The #HIV response is the bridge🌉to stronger health systems & #pandemic preparedness plans. PLOS Global Public Health credits the HIV response success to “prioritizing human rights & gender equality, welcoming the leadership of communities and people living with HIV. theglobalfight.org/leveraging-the…

A recent report from Friends of the Global Fight looks at how local innovators across Africa can harness the power of digitized demand to catalyze the transformation of health supply chains. Read it here: theglobalfight.org/report-digitiz…

So good to meet the UNAIDS Human Rights reference group in Geneva this week. More needed now then ever to respond to the increasing backlash against human rights and civic space crucially important to achieve our global goals to end #AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.

Yesterday I delivered a key note address on Community Health systems to Local government leaders from western Uganda at Mbarara. Message very well received. 淫语汇 Ministry of Health- Uganda Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero Ministry of Local Government UNICEF Uganda WHO Uganda

If Congress walks away from PEPFAR, it will undo decades of global HIV progress | The Hill thehill.com/opinion/health…

📚Good governance of private sector engagements supports: - operational success - resource allocation - meeting policy objectives & #healthsystem goals ⬇️Read about it in our new policy brief with WHO/Europe launched at #EPH2023 #OBSatEPH 📘tinyurl.com/OBSPrivateSect… 1/

COP28 shifts gear with focus on global health. In her remarks, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Dr Maria Neira said, “Everyone needs to know this is not just about climate, polar bears and glaciers. This is about my lungs and your lungs.” dawn.com/news/1794836

Today, I’m immensely excited to begin as CEO of Wellcome, an organisation I have long admired. I look forward to working alongside my new colleagues to deliver on our mission to support science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone.

Away from clickbait, online rumours with no truth to them, misinformation on social media & headlines devoid of context -> my take on what happened & why.

There are so many high-level panels. Has anyone ever seen a low-level panel?

MFAN was delighted to meet today with Prosper Africa Coordinator British Robinson to discuss their interagency work on scaling private sector financing and more locally led development across Africa.

Implementation research: can it change the game for #NCD policy and practice? I think yes, absolutely. It helps us ask the right questions, and propose practical, contextualized solutions. We have brilliant minds joining us tomorrow to discuss. Tune in: shorturl.at/fhxN0

Insightful piece by @Devex exploring the barriers to USAID's localization efforts. MFAN members George M. Ingram, Justin Fugle Plan International USA, and others shed light on key challenges for #localization #USAID

Donald G. McNeil, the prize-winning science and health reporter—45 years with the New York Times—unpacks his newly published memoir, The Wisdom of Plagues with Steve Morrison on the latest episode of the CommonHealth: csis.org/podcasts/commo…

"PEPFAR wins a short-term reprieve in the minibus" from Victoria Knight axios.com/pro/health-car…

🥳Big step forward today on #LocallyLedDevelopment - an MFAN priority since our founding - with House Foreign Affairs Committee approval of bipartisan bill (H.R. 7710) and introduction in the Senate! #Globaldev Our statement: modernizeaid.net/press-room/mfa…

On my way to Venice for the biggest-yet global #obesity meeting! ECO2024 has a fantastic program, speakers from all over the world, topics ranging from #childhoodobesity to #clinicalobesity World Health Organization (WHO) #disparities #livedexperience. EASO Carel Le Roux conta.cc/3WxEzdC

Peter Hotez: physician-scientist-warrior combating anti-science ⁦The Lancet⁩ thelancet.com/journals/lance…

My heartfelt thanks to President Emmanuel Macron for co-hosting the launch of @Gavi’s Investment Opportunity and African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator here in Paris. We are thankful for your leadership and solidarity.

"Today’s appetite for hot takes unmoored from expertise has become fashionable for some of the largest media outlets...This does not serve us well." Self-appointed "experts" further undermine trust. Essential reading from Gregg Gonsalves & John Moore 👇 thenation.com/article/societ…