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🆕 Nearly 500,000 children could die from AIDS-related causes by 2030 without stable PEPFAR programmes, expert policy analysis estimates. bit.ly/4ltNtTB
Protecting Africa's children from extreme risk: a runway of sustainability for PEPFAR programmes
PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), a landmark US foreign health
policy, is recognised for saving 26 million lives from HIV. PEPFAR investments have
also had life-saving impacts for c...
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April 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🆕 Nearly 500,000 children could die from AIDS-related causes by 2030 without stable PEPFAR programmes, expert policy analysis estimates. bit.ly/4ltNtTB
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A decline in funding for the HIV response could result in millions of preventable new infections and deaths, with up to 120,000 of these deaths affecting children.
International cooperation is essential to sustain the advances we’ve made in HIV prevention, testing, and treatment.
bit.ly/43uTfxA
International cooperation is essential to sustain the advances we’ve made in HIV prevention, testing, and treatment.
bit.ly/43uTfxA
March 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A decline in funding for the HIV response could result in millions of preventable new infections and deaths, with up to 120,000 of these deaths affecting children.
International cooperation is essential to sustain the advances we’ve made in HIV prevention, testing, and treatment.
bit.ly/43uTfxA
International cooperation is essential to sustain the advances we’ve made in HIV prevention, testing, and treatment.
bit.ly/43uTfxA
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Proposed cuts to foreign aid could result in millions of HIV deaths and soaring rates of global HIV infections, new modelling study in The Lancet HIV estimates.
Explore the data 👉 tinyurl.com/5hud9dxm #MedSky
Explore the data 👉 tinyurl.com/5hud9dxm #MedSky
March 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Proposed cuts to foreign aid could result in millions of HIV deaths and soaring rates of global HIV infections, new modelling study in The Lancet HIV estimates.
Explore the data 👉 tinyurl.com/5hud9dxm #MedSky
Explore the data 👉 tinyurl.com/5hud9dxm #MedSky
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New WHO #MentalHealth guidance provides all countries with practical tools to strengthen policies & services.
It tackles social factors that affect mental health like poverty & housing, ensures people with lived experience have a voice, & promotes rights-based care.
Learn more: bit.ly/4lgVjjk
It tackles social factors that affect mental health like poverty & housing, ensures people with lived experience have a voice, & promotes rights-based care.
Learn more: bit.ly/4lgVjjk
March 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New WHO #MentalHealth guidance provides all countries with practical tools to strengthen policies & services.
It tackles social factors that affect mental health like poverty & housing, ensures people with lived experience have a voice, & promotes rights-based care.
Learn more: bit.ly/4lgVjjk
It tackles social factors that affect mental health like poverty & housing, ensures people with lived experience have a voice, & promotes rights-based care.
Learn more: bit.ly/4lgVjjk
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5 things Trump did this week
1. Tanked the stock market some more
2. Hosted a Tesla sales event at the White House
3. Said CNN and MSNBC are illegal
4. Got hit with a microphone
5. Went to Florida to play more golf
1. Tanked the stock market some more
2. Hosted a Tesla sales event at the White House
3. Said CNN and MSNBC are illegal
4. Got hit with a microphone
5. Went to Florida to play more golf
March 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
5 things Trump did this week
1. Tanked the stock market some more
2. Hosted a Tesla sales event at the White House
3. Said CNN and MSNBC are illegal
4. Got hit with a microphone
5. Went to Florida to play more golf
1. Tanked the stock market some more
2. Hosted a Tesla sales event at the White House
3. Said CNN and MSNBC are illegal
4. Got hit with a microphone
5. Went to Florida to play more golf
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Healthy corals are lifelines for many coastal communities, providing critical ecosystem services related to food, storm barriers, medicines, and livelihoods from tourism and fishing.
🪸 Get the latest science here: www.unep.org/interactives...
🪸 Get the latest science here: www.unep.org/interactives...
