That’s a wrap on the Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit 2024 👏 The two-day summit, co-hosted by Ministério da Saúde 🩵, Fiocruz, and CEPI featured more than 20 sessions and 80 speakers, advancing critical conversations that will help better prepare the world for future pandemic threats.

Nailed it. CEPI #GPPS2024

Bye bye Rio de Janeiro, in my way to #VEME2024 in Brasilia

.CEPI & WHO call for an expansion of pandemic research 🔬: focus on families of pathogens in addition to individual disease threats. This approach boosts readiness for unforeseen outbreaks, zoonotic spill-overs, and the hypothetical threat of a ‘pathogen X’:

The world urgently needs a Lassa vaccine. A CEPI-funded Phase II trial of IAVI's Lassa vaccine candidate represents “an important milestone and signals that better tools to manage and prevent outbreaks are coming.” Devex | HJFMRI_Nigeria: devex.com/news/how-a-new…

The potential human epidemic threat posed by the outbreak of #H5N1 bird flu among dairy cattle in the United States is “increasing daily”, says Dr Rick Bright. For this new article, @KKelland spoke with the global flu expert at #GPPS2024 to get an understanding of just how

Did you miss any of the sessions from the recent Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit 2024, or curious to hear how some of the breakout sessions unfolded? 📺 From panels and fireside chats to breakouts and short talks, watch all #GPPS2024 recordings now. vimeo.com/showcase/gpps2…

New mpox variant posing 'severe' risk to hundreds of thousands, experts warn David Heymann explains to Mail Online why #mpox could "fill the epidemiological niche left by smallpox" 👇 dailymail.co.uk/health/article…

How many lives did #Covid19 vaccines save? A new paper in Lancet Respiratory Medicines estimates that in Europe alone (34 countries/areas included here) about 1.6 million lives were saved by the vaccines til March 2023. thelancet.com/journals/lanre…

🚨🚨Thailand shares 1st genome of #Mpox clade Ib collected on Asian continent 1/x The speed at which Thailand & Sweden show full transparency & collaboration w/ GISAID Initiative for global data sharing helps to save lives Thailand's National Institute of Health PR Thai Government shared data

China is experiencing a surge in infections of human metapneumovirus (hMPV), which causes respiratory infections a bit like the common cold, but can also lead to bronchitis and pneumonia. Learn more about hMPV and its viral family, the Pneumoviruses, in #TheViralMostWanted ➡️

“A bold and credible roadmap for how to be ready to better respond to future pandemic threats and, ultimately, to end pandemics," said Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair about Kate Kelland's book, DISEASE X – The 100 Days Mission to End Pandemics. amzn.to/4aJ3Oih

GVN was honored to co-host a discussion yesterday with students & CEPI's Kate Kelland at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . We explored how to prepare for the next Disease X & challenges in advancing #PandemicPreparedness & response to #endpandemics. #100DaysMission

For World Book Day why not discover how the world could face down a future Disease X threat with pandemic-busting vaccines in as few as 100 days? Get a copy of Kate Kelland's book, DISEASE X - The 100 Days Mission to End Pandemics, if you haven't already ⬇️ amazon.co.uk/Disease-Inside…

#Cooperazioneitaliana 🇮🇹 supports CEPI to accellerate research and development of new vaccines against emerging infectious diseases capable of threatening global health, ensuring their accessibility in middle and low income countries.

#ISNTDFestival 2025 is here and we are delighted to host our next Book Panel! Don't miss Vivianne Ihekweazu Nigeria Health Watch, Kate Kelland cepi & Jonathan Kennedy discussing how pathogens have shaped our lives! 👉Apr 3, 10.15 UK time 👉isntd.org/isntd-festival

Read this article as Kate Kelland speaks to researchers in African countries working on clinical trials for what could be world’s first #Lassafever vaccine “Developing a vaccine against Lassa fever holds great potential for global health security extending beyond West Africa” 👇🏿

"The (U.S.) government is discarding what could be one of the most effective and rapid tools to combat an avian influenza outbreak." US cancels more than $700 million funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine reuters.com/business/healt…

“NB.1.8.1 in particular possesses quite a few new mutations on its spike protein that make it easier to cling to human cells” star-telegram.com/news/state/tex…

Happening now: #G20 Health Working Group meetings. 📸 Opening remarks by National Department of Health & CEPI #C20SouthAfrica