It really is an indictment on the state of US politics that so many sitting senators are lacking the most basic comprehension skills.

1) Art 55 relates to 'proposed' IHR amendments. These were submitted four months before the last WHA in 2023.

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It's all kicking off today in the world of pandemic governance.

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CSOs - The Independent Panel wants to hear your views on the state of PPPR reforms.

💉 Equitable access?
💵 Sustainable finance?
🧬 State-of-the-art surveillance?

What's happened? What needs to happen next?

Your views will inform our next report.

👉 bit.ly/IndPanelSurvey

Boris Johnson, who made the law requiring ID to vote in elections, gets turned away from his polling station for not bringing ID (2024)

Tory MP Bim Afolami: “We brought inflation down from 11.1% to 3.2% and, you know…”

Economist, Joseph Stiglitz: “You didn’t do it, the markets did it”

*cue audience applause*

#bbcqt

Tweet of the year

Next week, join Hassan Damluji, Senior Visiting Fellow LSE Intl Relations, for a talk on the design principles, strategy, progress and challenges of the new World Health Organization (WHO) Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence.

🗓️ 7 May
🕔 17:00
🏢 Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre

🔗 lse.ac.uk/global-health-…

I cant wait to read this!

Clare Wenham Prof Mishal S Khan The BMJ We had a similar quest but different (I think better) approach - producing different results on 🇬🇧 role at our CGD-BMJ event

The point being - we are operating in silos & need to do better to bridge the divide between the political folks & our (sometimes smug) scholarly table

this is an excellent read

I cant wait to read this Nora Kenworthy

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We are hiring @GHPU! Details below for a 2 year research fellow post on commercial determinants working with our work package on the UKRI health hub on commercial determinants. Deadline 20/5! Do get in touch with any questions! #CDoH School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh GECI-PH network elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

I'm also super proud it features a paper I co-authored with Simon Rushton⬇️
We're looking at health securitisation and how the Commission legitimated the creation of HERA + what this means for #EUintegration in #health
tinyurl.com/4mjbhntz
Finally...

Thrilled to announce our WHE Gender Working Group's OpenWHO course, 'Taking Sex & Gender into Account in Infectious Disease Programmes', is a hit! In just 1 month, it's reached a record-breaking 2724 enrollments. #GenderEquality #HealthEmergencies #OpenWHO
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