March 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Healthy corals are lifelines for many coastal communities, providing critical ecosystem services related to food, storm barriers, medicines, and livelihoods from tourism and fishing.
🪸 Get the latest science here: www.unep.org/interactives...
🪸 Get the latest science here: www.unep.org/interactives...
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Great news: #Tanzania 🇹🇿 has officially declared the end of the #Marburg virus disease outbreak.
Today, the Ministry of Health declared the end of the outbreak after 42 days with no new cases. This is a victory for public health in the country!
bit.ly/3XMKScU
Today, the Ministry of Health declared the end of the outbreak after 42 days with no new cases. This is a victory for public health in the country!
bit.ly/3XMKScU
March 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Great news: #Tanzania 🇹🇿 has officially declared the end of the #Marburg virus disease outbreak.
Today, the Ministry of Health declared the end of the outbreak after 42 days with no new cases. This is a victory for public health in the country!
bit.ly/3XMKScU
Today, the Ministry of Health declared the end of the outbreak after 42 days with no new cases. This is a victory for public health in the country!
bit.ly/3XMKScU
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"We won’t even know about the new deaths, because all the data collection was supported by U.S.A.I.D." It will be years before we understand the size of this crisis--and we may only understand it when highly resistant forms of TB come home to roost in rich countries.
Critical reporting from Stephanie Nolen on what the interruption of TB funding actually means for those living with the disease--and those caring for them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/h...
Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally
The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"We won’t even know about the new deaths, because all the data collection was supported by U.S.A.I.D." It will be years before we understand the size of this crisis--and we may only understand it when highly resistant forms of TB come home to roost in rich countries.
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Millions still lack access to lifesaving vaccines due to systemic barriers. From strengthening health systems to fighting misinformation, we’re working to ensure vaccines reach everyone, everywhere.
Learn why vaccine equity matters: bit.ly/4imVDLe
Learn why vaccine equity matters: bit.ly/4imVDLe
March 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Millions still lack access to lifesaving vaccines due to systemic barriers. From strengthening health systems to fighting misinformation, we’re working to ensure vaccines reach everyone, everywhere.
Learn why vaccine equity matters: bit.ly/4imVDLe
Learn why vaccine equity matters: bit.ly/4imVDLe
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Very grateful to the TB Community Coordination Hub for finding ways to gather data even when funding for data-gathering has been canceled.
This is critical reading, but to highlight one disaster: 29% of those surveyed have completely stopped initiating TB treatment.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
This is critical reading, but to highlight one disaster: 29% of those surveyed have completely stopped initiating TB treatment.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Survey Results Press Release (1).docx
US funding cuts drives mass layoffs of healthcare workers and TB Care services leading to heightening risk of transmission and development of drug resistance Abrupt funding cuts threaten to reverse a...
docs.google.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Very grateful to the TB Community Coordination Hub for finding ways to gather data even when funding for data-gathering has been canceled.
This is critical reading, but to highlight one disaster: 29% of those surveyed have completely stopped initiating TB treatment.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
This is critical reading, but to highlight one disaster: 29% of those surveyed have completely stopped initiating TB treatment.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I NEED GOOD, THOUGHTFUL LEADERS TO GET WAY BETTER AT USING THE INTERNET LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO
March 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I NEED GOOD, THOUGHTFUL LEADERS TO GET WAY BETTER AT USING THE INTERNET LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO
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I'm sorry for raining on this parade, but the "transgender mice" talking point is bullshit, but not because someone mistook "transgenic" for "transgender."
The blog post that kicked it off (from a partisan bullshit website) listed a number of papers testing the effects of sex hormones on animals.
The blog post that kicked it off (from a partisan bullshit website) listed a number of papers testing the effects of sex hormones on animals.
March 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I'm sorry for raining on this parade, but the "transgender mice" talking point is bullshit, but not because someone mistook "transgenic" for "transgender."
The blog post that kicked it off (from a partisan bullshit website) listed a number of papers testing the effects of sex hormones on animals.
The blog post that kicked it off (from a partisan bullshit website) listed a number of papers testing the effects of sex hormones on animals.
