Preventing Pandemics at the Source
@preventingpand.bsky.social
Our work aims to prevent the spillover of zoonotic viruses from animals to humans before they can become global, regional, national, or even localized outbreaks.
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Spillover prevention is possible.
How we can prevent pathogens from moving from animals to humans (spillover)?
Check out this article by our Coalition members: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
How we can prevent pathogens from moving from animals to humans (spillover)?
Check out this article by our Coalition members: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
New podcast!
This week, PPATS Executive Director, Neil Vora, joined #HealthStuffPodcast to talk about how the environment impacts our health, what horror movies and TV shows get right when they portray outbreaks, and the importance of imperfect activists.
Listen here: iheart.com/podcast/1119...
This week, PPATS Executive Director, Neil Vora, joined #HealthStuffPodcast to talk about how the environment impacts our health, what horror movies and TV shows get right when they portray outbreaks, and the importance of imperfect activists.
Listen here: iheart.com/podcast/1119...
December 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New podcast!
This week, PPATS Executive Director, Neil Vora, joined #HealthStuffPodcast to talk about how the environment impacts our health, what horror movies and TV shows get right when they portray outbreaks, and the importance of imperfect activists.
Listen here: iheart.com/podcast/1119...
This week, PPATS Executive Director, Neil Vora, joined #HealthStuffPodcast to talk about how the environment impacts our health, what horror movies and TV shows get right when they portray outbreaks, and the importance of imperfect activists.
Listen here: iheart.com/podcast/1119...
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Today, @who.int's #IGWG3 kicked off in #Geneva — with draft text of a #PABS annex ready for discussion. Here are key takeaways from Day 1 and key topics to follow as discussions on this critical element of the #PandemicAgreement progress this week 🧵👇🏼
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Today, @who.int's #IGWG3 kicked off in #Geneva — with draft text of a #PABS annex ready for discussion. Here are key takeaways from Day 1 and key topics to follow as discussions on this critical element of the #PandemicAgreement progress this week 🧵👇🏼
🌎The biodiversity crisis is not just an environmental issue — it's a health issue.
PPATS Executive Director @conservationdoc.bsky.social and coalition member @cwalzer.bsky.social published an OpEd calling for climate and health strategies to address the biodiversity crisis.
tinyurl.com/3y2pdvpa
PPATS Executive Director @conservationdoc.bsky.social and coalition member @cwalzer.bsky.social published an OpEd calling for climate and health strategies to address the biodiversity crisis.
tinyurl.com/3y2pdvpa
Climate and health strategies must address the biodiversity crisis
Safeguarding biodiversity is not simply an environmental concern but a foundational element of preventive and clinical care.
www.statnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🌎The biodiversity crisis is not just an environmental issue — it's a health issue.
PPATS Executive Director @conservationdoc.bsky.social and coalition member @cwalzer.bsky.social published an OpEd calling for climate and health strategies to address the biodiversity crisis.
tinyurl.com/3y2pdvpa
PPATS Executive Director @conservationdoc.bsky.social and coalition member @cwalzer.bsky.social published an OpEd calling for climate and health strategies to address the biodiversity crisis.
tinyurl.com/3y2pdvpa
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🌏 Biodiversity is critically overlooked with deadly impacts to human health. Climate & health strategies and professionals must integrate #biodiversity protection, say @conservationdoc.bsky.social & @cwalzer.bsky.social in @statnews.com .
www.statnews.com/2025/10/20/b...
www.statnews.com/2025/10/20/b...
Climate and health strategies must address the biodiversity crisis
Safeguarding biodiversity is not simply an environmental concern but a foundational element of preventive and clinical care.
www.statnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🌏 Biodiversity is critically overlooked with deadly impacts to human health. Climate & health strategies and professionals must integrate #biodiversity protection, say @conservationdoc.bsky.social & @cwalzer.bsky.social in @statnews.com .
www.statnews.com/2025/10/20/b...
www.statnews.com/2025/10/20/b...
Congratulations to Neil Vora, Executive Director of Preventing Pandemics at the Source, for being named to this year’s #TIME100Next list! 👏
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October 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Congratulations to Neil Vora, Executive Director of Preventing Pandemics at the Source, for being named to this year’s #TIME100Next list! 👏
lnkd.in/e5j_Q9zV @conservationdoc.bsky.social
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Some say it’s impossible to prevent spillovers.
But that’s not true.
Watch this video of Latiffah Hassan, Raina Plowright, and Neil Vora to learn how to reduce risk of spillovers and improve health of people, animals, and environment: tinyurl.com/2s4krbvu
Video credit: Climate Acceptance Studios
But that’s not true.
Watch this video of Latiffah Hassan, Raina Plowright, and Neil Vora to learn how to reduce risk of spillovers and improve health of people, animals, and environment: tinyurl.com/2s4krbvu
Video credit: Climate Acceptance Studios
July 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Some say it’s impossible to prevent spillovers.
But that’s not true.
Watch this video of Latiffah Hassan, Raina Plowright, and Neil Vora to learn how to reduce risk of spillovers and improve health of people, animals, and environment: tinyurl.com/2s4krbvu
Video credit: Climate Acceptance Studios
But that’s not true.
Watch this video of Latiffah Hassan, Raina Plowright, and Neil Vora to learn how to reduce risk of spillovers and improve health of people, animals, and environment: tinyurl.com/2s4krbvu
Video credit: Climate Acceptance Studios
After 3 years of negotiation, the world's first #PandemicAgreement -- with inclusions of #OneHealth and spillover prevention -- was adopted today at #WHA78 👏.
"The Agreement is a victory for public health, science and multilateral action” says WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
"The Agreement is a victory for public health, science and multilateral action” says WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
May 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
After 3 years of negotiation, the world's first #PandemicAgreement -- with inclusions of #OneHealth and spillover prevention -- was adopted today at #WHA78 👏.
"The Agreement is a victory for public health, science and multilateral action” says WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
"The Agreement is a victory for public health, science and multilateral action” says WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Spillover prevention is possible.
How we can prevent pathogens from moving from animals to humans (spillover)?
Check out this article by our Coalition members: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
How we can prevent pathogens from moving from animals to humans (spillover)?
Check out this article by our Coalition members: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
April 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Spillover prevention is possible.
How we can prevent pathogens from moving from animals to humans (spillover)?
Check out this article by our Coalition members: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
How we can prevent pathogens from moving from animals to humans (spillover)?
Check out this article by our Coalition members: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
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Sharing our new @thelancet.bsky.social piece on spillover prevention & #OneHealth in the WHO #PandemicAgreement. We call on states to adopt the agreement next month. Huge thanks to @alexandrafinch.bsky.social for leading this. Let's get this done and make the world a safer place! bit.ly/3E7RKeu
The promise and compromise of the WHO Pandemic Agreement for spillover prevention and One Health
As scientists, health professionals, and lawyers engaged in reducing pandemic spillover
risks, we recognise the urgent need for, and immense potential of, a robust international
agreement on pandemic ...
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April 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Sharing our new @thelancet.bsky.social piece on spillover prevention & #OneHealth in the WHO #PandemicAgreement. We call on states to adopt the agreement next month. Huge thanks to @alexandrafinch.bsky.social for leading this. Let's get this done and make the world a safer place! bit.ly/3E7RKeu