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🌍 Driving collective action for a #pandemicresilient world

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"If our planet were a patient, it would be admitted to intensive care...
🌏Put health at the centre of every climate decision
🌍Direct climate finance towards protecting lives/livelihoods
🌎Recognize health as a measure of climate ambition" @drtedros.who.int @who.int #COP30 www.who.int/news/item/07...
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
After a full week of talks, the third round of #PABS annex negotiations has closed in #Geneva. @who.int Member States made headway revising the first draft — but key questions remain.

Here are our main takeaways from #IGWG3 and what to watch next 🧵👇🏼
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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📢The 3rd meeting of Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG3) to develop Pathogen Access and Benefits Sharing (PABS) Annex for #pandemictreaty ended today.

🎯There was solid progress: the text evolved from Bureau draft to delegate-owned, with lot of new additions across sections

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November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
On the last day of the IGWG3 negotiations on the #PABS Annex, @panaction.bsky.social @fourpawsint.bsky.social the Panel for a Global Public Health Convention and Spark Street Advisors called for transparency and observer status in a joint statement. www.pandemicactionnetwork.org/news/transpa...
Transparency, Observer Status, & Multilateralism – IGWG3 Statements | Pandemic Action Network
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November 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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ELDERS’ STATEMENT | World leaders must step up at COP30 to strengthen climate action and multilateralism

The Elders call for courage, unity, and leadership in Belém to rise above division and tackle the climate and nature crisis.

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November 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Halfway through #IGWG3, negotiations on the #PABS Annex are beginning to take shape through a mix of formal sessions and informal discussions. Directly from #Geneva, here are the key takeaways from the first three days of talks.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
💥 The world is heading for a "climate breakdown" according to the latest @UNEP #EmissionsGap Report unless urgent action is taken to close the gap and ensure a just, green transition.

www.ft.com/content/b3c2...
‘Climate breakdown’: UN says world is heading for 2.8C temperature rise
Fractional improvement in projections will be partly negated by US withdrawal of plans to limit global warming
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November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Ahead of the #G20 Health Ministers Meeting, leaders receive Breaking the Inequality–Pandemic Cycle, a landmark report from the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS & Pandemics.

🎥 @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social on how inequality fuels deadlier, costlier pandemics.

Full report ↓
#GlobalHealth #UNAIDS
November 3, 2025 at 2:36 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 🧵👇🏼
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
NEW report out today, ahead of the #G20: 'Inequality is making pandemics more likely, more deadly and more costly.' 💥https://www.barrons.com/news/new-un-report-tackles-inequality-pandemic-cycle-53f65425
November 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🦇 New read from @gavi.org :

"Far from being villains, these remarkable mammals – and their extraordinary immune systems – could provide insights into better disease management and even inspire new medical therapies. But first, we need to learn to coexist with them safely."

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October 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW PAPER — released ahead of #COP30 in Belém, Reframing Resilience: An Agenda for a More Equitable Future offers policymakers a framework to guide #resilience investments to protect lives and livelihoods now through 2050.
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Reframing Resilience: An Agenda for a More Equitable Future | Pandemic Action Network
Resilience agenda paper offering decision-makers practical ways to operationalise investments in resilience, embedding equity.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In the latest @panaction.bsky.social Playbook: Reframing Resilience at #COP30 🌍 A new #resilience agenda paper 📖 #IGWG3 essentials 📑 The #DurbanPromise #CPHIA2025 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 #G20 debt relief declaration 📜 #Ebola countdown ⏳ Birdwatching #H5N1 🦃 & more!

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October 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
With @who.int #PandemicAgreement #IGWG3 kicking off next week (Nov. 3-7), here’s what to know.

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October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
💥 NEW! Joint statement welcomes text-based negotiations for #IGWG3 and urges negotiators to hammer out the details for an equitable, effective #PABS Annex #PandemicAgreement @who.int .

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Details Matter: Getting to Work on PABS Text — Joint Statement | Pandemic Action Network
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October 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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“Disinformation now spreads at the speed of light.”

@drsethberkley.bsky.social, former head of @gavi.org, speaks to @bmj.com about politicized vaccination, chaos at the CDC, and the urgent battle for vaccine equity worldwide.

Read the full interview 👇
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Seth Berkley interview: vaccination in a time of extreme scepticism
The former head of the international vaccine access organisation Gavi tells The BMJ about the politicising of vaccination, chaos at the CDC, and the impact on global vaccine equity ### Biography Set...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
IMPORTANT REPORT 💥 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social 2025 report lays out that climate change is increasingly claiming lives and harming people's health worldwide. This report details priorities and opportunities for action to stop backsliding and realise transformational public health gains.
🚨 JUST PUBLISHED 🚨

⚠️ The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report reveals climate change inaction is costing lives and livelihoods, and harming the economy.

❤️‍🩹 Protecting people’s health demands all hands on deck.

Read more: www.lancetcountdown.org/2025-report/ #LancetClimate25
October 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Former Gavi CEO @drsethberkley.bsky.social argues that there is no global security without global health security in a @statnews.com opinion. www.statnews.com/2025/10/28/g...
Global security is impossible without sufficient support for global health
Strong, well-functioning health systems are as vital as advanced weaponry, military strategy, and intelligence for global security, writes former CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
www.statnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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As fragile and conflict-affected countries face mounting climate threats, experts warn that limited finance is undermining both resilience and peace.
The world’s most fragile states get less than 10% of climate finance
The world’s most fragile states get less than 10% of climate finance
www.devex.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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"The pandemic exposed a critical gap: the infrastructure needed to support resilient primary health systems... We stand at a time where innovation & necessity are converging, giving Africa the chance to rewrite its health story & build a future where all Africans have access to quality healthcare."
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#WeekendRead detailing why synthetic biology is pulling governments in the direction of mandatory rules to make sure the synthetic biology sector can flourish on a strong foundation of safe innovation. www.linkedin.com/posts/eloise...
💥 Interested in EU + Biotech + Biosecurity 🇪🇺 ☣️ ? ❓ Want to understand how we make sure that we can achieve competitiveness AND security through the EU's Biotech Act? 💭 Then read this… | Eloise...
💥 Interested in EU + Biotech + Biosecurity 🇪🇺 ☣️ ? ❓ Want to understand how we make sure that we can achieve competitiveness AND security through the EU's Biotech Act? 💭 Then read this excellent pie...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Read reflections on our high-level panel "Driving Networked Advocacy to Advance Africa’s Resilience" and RANA South Africa Working Group launch event on how collective, networked advocacy can drive stronger, more coordinated action for resilience across sectors.

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The “Driving Networked Advocacy to Advance Africa’s Resilience” high-level panel just wrapped after bringing together civil society leaders, policymakers, and development partners to reflect on how… |...
The “Driving Networked Advocacy to Advance Africa’s Resilience” high-level panel just wrapped after bringing together civil society leaders, policymakers, and development partners to reflect on how co...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Is Africa ready for another big pandemic? The answer is a resounding “No” - Dr. Jean Kaseya, Africa CDC #CPHIA2025 via @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social.
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Africa Seeks More Self-Reliance Amid Disease Outbreaks And Decline In Donor Funds - Health Policy Watch
DURBAN, South Africa – Is Africa ready for another big pandemic? The answer is a resounding “No”, said Dr Jean Kaseya, Director-General of the Africa Centres
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October 23, 2025 at 1:39 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...
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