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Early reports to WHO from the 30 highest #tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries confirm that funding cuts from foreign aid, particularly from USAID, are already dismantling essential TB services.
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
March 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Early reports to WHO from the 30 highest #tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries confirm that funding cuts from foreign aid, particularly from USAID, are already dismantling essential TB services.
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
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Imagine having this much disdain for your own voters
March 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Imagine having this much disdain for your own voters
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It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
February 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
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Please, please, please join me in contacting your congressional representatives IMMEDIATELY to tell Congress to STAND UP AND ACT.
Call tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Email tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Call tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Email tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Reverse Funding Ban
Tell Congress to reverse the Trump Administration's decision to freeze all U.S. foreign aid spending on global health programs, including the delivery of lifesaving medicines to vulnerable patients.
act.pih.org
February 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Please, please, please join me in contacting your congressional representatives IMMEDIATELY to tell Congress to STAND UP AND ACT.
Call tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Email tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Call tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Email tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
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📚 Education empowers minds, ignites curiosity & fuels progress.
That’s why UNESCO works to ensure quality education for all, shaping policies, training teachers & driving digital learning.
Learn more about our work: www.unesco.org/en/education
That’s why UNESCO works to ensure quality education for all, shaping policies, training teachers & driving digital learning.
Learn more about our work: www.unesco.org/en/education
February 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
📚 Education empowers minds, ignites curiosity & fuels progress.
That’s why UNESCO works to ensure quality education for all, shaping policies, training teachers & driving digital learning.
Learn more about our work: www.unesco.org/en/education
That’s why UNESCO works to ensure quality education for all, shaping policies, training teachers & driving digital learning.
Learn more about our work: www.unesco.org/en/education
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Elon Musk instructed federal workers to respond to an email summarizing their weekly accomplishments, a tactic he previously used to downsize staff at X. “Please reply to this email with approximately five bullet points of what you accomplished this week and CC your manager,” the message stated.
February 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Elon Musk instructed federal workers to respond to an email summarizing their weekly accomplishments, a tactic he previously used to downsize staff at X. “Please reply to this email with approximately five bullet points of what you accomplished this week and CC your manager,” the message stated.
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Instead of focusing on America’s national security, this man is treating America like a reality show.
Firing QUALIFIED military leaders!
Playing with our national security!
This isn’t a game.
crockett.house.gov/media/press-...
Firing QUALIFIED military leaders!
Playing with our national security!
This isn’t a game.
crockett.house.gov/media/press-...
Crockett Condemns Trump Firing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
WASHINGTON — Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) released the following statement in response to the firing of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General C.Q. Brown.
crockett.house.gov
February 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Instead of focusing on America’s national security, this man is treating America like a reality show.
Firing QUALIFIED military leaders!
Playing with our national security!
This isn’t a game.
crockett.house.gov/media/press-...
Firing QUALIFIED military leaders!
Playing with our national security!
This isn’t a game.
crockett.house.gov/media/press-...
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Are you between 18 and 35 years old? We want to hear from you!
We’re teaming up with the Children and Youth Major Group to UNEP, to better understand your environmental priorities and interests.
Share your thoughts by filling out this quick survey by March 11th: bit.ly/42WT125
Your voice matters!
We’re teaming up with the Children and Youth Major Group to UNEP, to better understand your environmental priorities and interests.
Share your thoughts by filling out this quick survey by March 11th: bit.ly/42WT125
Your voice matters!
February 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Are you between 18 and 35 years old? We want to hear from you!
We’re teaming up with the Children and Youth Major Group to UNEP, to better understand your environmental priorities and interests.
Share your thoughts by filling out this quick survey by March 11th: bit.ly/42WT125
Your voice matters!
We’re teaming up with the Children and Youth Major Group to UNEP, to better understand your environmental priorities and interests.
Share your thoughts by filling out this quick survey by March 11th: bit.ly/42WT125
Your voice matters!
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This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...