Antoine de Bengy
@adebengyp.bsky.social
Postdoc at the University of Oslo (SUM) | IR & Global health governance | Pandemics | International Organizations & public-private partnerships | Nordic ODA | Tweets in 🇬🇧 🇳🇴
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The Gates Foundation’s network diplomacy in European donor countries - Globalization and Health
The Gates Foundation is the most influential private philanthropic foundation in global health and development. This article examines how the Foundation has developed an unparalleled capacity to rally...
globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com
🚨 New paper 📑 “The Gates Foundation’s network diplomacy in European donor countries”, co-written with @kstoreng.bsky.social & @simonrushton.bsky.social
👉 globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
👉 globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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www.theglobalfund.org/en/news/2025... Ridiculous headline - the 1 billion is mostly coming from the Gates Foundation. High time to let the private sector 'contribute' in another way. #globaltaxjustice
Global Fund Celebrates Private Sector Pledges Exceeding US$1 Billion on Sidelines of UN General Assembly
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) announced private sector pledges totaling more than US$1 billion over this last week, marking a major step forward in its Eigh...
www.theglobalfund.org
September 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
www.theglobalfund.org/en/news/2025... Ridiculous headline - the 1 billion is mostly coming from the Gates Foundation. High time to let the private sector 'contribute' in another way. #globaltaxjustice
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Oooooooh! This one’s going to be super interesting!
How can we rethink global health architecture to deliver greater health equity?
Alicia Yamin (@aliciay.bsky.social), Sakiko Fukuda-Parr & Chair Kelley Lee (@profplum8.bsky.social) discuss the future of multilateralism in global health
Online | 3 Sept | 17.30 CEST
www.globe.uio.no/english/rese...
Alicia Yamin (@aliciay.bsky.social), Sakiko Fukuda-Parr & Chair Kelley Lee (@profplum8.bsky.social) discuss the future of multilateralism in global health
Online | 3 Sept | 17.30 CEST
www.globe.uio.no/english/rese...
August 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Oooooooh! This one’s going to be super interesting!
Check out the latest from @kstoreng.bsky.social - "The business of pandemic intelligence". A much needed dive into the emergence of a commercial market for pandemic intelligence and its consequences for the WHO and health equity.
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The Business of Pandemic Intelligence: Implications for Global Health Governance
During the Covid-19 pandemic, tech startups emerged as important providers of pandemic intelligence, leveraging diverse data sources and advanced computational methods to advise public policy on dise...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Check out the latest from @kstoreng.bsky.social - "The business of pandemic intelligence". A much needed dive into the emergence of a commercial market for pandemic intelligence and its consequences for the WHO and health equity.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
One of the best reads I had in a while. Really insightful paper based on fantastic work to obtain covid vaccine contracts in South Africa. Highly recommended!
Can voluntary deals ensure equitable vaccine access in a pandemic? Our new research w @hji-sa.bsky.social
on South Africa’s COVID-19 negotiations shows no. Major policy made via private contract. Implications for global governance... 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/1744...
@abinader.bsky.social
on South Africa’s COVID-19 negotiations shows no. Major policy made via private contract. Implications for global governance... 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/1744...
@abinader.bsky.social
Law and power in pandemic negotiations: Policymaking via contract in South Africa’s dealings with COVID-19 vaccine companies
COVID-19 vaccine distribution was marked by deeply unequal access for Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This article analyzes negotiations between government and pharmaceutical companies, through th...
doi.org
August 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
One of the best reads I had in a while. Really insightful paper based on fantastic work to obtain covid vaccine contracts in South Africa. Highly recommended!
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@jacktaggart.bsky.social and I have been working together on multistakeholderism, and thinking about how these hybrid forms of governance connect to multilateralism
This is an attempt to think through institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...
This is an attempt to think through institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...
Early View Article - The Trojan Horse of Hybrid Governance: Corporate Power and Global Plastics Governance | Global Policy Journal
This article examines the emergence of a hybrid institutional complex (HIC) in global plastics governance. By interrogating the structure, features, and contradictions of hybrid global plastics govern...
www.globalpolicyjournal.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
@jacktaggart.bsky.social and I have been working together on multistakeholderism, and thinking about how these hybrid forms of governance connect to multilateralism
This is an attempt to think through institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...
