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Wim Vandevelde

@wimvandevelde.bsky.social
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Treatment access activist 🌈 The right to health is a fundamental part of our human rights and of our understanding of a life in dignity 🌐 Posts my own etc

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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 20/09/2026
Well done again 🇪🇸 Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/19/s...
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Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence
A Madrid startup has built an ice cube that turns blue, bitter and solid the instant a drink is spiked, trapping the drug as evidence for police.
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Asia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
They are murderers and torturers: from bombing Venezuelan fishermen to denying cancer treatment to people unlawfully detained in US ICE concentration camps to robbing kids of their HIV treatment across sub Saharan African countries The next administration must lead with one policy: no mercy
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
« There are more @ViiV and @Gilead advertising posters in the airport in Rio this week than people in Brazil using their #PrEP products » - Mark Harrington, Treatment Action Group (TAG) @treatmentactiongroup.org #AIDS2026
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Asia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The US government has stolen HIV treatment from 77,163 HIV positive children, slashed PrEP enrolment by 42%, closed 1700 PEPFAR HIV treatment sites, decimated programs led by and for key populations, implementers report slashing condom programming by 93% and so much more
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Asia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
NEWS: It's day 1 of #AIDS2026 in Rio, its the most important scientific AIDS conference, and the Trump Administration organized a conference session about its "America First Global Health Strategy" so activists from Haiti, the US, and South Africa zapped it healthgap.org/press/activi...
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Activists Disrupt U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Jeff Graham at International AIDS Conference, Protesting Trump’s Chokehold on Congressionally Appropriated HIV Funding, Mass Closure of Key Population Pr...
PRESS STATEMENTNew Data Show Trump and Rubio Responsible for Severe Deterioration in Program Outcomes, Including HIV Treatment Cut for 77,163 Children, 42% Reduction in PrEP Enrollment, Closure of 170...
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Asia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
What’s extraordinarily important about this story is…under the current Trump regime, Congress has 2x fully funded this lifesaving AIDS program under budgets signed into law. The money is there—gathering dust. Trump is refusing to spend it. Congress is spineless and people are dying
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
"If #Alimatravir is Approved, Merck’s Unethical Exclusion of Middle Income Countries will Prolong the Pandemic Countries Must Issue Compulsory Licenses for Generic Alimatravir Now." healthgap.org/press/activi...
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Activists React to Merck’s Voluntary License for Generic Production of Investigational Long-Acting Oral PrEP Product, Alimatravir
Activists React to Merck’s Voluntary License for Generic Production of Investigational Long-Acting Oral PrEP Product, Alimatravir  If Alimatravir is Approved, Merck’s Unethical Exclusion of Middle Inc...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
1,700 H.I.V. Treatment Sites Closed After Trump Cuts www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/h...
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1,700 H.I.V. Treatment Sites Closed After Trump Aid Cuts, a Study Finds
New research also shows that children and high-risk adult populations have been particularly affected.
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"It is disconcerting that the USG is included as a commercial exhibitor at the conference to actively promote their America First policy, given this generated much of the current crisis by withdrawing international funding in the most destructive way." i-base.info/htb/54177 i-base.info/htb/54177
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AIDS 2026: Programme highlights to look out for | HIV i-Base
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
ARIPO Faces Test of Transparency as Groups Challenge Gilead HIV Drug Patent Bid  gemnation.co.zw/aripo-faces-...
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ARIPO Faces Test of Transparency as Groups Challenge Gilead HIV Drug Patent Bid  - Gemnation
By CATHERINE MUROMBEDZI CORRESPONDENT A fresh patent fight filed from Harare could decide how easily future HIV medicines reach millions across Southern and East Africa. On 11 June, 2026, the…
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Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
For 20 years, we have worked to bridge the gap between innovation and access in global health. Innovation only matters when it reaches the people who need it.
