure is not an option." bit.ly/4hvn2JK

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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 12/03/2025

As WHO Member States enter informal pandemic agreement negotiations before #INB13 resumes (April 7-11), members of The Panel for a Global Public Health Convention and the @theindpanel.bsky.social call for the "full use of the intersessional period to reach consensus on the outstanding issues."

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Five years ago today, DG DrTedros @who.int characterized the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. In its report, @theindpanel.bsky.social described February as a lost month, when countries had been warned of a public health emergency of international concern, and too many delayed action on COVID.

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

As #mpox remains a public health emergency of int'l concern, @ippsecretariat.org reports very little progress on vaccines, diagnostics and treatments in the last 100 days. ⬇️ in the number of preclinical treatments 💉 more vaccines delivered to countries, but roll-out slow #PreventPandemics

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

.@who.int new report on undiagnosed illness in Equateur, DRC. In Basankusu: - deaths are ⬇️; w/ more young male deaths - investigation now focussed on rapid onset bacterial meningitis or chemical poisoning - local risk moderate, nat'l & global risk low #PreventPandemics shorturl.at/CTxcn

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The potential human costs to cuts in ODA, acc. to senior USAID staff, reported by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social - >28,000 new cases of such infectious diseases as Ebola & Marburg annually - uncontrolled outbreaks of mpox & bird flu, including as many as 105 million cases in the US #PreventPandemics

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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 27/02/2025

In the latest @panaction.bsky.social Playbook: Paradigm shifts in defense spending, U.S. + U.K. aid, #G20 multilateralism ↪️ Playing with pandemic fire 🔥 Africa vaccine and finance sovereignty 🌍 What's next for the pandemic agreement ⁉️ Latest on #H5N1 #mpox & more! mailchi.mp/pandemicacti...

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Breaking: Hours after Elon Musk reassured Cabinet that efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in Uganda had only been “accidentally canceled very briefly,” the Trump administration terminated at least four of the five contracts for Ebola-related work in that country. nyti.ms/4ikHi1Q

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Contrary to Musk’s Claim, Ebola Containment Efforts Were Slowed Then Stopped, Former Officials Say (Gift Article)

The contracts financed Ebola screening at airports and protective equipment for health workers, and helped prevent transmission by survivors of the disease, according to a former U.S.A.I.D. official.

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

This week's gathering of experts advise that the #mpox public health emergency of intern'l concern should continue. @who.int DG Tedros issues updated temporary recommendations including on coordination, clinical care, vaccination and community protection in affected areas. #PreventPandemics

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

More people now associated with the undiagnosed illness in the #DRC. @who.int DRC office reports 1096 sick & 60 deaths in two communities fitting a broad case definition including .. bleeding from nose, cough, vomiting and diarrhoea. WHO investigating with national experts. shorturl.at/jOZkS

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

A sobering report on the impact of abrupt #USAID cuts to the #mpox response in DRC. "Flying blind" in surveillance. Vaccines stuck in the warehouse. Combined with insecurity, @who.int says "All of the investment we've made ..are interrupted, on hold and impossible to continue." shorturl.at/zkiyx

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Why the good news about the mpox outbreak of 2025 isn't really good after all

The case counts seem to be dropping. But health officials say that's because violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo makes it difficult to get good data. And now U.S. assistance is being disrupte...

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

#Measles is one of the most contagious diseases - and also one of the most preventable. Through vaccination, endemic measles has been eliminated in the Americas. Now a large outbreak in Texas has led to the death of a child. A completely preventable tragedy. dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...

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Texas announces first death in measles outbreak | Texas DSHS

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Here's the report from @whoafro.bsky.social, with details on two communities affected by an unknown disease causing a recorded 431 cases, 53 deaths and CFR of 12.3% Ebola and Marburg are ruled out, laboratory testing, investigation ongoing. #PreventPandemics iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

According to the AP, local and WHO reports say 419 cases, and 50 deaths within 48 hours in an as-yet undiagnosed outbreak in NW DRC, ongoing since January 21. Tests for Ebola and Marburg are negative; with some positive for malaria. #PreventPandemics apnews.com/article/cong...

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An unknown illness kills over 50 people in part of Congo with hours between symptoms and death

An unknown illness has killed over 50 people in northwestern Congo. That's according to doctors on the ground and the World Health Organization on Monday.

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Progress on the pandemic accord was very slow this week. Here is @helenclarknz.bsky.social statement to #INB13 on Friday am: "A successful pandemic agreement is as important today as it was three years ago. Your work to conclude by May is vital for the health security of every country...

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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 21/02/2025

Hello from Geneva after #INB13 negotiations have wrapped up. Here’s our recap 🧵 of Day 5️⃣👇

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Two dairy workers in Michigan may have transmitted bird flu to their pet cats last May, suggests a new study published on Thursday by the CDC. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/h...

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Dairy Workers May Have Passed Bird Flu to Pet Cats, CDC Study Suggests (Gift Article)

But the study, whose publication was delayed by a pause in public communications by the agency, leaves key questions unanswered.

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Martin Enserink @martinenserink.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

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Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs

Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend

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The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response @theindpanel.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Reported plans underway to better tackle H5N1 in 🐔. What about cattle? "Public health responders need to adopt a more granular understanding of the vulnerabilities of all types of farmers. Agr. needs to recognize that its cherished flocks & herds can serve as the source of devastating diseases."

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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 19/02/2025

New @nature.com editorial calling for leadership on the lessons of COVID. “The science will deliver if we have a new emerging infectious disease. I think it will be the people who aren’t going to deliver.” - Joanne Liu of @mcgillghp.bsky.social and former member of @theindpanel.bsky.social

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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 19/02/2025

#INB13 pandemic agreement negotiations continued today. Here’s our recap 🧵 of Day 3️⃣👇

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Nina Schwalbe, MPH, PhD @nschwalbe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

🌎 Day 3 of #PandemicAccord again started with no progress update. 📑 Newly circulated text showed limited progress - only on the margins. 🗂️ Divides persist on prevention & surveillance details (Art 4 & 5) and pathogen access & benefit sharing (Art 12). 🧵

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