The pandemic cost 7 million lives, but talks to prevent a repeat stall wapo.st/3U680Ri FrancesSteadSellers

Long-Acting Drugs May Revolutionize H.I.V. Prevention and Treatment #hiv The New York Times
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💲💊Prices for first-line HIV treatment in low & middle income nations (per person, for 1 year of treatment):

2003: $ 1200

2014: $300

2018: under $100

****Today: under $45****

THIS IS A MASSIVE GLOBAL HEALTH WIN

This is my new 'moderna plant' - likely to be the only one in Africa now...😉

Equity with a E.
Solidarity with a S.

#ModernaAfrica

In Geneva US negotiators claim a worry that compulsory sharing of technology will undermine innovation needed to fight pandemics.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WTO: Colombia wants to mark the 30th anniversary of the World Trade Organization with a thorough review of its intellectual property rules, which were at the center of a protracted and ill-tempered debate during the Covid pandemic.
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Why has Article 9 been so pared down when it was one of the only points of consensus? Access to research knowledge & publishing of terms of govt-funded research gone when there was little objection. These were necessary provisions toward equity. #INB #PandemicAccord

Dit gebrek aan prijstransparantie is uitermate problematisch: nadelig voor de sociale zekerheid, de belastingbetaler en indirect voor de patiënt. Zoals Minister Vandenbroucke zelf aangeeft moet dit probleem aangepakt worden op Europees niveau. Onder het Belgisch EU

no, Thierry Breton it is not at the heart of citizens' concerns (check out Eurobarometers), it is at the heart of the industry delegates that have lots of conversation space these days with this Commission. Never mind the citizen dialogues that are organised across the EU 🧐

'the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) with Afrexim Bank acquired 400 million vaccines from manufacturers other than Moderna, simply because Moderna vaccines were not made available, despite attempts to buy.'
Spot on reply by Africa CDC to Moderna putting on hold African

When @Gavi plans its next 5-year global #immunisation strategy this week, it MUST step up efforts to supply #vaccines to people who are not being reached in fragile & emergency settings. 🧵👇🏽

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.World Health Organization (WHO) and partners went to Khan Younis yesterday to assess the health facilities there. The team described the destruction as 'disproportionate to anything one can imagine'. No building or road is intact, there is only rubble and dirt.

Hostilities in the vicinity of a WHO

And this is why we need firm commitments by governments on technology transfer for pandemic preparedness in the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic accord. #INB9 #PandemicAccord

When will a group of heads of state and government visibly step up and throw their political clout into the ring to ensure the #pandemictreaty ? Why this incredible lack of political vision and commitment? Why this extraordinary level of political neglect?

On March 29, 2021, this was the vision for a WHO pandemic treaty, supported by these heads of state
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We do not accept the narrative of ‘regrettable incidents'.

We do not accept it, because what has happened to MSF International’s convoys and shelters, is part of a deliberate pattern of attacks on humanitarians, health workers, journalists, United Nations personnel, schools, and homes.

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#Gaza : How the Israeli army besieged and attacked #Nasser hospital 🧵

How to kill a pandemic treaty - The specters of imperialism and Covid betrayal hang heavy over talks.
pro.politico.eu/news/177870 #INB9 World Health Organization (WHO) #pandemictreaty

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