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World Health Organization (WHO) Overturns Dogma on Airborne Disease Spread. The CDC Might Not Act on It.

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#EveryBreathCounts #PandemicAgreement The Independent Panel Health Policy Watch - Global Health News Reporting Pandemic Action Network The Pandemic Fund

🗓️ Mark your calendars! #WHA77 is just around the corner and we are thrilled to announce that this year again, we will host the WHA #OpenBriefing & 3 exclusive side events at Geneva Graduate Institute and online.

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Whole of Asia is reeling under a heat wave, threatening lives & livelihoods. Both #climate adaptation & mitigation are urgently needed, especially to protect the most vulnerable in each country. Ministry of Health MoEF&CC NITI Aayog UN Climate Change World Health Organization South-East Asia World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific

‘Most’ Cases of Avian Influenza in USA Cattle Likely Undetected: Need Tougher Surveillance
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In 2023, nearly 282 million people – 21.5% of the analysed population across 59 countries and territories – faced high levels of acute #food #insecurity , according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024.
✍️Disha Shetty
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#African leaders want “explicit commitments” to debt relief and debt restructuring mechanisms, including debt swaps to support country-level #pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) in the pandemic agreement.
✍️Kerry Cullinan
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The
World Health Organization (WHO) #pandemic agreement negotiations have begun their final two-week stretch.

Nina Schwalbe
Dr Monique Nsanzabaganwa
Jean Kaseya
✍️Kerry Cullinan
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In 2023, nearly 282 million people – 21.5% of the analysed population across 59 countries and territories – faced high levels of acute #food #insecurity , according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024.
✍️Disha Shetty
healthpolicy-watch.news/food-insecurit…

#African leaders want “explicit commitments” to debt relief and debt restructuring mechanisms, including debt swaps to support country-level #pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) in the pandemic agreement.
✍️Kerry Cullinan
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The World Health Organization (WHO) #pandemic agreement negotiations have begun their final two-week stretch.

Nina Schwalbe Dr Monique Nsanzabaganwa Jean Kaseya
✍️Kerry Cullinan
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The World Health Organization (WHO) working group has failed to meet its deadline of Friday 26 April for amending the rules governing global disease outbreaks, Kerry Cullinan reports.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) #pandemic agreement negotiations began their final two-week stretch amid a gamble with the process, a show of unity from #African member states – and more suggestions for the draft text.

Nina Schwalbe Dr Monique Nsanzabaganwa Jean Kaseya PERMANENT MISSION OF THE FDR OF ETHIOPIA IN GENEVA
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The World Health Organization (WHO) working group has failed to meet its deadline of Friday 26 April for amending the rules governing global disease outbreaks, Kerry Cullinan reports.
healthpolicy-watch.news/breaking-who-g…

The World Health Organization (WHO) #pandemic agreement negotiations began their final two-week stretch amid a gamble with the process, a show of unity from #African member states – and more suggestions for the draft text.

Nina Schwalbe Dr Monique Nsanzabaganwa Jean Kaseya PERMANENT MISSION OF THE FDR OF ETHIOPIA IN GENEVA
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Over 70% of the world’s workforce faces potential health risks due to #climate #change , according to the latest report by the International Labour Organization.

Disha Shetty Manal Azzi International Labour Organization
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The US plans to double the number of countries it supports to prevent #infectious #disease outbreaks, opting for bilateral agreements with at least 100 countries.

Dr. Stephanie Psaki Michele A. Williams, PhD #COVID_19
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The World Health Organization (WHO) working group has failed to meet its deadline of Friday (26 April) for amending the rules governing global disease outbreaks – the International Health Regulations (IHR) – and will reconvene.

Ashley Bloomfield Mike Ryan Kerry Cullinan
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Final #PandemicAgreement talks start in #Geneva amid a gamble on process & call from African leaders for pragmatism and continental unity
#PandemicAccord #WHO
✍🏻 Kerry Cullinan
Africa CDC
Jean Kaseya
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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Over 70% of the world’s workforce faces potential health risks due to #climate #change , according to the latest report by the International Labour Organization.

Disha Shetty Manal Azzi International Labour Organization
healthpolicy-watch.news/ilo-excessive-…

The US plans to double the number of countries it supports to prevent #infectious #disease outbreaks, opting for bilateral agreements with at least 100 countries.

Dr. Stephanie Psaki Michele A. Williams, PhD #COVID_19
healthpolicy-watch.news/new-us-global-…