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Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
For 20 years, we have worked to expand access to health innovations at scale. Our work addresses barriers that slow or limit access, affordability, supply, and delivery. This has supported faster introduction and wider reach. Access is what determines impact.
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Human Dignity has no nationality:  Xenophobia, Constitutionalism and the Struggle for Justice in South Africa — African Law Matters www.africanlawmatters.com/blog/human-d...
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Human Dignity has no nationality:  Xenophobia, Constitutionalism and the Struggle for Justice in South Africa — African Law Matters
Sharon Ekambaram argues that the Constitution confers rights on everyone within South Africa’s borders and as such human dignity has no nationality. Hers is a call to action agaist xenophobic vigilant...
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
"The researchers were handing out copies of the editorial, recently published in the association’s flagship journal, which detailed the effects of N.I.H. cuts and other Trump administration actions on diabetes research and outcomes" www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...
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Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
“A person must not leave their country because they say I am hungry, I need to get a job elsewhere. People must not leave their country because they are being persecuted.”
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Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
À #AfraVIH2026, Wim Vandevelde (he/him) souligne que malgré des progrès, la participation des communautés reste souvent symbolique. Passer à une vraie co-construction implique d’intervenir plus tôt, mieux financer leur engagement et partager réellement le pouvoir.
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Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
À #AfraVIH2026, Nathan Ford montre que l’implication des communautés peut accélérer l’accès aux innovations. Leur contribution a permis d’éclairer les décisions de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé et d’améliorer l’accès plus rapidement.
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Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Au stand Unitaid à AfraVIH 2026, le Dr Philippe Duneton a échangé avec communautés et praticiens : sans eux, pas d’impact durable. « L’accès ne s’improvise pas. Ça s’anticipe. » Des solutions durables passent par les communautés et leur expertise.
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Dr Philippe Duneton @drduneton.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Merci aux communautés présentes à #AFRAVIH2026. Votre rôle est central dans la réponse au VIH. Comme je l’ai mentionné, « L’accès ne s’improvise pas. Ça s’anticipe ». Continuons à construire ensemble en intégrant pleinement votre expertise.
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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
SCOOP: The F.D.A. blocked the release of studies finding that Covid and shingles vaccines were safe. In the case of Covid, FDA staff had to withdraw studies heading toward publication: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...
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F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
How (not) to organise a panel at a global health conference - The Lancet Global Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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How (not) to organise a panel at a global health conference
Global health is unfortunately not very global—a contradiction that becomes most evident at global health conferences. Although convened to advance the field of global health, these conferences often ...
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
“Ensuring that treatments reach people requires deliberate effort – from generating local evidence to supporting policy adoption and implementation. Investing across both R&D and access is crucial to delivering meaningful public health impact.” www.tballiance.org/academic-stu...
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Academic Study Finds TB Alliance’s Access Approach Successfully Accelerated Uptake of New TB Treatments
Findings underscore critical role of product development partnerships in delivering both innovation and access GENEVA (April 24, 2026)—A new peer-reviewed […]
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Rolling Back Health Equity Training Requirements in Medical Schools Harms Us All thefulcrum.us/health/healt...
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Why rolling back health equity training in medical schools is a dangerous failure that puts all patients at risk.
Medical Schools Have an Obligation to Push Back Against Federal Pressure
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
WATCH: Protesters interrupt OMB Director Russell Vought's opening statement: "PEPFAR Saves Lives, Spend The Money!" Under Vought's direction, the administration has withheld billions in congressionally appropriated funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
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Asia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
thank you @altcdc.altgov.info Here is more about the protest: healthgap.org/press/aids-a...
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AIDS Activists and Former USAID Employees Arrested Disrupting OMB Secretary Vought’s Appearance at House Budget Committee Hearing
PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: April 15, 2026Contact: Asia Russell, Health GAP: (267) 475 2645 | asia@healthgap.org AIDS Activists and Former USAID Employees Arrested Disrupting OMB Secretary Vou...
