Suspect #Ebola case in #Burundi - Young girl from Congo - Had bleeding from nose and rectum - Symptoms started March 25 - Died May 2 Appropriate contact tracing and testing ongoing If confirmed as EVD, would be first case in #Burundi sosmediasburundi.org/2024/05/04/buj…

👇 Here’s former UK PM Gordon Brown on getting the #PandemicAccord done. What’s being negotiated is by governments, for their people. And a wise endeavor it is, considering what the world went through during COVID. prosyn.org/QErFDPW

Bristol Myers Squibb Announces 10-Year Strategy to Reach More Patients in Low- and Middle-Income Countries accesswire.com/866326/bristol… BMS will help drive equitable access to innovative medicines to patients around the world, regardless of where patients live. Enabling timely access

⏰ One more week to send your global health law student paper submissions for ASIL’s GHLIG writing competition! Read on for more details 👇🏼

📣 We are expanding our partnership with BioNTech SE, committing up to US $145 million to establish mRNA vaccine R&D, clinical and commercial-scale manufacturing capabilities at BioNTech’s facility in Kigali, Rwanda. Find out more: cepi.net/biontech-and-c…

BioNTech and CEPI expand partnership to strengthen Africa’s mRNA vaccine ecosystem | CEPI cepi.net//biontech-and-…

The resolution just passed by the WHA gives the treaty negotiators up to another year to finalize a treaty. linkedin.com/posts/katri-be…

J&J agrees to lower price of TB drug bedaquiline, allow production in South Africa cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis/j…

Date Proposed for Special Session to Adopt Pandemic Agreement – But Strictly in Pencil for Now healthpolicy-watch.news/date-proposed-…

Lots of food for thought in this article: “if Novo Nordisk had intended to ensure continuity for patients using insulin detemir as it leaves the market, it should have made promises to not enforce intellectual property years ago, ideally accompanied with technology transfer …”

🤦🏽‍♀️The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) for a #PandemicAccord has backtracked on their proposal to include experts and relevant stakeholders in drafting group meetings. 0️⃣As treaty negotiations continue, the INB transparency score remains at zero.

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

The clock starts now for the #100DaysMission for #mpox. What are the priority actions for the next 100 days? ➡ Read the IPPS statement by Dr. Mona Nemer Victor Dzau & Shingai Machingaidze in response to #mpox being declared as a #PHEIC & #PHECS: ippsecretariat.org/news/ipps-stat…

Wealthy countries must share their mpox vaccines now | STAT statnews.com/2024/08/27/mpo…

With INB 11 negotiations scheduled to begin on Sep. 9, 2024, our latest commentary sets out recommendations on the proposed text related to the use of public funds to support the development and purchase of pandemic-related health products. lnkd.in/eq-NtEek #pandemictreaty

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BREAKING: Lifesaving medication for postpartum hemorrhaging is being pulled off emergency carts because of new Louisiana law reclassifying misoprostol as a controlled dangerous substance. My first Pulitzer Center StoryReach article for Louisiana Illuminator || bsky @lailluminator lailluminator.com/2024/09/03/lou…

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World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have established an access and allocation mechanism for mpox medical countermeasures including vaccines, treatments and diagnostic tests. who.int/news/item/13-0…

Two top Biden administration officials warn of threat to U.S. children if anti-vaccine views prevail trib.al/X17vZcp