"The top health authorities of the U.S. and Argentina are launching what they call an “alternative international health system” separate from the World Health Organization (WHO).
On the first day of his second term, President Trump signed an executive starting the yearlong process of withdrawing the U.S. from the WHO. In February, Argentinian President Javier Milei followed suit."
https://thehill.com/homenews/5320168-us-argentina-launch-alt-health-system/
Nearly half a million people in Gaza are facing starvation amidst living in the rubble with continual attacks. There's been no proper food supplies as well as water & sanitation for months.
Don't look away. Keep pushing for sanctions on Israel
Western governments have enabled this. Many have finally woken up, but it's too little & v late.
Shame on you David Lammy, Keir Starmer, @EUCommission , Ursula von der Leyen
Emergency Centre Thoracotomy in South Africa.
Can you perform a life-saving thoracotomy without ICU, theatre, or specialist staff? A new study from Cape Town shows it's possible — and often successful — even in district hospitals facing high trauma burdens. Read our latest St Emlyn’s review 
#EmergencyMedicine #TraumaSurgery #FOAMed #GlobalHealth
https://www.stemlynsblog.org/emergency-centre-thoracotomy-in-south-africa/
Africa: Who Is Finalizing a New Treaty That Prepares for the Next Pandemic - but the U.S. Isn't Signing: [The Conversation Africa] On March 20, 2025, members of the World Health Organization adopted the world's first pandemic agreement, following three years of "intensive negotiations launched by governments in response to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic." The U.S., however, did not… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKxHnB #PandemicPreparedness #GlobalHealth #WHO #PublicHealth #COVID19
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/diseases-are-spreading-the-cdc-isn-t-warning-the-public-like-it-was-months-ago
#KUOW #News #GlobalHealth #Health #Investigations #Politics
"This week, representatives from the 194 countries of the World Health Organization — minus the U.S. — are gathering in Geneva to discuss and vote on policies that will shape global health in the years and decades to come...For the first time since 1948, the U.S. — which provides about one-fifth of WHO's $6.8 billion budget — will be absent from the annual World Health Assembly."
#World agrees #pandemic accord for tackling outbreaks of disease
Hailed as ‘a victory for public #health,’ the agreement aims to build on the lessons of #Covid19 and protect the globe from pathogenic threats
#Italy: Abstention
I am speechless... What a disrespectful decision considering those who worked, suffered, and died during the pandemic...
Africa: Lower-Income Countries Commit Record U.S.$ 250 Million Towards Immunisation: [GAVI] Geneva -- In 2024, lower-income countries supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance contributed more than US$ 250 million, a record, towards their own immunisation programmes. 19% year-on-year increase in financing, secured primarily from domestic resources, underlines countries' commitment towards sustainably financing… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKtH3T #Vaccination #Immunisation #Gavi #HealthForAll #GlobalHealth
The amount of money that the World Health Organization is asking for an entire year in its already reduced budget, $2.1 billion, is what the world spends on its military every 8 hours, director-general Tedros says in his opening remarks at the World Health Assembly #WHA in Geneva.
#globalhealth
Last chance to register online for the Robert Koch Colloquium 2025 (19–20 May).
Topic: "Empowering Public Health – From Data to Global Health"
Program & registration: 
https://www.rki.de/rkc
Gates to give away fortune in historic philanthropic push
The billionaire philanthropist announced he will give 99% of his fortune — currently $168 billion — to his foundation, which will double its budget to $200 billion before shutting down in 2045.
#Philantropy #Research #Care #Health #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #Politics #Economics #Aid #Poverty #Disease
It’s time to talk about vaccines in Africa, where it's estimated that in 2023 they saved 1.8 million lives, nearly half the global figure of 4.2 million – largely thanks to the 'Big Catch-Up,' from WHO, UNICEF, Gavi and partner governments.
In related news, Mali has become the 20th African country to introduce a vaccine for malaria and the first to implement a hybrid approach: children will receive the first three doses based on age, with the fourth and fifth doses administered seasonally ahead of the high malaria transmission season. #vaccines #Africa #health #globalhealth #world #news https://www.afro.who.int/news/vaccination-progress-helps-save-millions-lives-african-region
Who put science in isolation? 
The NIH is temporarily halting funding to international research labs and hospitals. Because nothing says "fighting global diseases" like going solo, right? Thousands of vital health projects now in limbo. #GlobalHealth #SciencePolicy
Millions will die from funding cuts, says #UN aid chief
#Lifesaving operations everywhere continue to be shut down by sweeping #funding cutbacks which will result in millions of people dying, the UN’s top #aid official said on Wednesday
UNICEF marks World Malaria Day with rollout of new vaccine in Mali http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKMzxK #WorldMalariaDay #UNICEF #MalariaVaccine #GlobalHealth #Vaccination
Dieser kleine Pieks rettet Leben – die Malaria-Impfung ist da!
Vor allem auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent bedroht die #Malaria nach wie vor Millionen Menschenleben. Aber: Nach jahrzehntelanger, auch vom #BMBF unterstützter Forschung, steht auch dort der erste zugelassene Impfstoff zur Verfügung. Ein großer Durchbruch für die globale Gesundheit – doch die Arbeit geht weiter!
We Don't Talk Enough About
how businesses often generate huge profits in low-income countries by abusing a lack of regulations, often with detrimental consequences for people
Ex 1: cigarette companies
Ex 2: Nestlé https://medium.com/@hrnews1/nestl%C3%A9-how-a-corporation-killed-10-9-million-babies-740bf555194d
Africa: Malaria Is an African Problem and Africa Must Find the Solution: [Namibia Economist] Africa still bears the brunt of the global malaria burden, with 94% of cases occurring on the continent. According to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) 2024 World Malaria Report, approximately two thirds of global malaria cases and deaths are concentrated in 11 African countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKLCsh #Malaria #AfricaHealth #GlobalHealth #WHO #PublicHealth
'#WHO member countries agree on a draft ‘#pandemic #treaty’ to try to avoid #COVID-19 mistakes"
... except #USA ...
#health #globalhealth #publichealth
https://apnews.com/article/who-pandemic-treaty-covid-trump-9003e25d3a9dda95277a9f79cbf77a1d