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Asia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
SCOOP: Trump is trying to disguise a sociopathic idea as a garden variety neo-con slogan ('trade over aid'). In fact they are proposing U.S. corporations exploit poor countries as a trough they can eat from, subsidized by public funds, while eliminating lifesaving aid. Gift link: wapo.st/4tg4zI4
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Trump administration pushes nations to sign ‘trade over aid’ declaration
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called it an opportunity to use the U.N. system to “promote America First values,” according to a cable reviewed by The Post.
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A lot to think about after today’s Sudan conference in Berlin. A country of 50 mn, over half of whom are acutely malnourished, and where (sexual) violence against women and girls is systematic. 11mn living in refugee camps in Sudan, 4.5mn in neighboring countries. Mindblowing violence and numbers.
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TAG - Treatment Action Group @treatmentactiongroup.org · 15/04/2026
🧵 "PEPFAR saves lives, spend the money!" Today, HIV/AIDS activists and former USAID employees took that message directly to OMB Director Russell Vought during a congressional hearing in D.C. and they weren't leaving quietly. (1/4)
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"Appointing the country’s top health official, and ensuring that the National Health Department functions better, is a life and death matter. Let’s hope that this time round the President treats it as such." www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/04/10/r...
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Ramaphosa’s choice of Director-General for Health will test his commitment to building a capable state
When push comes to shove, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s talk of building a more capable state hasn’t always been backed up by the appointment of committed and capable people to key government positions....
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
TB Alliance and Lupin Announce Collaboration to Advance and Commercialize Telacebec for Multiple Neglected Diseases - Global TB Community Advisory Board globaltbcab.org/tb-news/tb-a...
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TB Alliance and Lupin Announce Collaboration to Advance and Commercialize Telacebec for Multiple Neglected Diseases - Global TB Community Advisory Board
Partnership will support the development of investigational drug telacebec for the treatment of tuberculosis, leprosy, and Buruli ulcer.
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Medicines Patent Pool @medicinespatentpool.org · 27/03/2026
MPP's Mila Maistat helped launch the @who.int HBV & HCV Guidance, stressing that #viralhepatitis, #diagnostics, and affordable treatments via @medicinespatentpool.org #licensing are vital.
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The question now is what comes next. The Trump administration’s ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, did not respond to questions about the contraception. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/w...
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How U.S.A.I.D. Birth Control Meant for Africa Was Ruined
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
How to Make a No Kings Protest Sign hyperallergic.com/how-to-make-...
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How to Make a No Kings Protest Sign
We asked artists, writers, and curators for practical tips on crafting a powerful protest sign.
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Medicines Patent Pool @medicinespatentpool.org · 24/03/2026
🌍 Marking #WorldTBDay with global collaboration! MPP highlights a meaningful meeting in Hanoi 🇻🇳 with Oanh Khuat (SCDI Vietnam), recently honored with France’s National Medal of Merit for her work supporting vulnerable communities and advancing HIV/AIDS and health policy. 🎦 youtu.be/ZtSwb-FsRCQ?...
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World TB Day 2026 - Ending TB Together
YouTube video by MedicinesPatentPool
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
"Many of you have no doubt seen the fake news regarding Zambia. I can say unequivocally, we are not seeking anything at Zambia’s expense or against Zambia’s laws or interests; quite the opposite." www.state.gov/releases/bur...
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a man wearing an iowa state jersey with the number 11
ALT: a man wearing an iowa state jersey with the number 11
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Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
On World TB Day, we are reminded that tuberculosis does not discriminate, but the global response still leaves many behind. From miners to people in remote communities, too many remain invisible. A TB response that misses people cannot succeed. Learn more: ow.ly/Nn1v50YxWO3
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The TB response must work for everyone – including those it has historically overlooked - Unitaid
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Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Last week in Zambia, Unitaid brought partners together for the SCALE-IT CCSE workshop, grounded in a shared conviction: without community, there is no project. Community leadership is not an add on, it is essential to building health innovations that are trusted, used and sustained.
