Landmark pandemic treaty adopted despite pushback by some countries The treaty is designed to create a world better prepared for pandemics, ensuring a more equitable distribution of lifesaving medical interventions, a key challenge highlighted by the COVID-19 response...

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What is the top issue to watch this week at the World Health Assembly in Geneva?

According to @jennyleiravelo.bsky.social from @devex.com , it's the adoption of the Pandemic Treaty.

The resolution will be reviewed tomorrow, with a decision expected on Tuesday.

6 key issues to watch at the 78th World Health Assembly At one of the biggest gatherings in global health, countries are expected to adopt a treaty to help the world prevent and be better prepared for pandemics, and determine the future of WHO.

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Hi @altcdc.altgov.info can i get a copy of this proposal? I'm at jennylei.ravelo@devex.com

Thanks!

Global Fund launches $18B replenishment in tough fundraising landscape The amount is similar to the fund’s previous replenishment target, which the Global Fund failed to reach in its fundraising efforts.

The amount is similar to the fund’s previous replenishment target, which the Global Fund failed to reach in its fundraising efforts.

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How Trump’s aid freeze is threatening tuberculosis programs While a U.S. federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reverse the funding freeze, the effect isn’t immediate. Organizations need to get a letter from USAID to resume activities, and they need...

“#TB is airborne...Stopping TB programs is making none of us safe,” Dr. Lucica Ditiu tells me in the wake of the US aid freeze.

Stop TB Partnership had to suspend funding to civil society groups working to combat TB, & over time the Partnership may have to downsize.

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On Feb. 14, the US government informed WHO of its decision to withdraw from the #pandemic agreement process, says DG Tedros just now, Monday, on the 13th meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body established in Dec 2021 to draft and negotiate the agreement.

How Trump’s aid freeze is gutting a lifeline for women and girls Local family planning NGOs in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Malawi, and the Philippines shared how they've had to close down several of their clinics, send staff home with no assurances of returning to wor...

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reverse its freeze on existing aid programs last week. But it remains unclear what happens next.

The uncertainties and impacts on the ground continue...

#women #girls #familyplanning #reproductivehealth #USaid

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US decision to cut ties with WHO hurting polio eradication efforts The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is redirecting samples to other laboratories following orders for the U.S. CDC to cut off communication with WHO, but this has increased costs and delayed the t...

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WHO pleads for 20% funding increase as some countries push back While WHO member states agreed to a 20% increase in assessed contributions for 2024-2025, “no consensus was reached” on increases in future years, according to China, which provides the second-largest...

Argentina said it “is not in a position to increase its contribution in the context of budget restrictions.” And China, WHO’s second largest contributor of assessed contributions after the U.S., sought clarity on what a 20% increase entails for them.

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WHO's Dr. Tedros appoints Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu
as acting regional director for WHOAFRO until the new regional director is nominated by the Executive Board following the World Health Assembly.

Exclusive: Some PEPFAR programs get waiver to restart operations Antiretroviral medications and treatment to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV are included in the limited waiver obtained by Devex.

Important for those working on #PEPFAR programs. #Waiver out:

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#RFK Jr. says he "absolutely support #PEPFAR" and that he will work with Senate to strengthen the program, during his confirmation hearing.

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JOIN US TODAY at 12 p.m. ET for a rapid-response briefing on the new US directive that freezes foreign aid spending & halts work on existing USAID grants & contracts.

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WHO goes on hiring freeze amid increasingly 'acute' funding situation In the email to staff, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.S. announcement "has made our financial situation more acute" and the measures they're taking are meant to "reduce costs and real...

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