Here’s what Canada is doing (and not doing) to watch for #H5N1 amid an explosive outbreak among U.S. dairy cattle — and why Canadian scientists warn we’re already way behind this virus without active surveillance.

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Impressive progress in Ghana! Malaria rates in children under 5 fell from 20.6% in 2016 to 8.6% in 2023. Commitment to comprehensive solutions incl. vaccines and mosquito nets, helped cut malaria deaths from 428 in 2018 to 155 in 2022. Measurable impact is possible,

Together with our co-conveners, we're excited to announce that six organizations have been awarded a Climate x Health small grant to strengthen joint advocacy, action, and accountability in their communities in 2024.

Join us in congratulating them! climatexhealth.org/small-grants

The new powerful GLP-1 medicines at doses used for #obesity are relatively new. Yet the class of GLP-1 medicines is now 19 years old, with Exenatide approved for #T2D April 28 2005. We have millions of treatment years for this class. Happy birthday Exenatide/GLP-1 medicines!

🚨This evening, the Co-Chairs briefed relevant stakeholders on the proceedings of #PandemicAccord negotiations.

Today's plenary focused on big-picture comments to streamline and improve the specific articles (rather than specific textual input).

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Always a pleasure to meet with my brother, Akinwumi A. Adesina. We discussed ways to make the World Health Organization (WHO)-African Development Bank Group partnership stronger, how to standardise and digitalise primary health care in Africa, and the need to strengthen investment in the local production of medical products, as

Very successful 1st day of official mission with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus & @RDEMRO in 🇸🇦 focused on #WHO sustainable financing & new innovative financing - Health Impact Investment platform with MDB partners including @IsDB, European Investment Bank, & strengthened collaborations with @IMF for #Health4All

During #IsDB AM2024 in #Riyadh :
#IsDB President and Group Chairman, H.E. Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, conferred with World Health Organization (WHO) D.G. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The two leaders reviewed the strategic mutual partnership and explored new areas of joint action.

Dr. Al Jasser praised:
-Rolling out Strategic

As #antisemitism surges in Canada, many leaders ignore the mobs, make bland statements, and look the other way, further emboldening the haters ‘We’ve lost our sense of safety in Canada’ thewhig.com/opinion/weve-l… via @

Thank you my friend Geoffrey P. Johnston😎😷🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦💉 for writing this.

Last year, we built a page on influenza and we are keeping it continuously up-to-date.

We did it for two reasons:
1) The flu is a bad disease, killing about 700,000 people in an average year.

2) We were looking at what was happening to h5n1 and thought it might be helpful if we

Outstanding primer on #H5N1 vaccines

First comes hate speech, then come hate crimes.
Do you recognise hate speech around you? Even if the perpetrator is someone you love stop them. Speak up.
Stand up against hate speech ⬇️
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I ❤️ this focus on results open.substack.com/pub/singerp/p/…

Global growth will be steady at around 3.2% this year and next as inflation continues to moderate, according to the latest IMF World Economic Outlook. Most indicators continue to signal a soft landing. imf.org/en/Blogs/Artic…

Well at least 🇨🇦 growth higher than Colombia, Ecuador and Argentina!

It’s great to see the 1.5 billion UHC target. World Health Organization (WHO) under Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus leadership has learned a lot about delivery. With UHC progress flat, these lessons will be key to better support countries to meet this target open.substack.com/pub/singerp/p/…

This is excellent, as is the partnership with World Health Organization (WHO) on Health Impact Investment Platform. Better collaboration = better health!

Urgent appeal for humanitarian aid in #Ethiopia as #WHO warns of worsening crisis

In an urgent plea for international support, Michael Ryan, deputy director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), conveyed the dire situation facing Ethiopia during the high-level pledging