Call For US Congressional Oversight On Bilateral Health Agreements - Health Policy Watch The US Congress needs to exercise oversight over the bilateral global health agreements that the United States has reached with 30 low- and middle-income

Call for US Congressional Oversight on State Dept #Bilateral Health Agreements, mainly with African countries, as they're ⅓ lower than allocated funds
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One Million More People To Get HIV ‘Miracle’ Drug Lenacapavir As US, Global Fund Expand Access - Health Policy Watch The United States and the Global Fund will support three million people to get lenacapavir, the twice-a-year HIV injection that is almost 100% successful in

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One Million More People To Get HIV ‘Miracle’ Drug Lenacapavir As US, Global Fund Expand Access - Health Policy Watch The United States and the Global Fund will support three million people to get lenacapavir, the twice-a-year HIV injection that is almost 100% successful in

One Million More People to Get #HIV ‘Miracle’ Drug #Lenacapavir as US State Dept & Global Fund expand access, while GileadSciences works to roll out generics by mid-2027
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#PrEP

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Hungary’s Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Election Defeat

Hungary’s #Orban, a rightwing beacon, concedes election defeat. Next up, #Trump!!
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Smaller Pharma Companies To Bear Brunt Of Trump's 100% Medicine Tariff - Health Policy Watch Smaller pharmaceutical companies and those outside countries with trade deals with the US will bear the brunt of President Donald Trump’s 100% tariff on

💊 A 100% tariff on imported medicines could hit smaller pharma companies hardest—raising costs and disrupting supply chains.

Policy decisions like this don’t happen in isolation—they shape global access to medicines.

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Flurry Of Pledges At G7 One Health Summit - Health Policy Watch The European Commission announced that it will contribute €700 million to the next funding cycle of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at

🌍🦠 Big moment for #OneHealth at the G7 Summit.
New pledges aim to tackle pandemics, AMR, and zoonotic risks — across human, animal, and environmental health.

👉 The question now: will action follow ambition?

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Have your say on transforming global health WHO has been requested by its Executive Board to convene relevant global health actors in the design of a proposal on a joint process to support transformation of the global health architecture (GHA).

Public comments on WHO's draft “skeleton” - Joint Process to support reforms of the Global Health Architecture (GHA) are due by 18 April 2026: www.who.int/news-room/ar...

‘God squad’ waives endangered species law to allow US drilling in Gulf of Mexico Critics say exemption for fossil fuels exploits White House’s ‘self-made gas crisis’, and could doom the rare Rice’s whale

#Trump 'God squad’ waives endangered species law to allow US drilling in Gulf of Mexico, threatening Rice's whales (almost extinct), whooping cranes & turtles.

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RFK Jr.: ‘I Am 6 Animal Penises Away From Curing Cancer’

RFK Jr.: ‘I Am 6 Animal Penises Away From Curing Cancer’ theonion.com/rfk-jr-i-am-6-animal-pen...

US Withdrawal Of Global Health Funding Is 'Public Health Emergency Of International Concern' - Health Policy Watch The rapid withdrawal of international health aid by the United States (US) constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), according

🚨 The US withdrawal of global health funding is being called a potential “public health emergency of international concern.”

This could disrupt care for millions worldwide.

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'Flashing Red': Extreme Weather Events Challenge Most Of The Globe In 2025 - Health Policy Watch These are some of the extreme weather events captured by the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) State of Global Climate Report for 2025 – a grim read

The @wmo-global.bsky.social 2025 report makes for sober reading: #ExtremeWeather Events Challenged Most of the Globe, with hottest #oceans, highest #greenhouse gases & 2nd highest #temperature
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Pressure Builds As Pandemic Agreement Talks Reach Final Week With Little Consensus - Health Policy Watch There are only six negotiating days left to nail down the final piece of the Pandemic Agreement, but huge areas of disagreements still exist between World

🚨 No agreement could mean no progress.

Without consensus, the world risks being just as unprepared for the next pandemic.

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Only US Votes Against Women’s Rights Document At UN Commission - Health Policy Watch President of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock told the opening of CSW that the backlash against women's rights "feels as though we are forced to

🚨The US was the only country to vote AGAINST a women’s rights document adopted at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

The text focuses on justice for survivors of gender-based violence & strengthening gender-responsive legal systems.

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Only US Votes Against Women’s Rights Document At UN Commission - Health Policy Watch President of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock told the opening of CSW that the backlash against women's rights "feels as though we are forced to

Much of the UN Commission on the Status of Women document addressed improving justice for victims of gender-based violence - and only the US voted against it.
#CSW70
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EU Opens Funds For Safe Abortion Access But Long-term Financing Remains Uncertain - Health Policy Watch In a landmark decision, the European Commission is allowing member states to utilize existing EU funds to finance access to safe abortions.

🙏After a citizens’ campaign with 1.2 million signatures, the EU has opened the door for governments to use existing social funds to finance safe abortion access. But the funding depends on voluntary national budgets, leaving access uncertain.