This is an attempt to think through institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...
The UK pledged £1.25 billion to Gavi to save children, but the Minister of International development also reminds us that Gavi's partnership with UK pharma "supports economic growth and job creation, putting money in the pockets of British people."
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
questions-statements.parliament.uk
June 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The UK pledged £1.25 billion to Gavi to save children, but the Minister of International development also reminds us that Gavi's partnership with UK pharma "supports economic growth and job creation, putting money in the pockets of British people."
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
To contextualize this pledge, this means Norway cuts its contribution to Gavi by 50%, and keeps its funding to The Global Fund stable (does not follow inflation).
Check out Development Today’s piece for in-depth coverage: www.development-today.com/archive/2025...
Check out Development Today’s piece for in-depth coverage: www.development-today.com/archive/2025...
June 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
To contextualize this pledge, this means Norway cuts its contribution to Gavi by 50%, and keeps its funding to The Global Fund stable (does not follow inflation).
Check out Development Today’s piece for in-depth coverage: www.development-today.com/archive/2025...
Check out Development Today’s piece for in-depth coverage: www.development-today.com/archive/2025...
New publication! 🎉
“Quasi-public Partnerships: Multistakeholder Governance in an International Organization” in Global Governance
🔓 brill.com/view/journal...
The paper will be of interest to those interested in:
“Quasi-public Partnerships: Multistakeholder Governance in an International Organization” in Global Governance
🔓 brill.com/view/journal...
The paper will be of interest to those interested in:
brill.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
New publication! 🎉
“Quasi-public Partnerships: Multistakeholder Governance in an International Organization” in Global Governance
🔓 brill.com/view/journal...
The paper will be of interest to those interested in:
“Quasi-public Partnerships: Multistakeholder Governance in an International Organization” in Global Governance
🔓 brill.com/view/journal...
The paper will be of interest to those interested in:
Bill Gates is so rich that he‘ll still be a billionaire after giving away 99% of his fortune 💰
Gates is now promising to give away 99% of his wealth. Don't believe the hype---my newest piece is up!
timschwab.substack.com/p/bill-gates...
timschwab.substack.com/p/bill-gates...
Bill Gates says he won't die a rich man. Don't believe him
On the 25th anniversary of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates has generated a massive PR hit—-by announcing that he’s going to give away his entire wealth over the next 20 years.
timschwab.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Bill Gates is so rich that he‘ll still be a billionaire after giving away 99% of his fortune 💰
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In a new paper in Globalization & Health, @adebengyp.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social and I analyze how the Gates Foundation strategically works to align European donors with its global health and development priorities. Our key findings in this thread 🧵
May 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In a new paper in Globalization & Health, @adebengyp.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social and I analyze how the Gates Foundation strategically works to align European donors with its global health and development priorities. Our key findings in this thread 🧵
Reposted by Antoine de Bengy
New article out in Globalization & Health with @adebengyp.bsky.social and @kstoreng.bsky.social looking at the Gates Foundation’s efforts to influence European donor governments. Open access here: globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The Gates Foundation’s network diplomacy in European donor countries - Globalization and Health
The Gates Foundation is the most influential private philanthropic foundation in global health and development. This article examines how the Foundation has developed an unparalleled capacity to rally...
globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
New article out in Globalization & Health with @adebengyp.bsky.social and @kstoreng.bsky.social looking at the Gates Foundation’s efforts to influence European donor governments. Open access here: globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
🚨 New paper 📑 “The Gates Foundation’s network diplomacy in European donor countries”, co-written with @kstoreng.bsky.social & @simonrushton.bsky.social
👉 globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
👉 globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The Gates Foundation’s network diplomacy in European donor countries - Globalization and Health
The Gates Foundation is the most influential private philanthropic foundation in global health and development. This article examines how the Foundation has developed an unparalleled capacity to rally...
globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🚨 New paper 📑 “The Gates Foundation’s network diplomacy in European donor countries”, co-written with @kstoreng.bsky.social & @simonrushton.bsky.social
👉 globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
👉 globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Happy to share my latest article in @biosocieties.bsky.social!