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Unitaid @unitaid.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
At the CCSE workshop, Unitaid brought together other Unitaid-affiliated Community Advisory Boards in Zambia to share insights and experiences to support the new SCALE-IT Community Advisory Board, helping to build country-level synergies and strengthen support for new initiatives.
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Medicines Patent Pool @medicinespatentpool.org · 24/03/2026
This #WorldTBDay, we spotlight long-acting injectables for latent TB - a single injection instead of months of pills. Through the LONGEVITY project, MPP’s partnership with Tandem Nano aims to simplify treatment, reduce stigma, and improve adherence. 👉 medicinespatentpool.org/story-post/l...
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LONGEVITY project, supported by MPP and Unitaid, will make significant difference in the fight against tuberculosis - MPP
Tuberculosis is consistently in the top three communicable pathogens globally. In 2021, MPP signed a licence agreement with Tandem Nano Ltd., the University of Liverpool start-up focused on the develo...
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
'Things Are Not Okay': US Threatens to Withhold HIV Funding Unless Zambia Allows Plunder of Its Minerals | Common Dreams www.commondreams.org/news/us-blac...
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'Things Are Not Okay': US Threatens to Withhold HIV Funding Unless Zambia Allows Plunder of Its Minerals | Common Dreams
The US "is conditioning life-saving health services on plundering the mineral wealth of the country," said one HIV prevention advocate.
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
"As an ultra-long-acting, twice-a-year injection, #lenacapavir ’s formulation is inherently unique—and comes with unique challenges, too—Ma pointed out. All told, the production process for the drug covers roughly 18 to 24 months, she said." www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturin...
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'Manufacturing is access': How Gilead's early production moves set PrEP med Yeztugo up for success
From its 17-year development cycle through to its commercial launch, production has always been in Yeztugo’s DNA. | From its 17-year development cycle through to its commercial launch, production has ...
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
#SouthAfrica #GlobalFund Senior health officials were arrested www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIPO...
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Senior health officials were arrested
YouTube video by Newzroom Afrika
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
"Prioritising which tasks can be offloaded to an AI to reduce cognitive debt is just as important as understanding which tasks require genuine creativity and critical thinking." www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
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MIT researchers say using ChatGPT can rot your brain. The truth is a little more complicated
Using ChatGPT to help write essays, the researchers say, can lead to “cognitive debt” and a “likely decrease in learning skills”.
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
US activist Peter Staley opens CROI: we must all be activists until the next US administration | HIV i-Base i-base.info/htb/53352
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US activist Peter Staley opens CROI: we must all be activists until the next US administration | HIV i-Base
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The looming crisis of bedaquiline-resistant tuberculosis and a promising way forward - ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The looming crisis of bedaquiline-resistant tuberculosis and a promising way forward
Drug-resistant tuberculosis is entering a new and dangerous phase. Bedaquiline and other newer drugs have transformed drug-resistant tuberculosis trea…
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
TACD raises concerns on use of tariff threats to increase medicine prices in Europe tacd.org/tacd-raises-...
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TACD raises concerns on use of tariff threats to increase medicine prices in Europe
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
What? That can't be right. Haven't they seen the president's plans for his special golden ballroom?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/02/2026
Crockett: "All this administration cares about is protecting the powerful and protecting pedophiles. They will do anything to distract from that, including deciding to put up in the middle of Black History Month the most racist thing that we've ever seen come out of a White House."
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Ocasio gang rise up 🙌🏽🇵🇷
Bad Bunny wearing an OCASIO 64 jersey
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Wim Vandevelde @wimvandevelde.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Where is HIV prevention drug lenacapavir in ‘America First’ health deals? | Devex www.devex.com/news/where-i...
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Where is HIV prevention drug lenacapavir in ‘America First’ health deals?
Opinion: Omitting HIV prevention targets from these deals will be devastating to the affordability and scale-up of the drug lenacapavir. African leaders can change that.
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