🚨 Tonight Co-Chairs briefed stakeholders on Day 3 progress of the 9th Intergovernmental Negotiating Body for a #PandemicAccord .

🕙Last night went til 10 p.m. Informal working groups got through part of Surveillance (art.4) and Diversified Production (art.10).

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As govts enter another round of negotiations for the World Health Organization (WHO) #PandemicAgreement , critical issues for access to medical products remain unresolved. Read our article-by-article comments on the latest text: msfaccess.org/msfs-comments-…

'However, equity is an ethical imperative and is fundamental to accurate, representative, and actionable pandemic science'

My new piece with Anita Cicero Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in Science Magazine

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

#INB 9 + Recap: Day 3 🚨

Pandemic Action Network is on the ground with partners as #INB pandemic agreement negotiations continue. Thread below on the facts + highlights of the day.

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📝Today’s summary from the Bureau for a #PandemicAccord ?

Much of the text is still up in the air. And the process is frenetic.

There are multiple working groups and nothing has yet been agreed.

Many big issues are still on the table.

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INB9+ Recap: Day 2 🚨
Pandemic Action Network is on the ground with partners as #INB pandemic agreement negotiations continue. Thread below on the facts + highlights of the day.

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Thoughts on #ECCMID2024 as it draws to a close

Talks ✅😃
Networking ✅✅✅😍☺️
Venue ❌🤔
Food ❌❌❌😡🤷‍♂️0⃣

Great meeting people.

In honest it's too big - perhaps quantity over quality.

But still glad I made it

See you next year in Vienna!! 🇦🇹

#escmidglobal2024

Stepping out of the fungal comfort zone to discuss women #empowerment at scientific ID/CM conferences.

🙏🏻 ESCMID for making this a priority.
🙏🏻 to the MicroID EmpowHERment consortium. Join us !

#ESCMIDGlobal2024 #WomenInSTEM

#grandrounds at #ESCMIDGlobal2024 really be 'grand'!
What's your guess at how many people are in this room?
#meded #IDTwitter ESCMID

🚨This evening, the Co-Chairs briefed relevant stakeholders on the proceedings of #PandemicAccord negotiations.

Today's plenary focused on big-picture comments to streamline and improve the specific articles (rather than specific textual input).

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MSF’s Comments on Selected Provisions of the Proposal for the WHO Pandemic Agreement: msfaccess.org/msfs-comments-…

In 2024, the UK had both the hottest and the wettest months in decades. Climate change action is needed urgently! Trainee Association of ESCMID ESCMID #ESCMIDGlobal2024

Nice conversation about pandemic preparedness at the #ESCMIDGlobal2024 session of #foresight .
#PandemicAccord #GlobalHealth