💊 🌏 It analyses science-policy responses to drug resistance and antibiotic pollution from pharma industries in India, showing how various uncertainties arise due to "molecularised" understandings of the environment.
rdcu.be/ehiU9
💊 🌏 It analyses science-policy responses to drug resistance and antibiotic pollution from pharma industries in India, showing how various uncertainties arise due to "molecularised" understandings of the environment.
rdcu.be/ehiU9
Antibiotics in the environment: molecularisation, drug resistance and pharmaceutical pollution in India
rdcu.be
April 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Happy to share my latest article in @biosocieties.bsky.social!
💊 🌏 It analyses science-policy responses to drug resistance and antibiotic pollution from pharma industries in India, showing how various uncertainties arise due to "molecularised" understandings of the environment.
rdcu.be/ehiU9
💊 🌏 It analyses science-policy responses to drug resistance and antibiotic pollution from pharma industries in India, showing how various uncertainties arise due to "molecularised" understandings of the environment.
rdcu.be/ehiU9
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Interested in understanding the impact of mega-foundations and other private actors in global health governance? Apply by April 23 to join the Global Health Politics group @uio.no
PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoc: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoc: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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April 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Interested in understanding the impact of mega-foundations and other private actors in global health governance? Apply by April 23 to join the Global Health Politics group @uio.no
PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoc: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoc: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer had no taxable profits in its largest market, the U.S., after booking all its income in jurisdictions including Puerto Rico, Singapore and Ireland, according to a Senate Finance Committee report. www.law360.com/tax-a...
Pfizer Tops Pharma Tax Avoidance, Senate Dems Say - Law360 Tax Authority
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer had no taxable profits in its largest market, the U.S., after booking all its income in jurisdictions including Puerto Rico, Singapore and Ireland, according to a Senate Finance Committee report prepared by panel Democrats that was released Thursday.
www.law360.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer had no taxable profits in its largest market, the U.S., after booking all its income in jurisdictions including Puerto Rico, Singapore and Ireland, according to a Senate Finance Committee report. www.law360.com/tax-a...
Interested in the role of mega-philanthropic foundations & private actors in global health governance? Come work with me, @kstoreng.bsky.social & team at the University of Oslo!
PhD position: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoc position: www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
Deadline April 23.
PhD position: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoc position: www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
Deadline April 23.
Postdoctoral fellowship in global health politics (SKO 1352) (277953) | Universitetet i Oslo
Stillingstittel: Postdoctoral fellowship in global health politics (SKO 1352) (277953), Arbeidsgiver: Universitetet i Oslo, Søknadsfrist: onsdag 23. april 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
March 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Interested in the role of mega-philanthropic foundations & private actors in global health governance? Come work with me, @kstoreng.bsky.social & team at the University of Oslo!
PhD position: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoc position: www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
Deadline April 23.
PhD position: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoc position: www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
Deadline April 23.
Funding cuts are bad news for global vaccination efforts, but the 1.2 million deaths projection does not make sense. It depends on reshuffling of budgets, re-prioritization within Gavi, and whether recipient countries step up to fill the gap (increase co-financing requirements for sustainability?).
The reported decision that the US will end its support for Gavi will have devastating consequences.
Gavi is estimated to have saved 17 million children's lives over the last 25 years. The loss of US support is projected to result in 1.2 million deaths.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/us-de...
Gavi is estimated to have saved 17 million children's lives over the last 25 years. The loss of US support is projected to result in 1.2 million deaths.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/us-de...
US decision to end support for Gavi puts millions of children’s lives at risk
It's estimated that more than 1.2 million children may die as a result of this political decision.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
March 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Funding cuts are bad news for global vaccination efforts, but the 1.2 million deaths projection does not make sense. It depends on reshuffling of budgets, re-prioritization within Gavi, and whether recipient countries step up to fill the gap (increase co-financing requirements for sustainability?).