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As Women’s Rights Falter Globally, US Moves To Weaken UN Support For Gender Equality - Health Policy Watch The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) began its 10-day session in New York on Monday, amid efforts by the United States to weaken women’s

At the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the US is pushing to remove references to climate change and gender-responsive justice from the outcome document, raising concerns about weakening global commitments to women’s rights.

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US Speeds Up Signing Of Bilateral Health Agreements, DRC Lawyers Challenge Minerals Deal - Health Policy Watch The United States has moved at speed to secure several new bilateral health Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) in the past week, including, for the first time,

The US speeds up signing of 'extractive' #Bilateral health MOUs, but #DRC lawyers have challenged their govt's minerals deal with the US. #Kenya faces a similar court challenge.
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Trump Orders Government to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff

#Anthropic didn't want the US military to use its AI model in "fully autonomous weapons" or for "mass domestic surveillance". Google, X & ChatGPT seem ok with that.

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The US Health Secretary #RFKJr poses a threat to his country's health and science - precisely the opposition of the role he is supposed to play.

As usual, @thelancet.com does not shy away from calling out the threat! ☑️☑️☑️

A paragraph from the article, which reads: Under the America First Global Health Strategy, however, health cooperation is explicitly subordinated to geopolitical calculation. As the State Department makes clear; “the President and Secretary of State retain the right to pause or terminate programs which do not align with the national interest”.3 In this context, political divergence or non-compliance does not unfold gradually. It occurs abruptly, unevenly, and often without institutional recourse. The suspension of crucial HIV funding to South Africa illustrates this shift. Citing diplomatic positions on major conflicts, land expropriation laws, and alignment with alternative geopolitical blocs, the USA has shown how political alignment now overrides epidemiological logic.4 Disease burden, programmatic performance, and technical capacity provided no insulation. A high-capacity health system was exposed to withdrawal without buffers, timelines, or negotiated safeguards. For many low-income and middle-income countries, the central risk is no longer inefficiency or reform failure. It is abandonment.

A new Comment in The Lancet Global Health lays out the necessary strategic shifts to protect global health in the era of "America First", covering:

- Institutional cooperation
- Legal counterweights
- Redefining the role of multilateral institutions

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The US bilateral health agreements with African countries are extractive & linked to access to minerals and pathogen data. #Zambia and #Zimbabwe are pushing back. What does this mean for people living with HIV?
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Access to #vaccination is being undermined by #RFKJr, who is pushing #CaseyMeans as Surgeon General - but there is pushback from the American Academy of Pediatricians, @standupforscience.bsky.social and others:

Almost 40% Of Cancers Could Be Prevented By Curbing Tobacco, Infections And Alcohol - Health Policy Watch Almost 40% of global cancer cases could be prevented, according to a new global study from the World Health Organization (WHO) and its International Agency

Nearly 40% of global cancer cases could be prevented.

@who.int – IARC research shows tobacco, infections & alcohol remain the leading modifiable drivers of 7.1 million cancer cases worldwide.

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Monsanto has set aside $7.25 billion to settle claims against its pesticide, #Roundup, by people who contracted non-Hodgkin lymphoma after exposure. 'This doesn't mean an admission of guilt,' says parent company #Bayer 😵‍💫

‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship datacenters

Thermal drone footage shows #ElonMusk AI power plant in Mississippi is flouting clean air regulations:

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Spain To Restrict Social Media Access As Evidence Mounts Of Health Harms For Children - Health Policy Watch Spain announced this week that it would tighten its social media laws, aiming to ban access for children under the age of 16 as part of a global tide against

📲From Australia to France, governments are tightening youth protections as studies link social media use to rising depression & anxiety among adolescents.

Spain will ban social media access for children under 16.

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WHO Welcomes US States To Its Global Disease Outbreaks Network - Health Policy Watch GOARN is a global network of public health institutions, governments, academic bodies and laboratories that helps to detect and control infectious disease

California, Illinois, New York State & NYC join the @who.int Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network. A state-level commitment to global surveillance and outbreak response. Multilateralism continues — even amid federal withdrawal.

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Powerful WHO Members Hint At Delay In Pandemic Talks If No Legal Certainty On Pathogen Information - Health Policy Watch Powerful member state blocs at the World Health Organization (WHO) stressed on Monday that they will not compromise on the final outstanding piece of the

🌍 @who.int pandemic talks face a defining test.

LMIC blocs demand a legally binding, enforceable Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing system — warning they won’t accept loopholes just to meet the May deadline.

🚨Global pandemic preparedness hangs in the balance.

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2025 Transparency Report Overview - Bluesky In 2025, as Bluesky grew from 25 million to 41 million users, we improved the trust and safety infrastructure to better enable our mission. Here's what that looks like in plain language.

In 2025, as Bluesky grew from 25M to 42M users, we took actions to keep it welcoming, using proactive design to reduce toxic content by 79%.  Our 2025 Transparency Report shares how we're building a safer platform while keeping a transparent and human-centered approach: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Danger Remains Despite A Drop In Measles In The European Region - Health Policy Watch Measles cases in Europe and Central Asia dropped by three-quarters in 2025 compared to the previous year – but the decline is partly due to the virus running

UNICEF warns that unless all children are reached with vaccines — and misinformation is tackled — measles deaths and serious illness will continue.

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