December Date Proposed for #WHA Special Session to Adopt #PandemicAgreement – But Strictly in Pencil for Now as World Health Organization (WHO) member states are poised for new talks next week, ✍🏻 Kerry Cullinan Balasubramaniam @PandemicAction The Independent Panel Nina Schwalbe, PhD healthpolicy-watch.news/date-proposed-…

📑The papers are out for the next Intergovernmental Negotiating Body for a #PandemicAccord. 🗓The next meeting will take place July 16 and 17 and focus on process and timeline. A few highlights in this 🧵 (H/T Balasubramaniam)

⚕️Dr. Tedros opened the 10th Intergovernmental Negotiating Body for a #PandemicAccord today in Geneva. 📏He encouraged negotiators to recalibrate and adjust to allow for reaching consensus. 🧵

Happening today! 📢 UNAIDS is launching the #GlobalAIDSUpdate2024 report: The Urgency of Now: AIDS at a Crossroads in Munich at 10am CET. Watch the livestream on YouTube: youtube.com/live/RlQyDl_G1…

Africa CDC to Declare First-Ever Continental Health Emergency as Mpox Surges healthpolicy-watch.news/africa-cdc-to-…

News: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declares the #mpox upsurge a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (#PHEIC), the highest level of alarm under the International Health Regulations, calling on all partners to work together to contain the outbreak.

Where do the presidential candidates stand on health policy issues? Our side-by-side analysis lays out Harris’ and Trump’s records in office, positions, and proposed policies: on.kff.org/4c8drWM

Last Friday, we presented the #mpox Global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan to Member States, after consultation with partners. Today, we publish. World Health Organization (WHO) continues to work with many to stop these outbreaks on mpox in Africa more info ⬇️ OMS RDC WHO African Region Africa CDC

Discussions on the #PandemicAgreement have resumed in Geneva + virtually. 🧐 Expert intersessional dialogues focus on pathogen access and benefit sharing, legal architecture, complementarity with the International Health Regulations, prevention & surveillance, and One Health.

🌎Day 5 of #PandemicAccord talks began with a recap for stakeholders ⏰The Bureau appears to see its primary mission as meeting a December deadline & is angling to carve out sticking points (leaving legal architecture tbd). Some states have pushed back, insisting on details 🧵

Antimicrobial resistance threatens health, development, and livelihoods. Today at #UNGA79, leaders adopted a political declaration on #AMR — a commitment to decisive action to protect our health. Learn more: bit.ly/47E7ZKB

There are several key global health replenishments in the coming months. Our newly released tracker provides up to date information on these replenishments, including U.S. pledges and support to date. The tracker will be updated as data become available. kff.org/global-health-…

Update on Marburg 🦠 in Rwanda—Oct 14 1 new case (total 62) 1 new death (total 15) 6 more recovered! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 The first batch of 700 vaccines have all been administered. Another 1,000 doses have arrived. Sure looks like we are on the tail end of this outbreak.

🧵 Another day at #INB12 passed with minimal progress, as the December deadline for a #pandemicagreement appears increasingly out of reach. Here’s a summary of Day 4⃣ discussions ⬇️

We’re now halfway through #INB12, where World Health Organization (WHO) Member States continue to weigh their progress toward calling a special World Health Assembly session in December to approve a #PandemicAgreement. Here’s what unfolded today ⬇️

🧵 World Health Organization (WHO) Member States decided not to call a special World Health Assembly (#WHA) this December for the #PandemicAgreement, yet reaching a consensus swiftly remains a priority. Here’s our recap of #INB12’s Day 6 ⬇️

In a Saturday memo, USAID staffers were given more details on the "complete halt" in foreign assistance and told "every program will be thoroughly scrutinized.” devex.com/news/scoop-usa…

CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) -- which, since 1990, has tracked high school students' behaviors that can influence health and social outcomes (like smoking, drug use, and dietary habits) -- is now offline

With reports of the effective dissolution of USAID and uncertainty about the future of the aid it provides if it is incorporated into the State Department, our new analysis sheds light on the agency’s role in global health: on.kff.org/3WQyA2S

Republicans’ views on the role that the U.S. should play in global health have shifted since President Trump’s first term. Recent polling shows 32% of Republicans say the U.S. should play at least a major role in global health, down from about half in KFF polls in 2016 and 2018.