US plans to cut funding to Gavi, reports @stephanienolen.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
A few thoughts about what’s next, should the decision be confirmed 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
A few thoughts about what’s next, should the decision be confirmed 🧵
U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries
A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
US plans to cut funding to Gavi, reports @stephanienolen.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
A few thoughts about what’s next, should the decision be confirmed 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
A few thoughts about what’s next, should the decision be confirmed 🧵
Reposted by Antoine de Bengy
Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/h...
How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks (Gift Article)
Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/h...
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New article about #blendedfinance in #globalhealth. Prof. McNeill and I ask whether private finance can fill globalhealth funding gaps, looking at #IFFIm, #AMCs and #matchingfunds. Unfortunately, it's not looking too good... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Blended finance to the rescue? Subsidies, vaccine bonds and matching funds in global health
To close persistent global health financing gaps, policymakers have in recent years promoted the idea of ‘blended finance’, i.e. the strategic use of public funds to attract additional private sect...
www.tandfonline.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
New article about #blendedfinance in #globalhealth. Prof. McNeill and I ask whether private finance can fill globalhealth funding gaps, looking at #IFFIm, #AMCs and #matchingfunds. Unfortunately, it's not looking too good... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
WHO needs to be funded - but I don't think an endowment would be a good idea:
1) Susceptible to financial crises and market fluctuations
2) Conflicts of interests (will a WHO fund invest in harmful industries?)
3) Harder to control WHO secretariat / risk of bureaucratic push-back and inertia
1) Susceptible to financial crises and market fluctuations
2) Conflicts of interests (will a WHO fund invest in harmful industries?)
3) Harder to control WHO secretariat / risk of bureaucratic push-back and inertia
February 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
WHO needs to be funded - but I don't think an endowment would be a good idea:
1) Susceptible to financial crises and market fluctuations
2) Conflicts of interests (will a WHO fund invest in harmful industries?)
3) Harder to control WHO secretariat / risk of bureaucratic push-back and inertia
1) Susceptible to financial crises and market fluctuations
2) Conflicts of interests (will a WHO fund invest in harmful industries?)
3) Harder to control WHO secretariat / risk of bureaucratic push-back and inertia
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Great article by @adebengyp.bsky.social et al in @thelancet.bsky.social: The #PPP model does not work for tackling the world's most pressing problems, as it invites the corporations that cause the problems to set the terms for their solutions www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Global health partnerships for a post-2030 agenda
www.sciencedirect.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Great article by @adebengyp.bsky.social et al in @thelancet.bsky.social: The #PPP model does not work for tackling the world's most pressing problems, as it invites the corporations that cause the problems to set the terms for their solutions www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Are today’s public-private partnerships the partnerships we need to meet future global health challenges? Find out what we think in this free to access Lancet Viewpoint authors.elsevier.com/a/1kWO5V-4XO... with @adebengyp.bsky.social, @profsophieharman.bsky.social, @simonrushton.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Are today’s public-private partnerships the partnerships we need to meet future global health challenges? Find out what we think in this free to access Lancet Viewpoint authors.elsevier.com/a/1kWO5V-4XO... with @adebengyp.bsky.social, @profsophieharman.bsky.social, @simonrushton.bsky.social
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important commentary by @adebengyp.bsky.social and colleagues that challenges the technical and apolitical status of global public-private partnerships in development
re-politicizing these governance arrangement is a critical part of wider critiques of market-based approaches to planetary health
re-politicizing these governance arrangement is a critical part of wider critiques of market-based approaches to planetary health
Thrilled to see @thelancet.bsky.social publish our viewpoint “Global health partnerships for a post-2030 agenda”, co-written with @profsophieharman.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social and @kstoreng.bsky.social
A thread 🧵
A thread 🧵
January 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
important commentary by @adebengyp.bsky.social and colleagues that challenges the technical and apolitical status of global public-private partnerships in development
re-politicizing these governance arrangement is a critical part of wider critiques of market-based approaches to planetary health
re-politicizing these governance arrangement is a critical part of wider critiques of market-based approaches to planetary health