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In Brazil’s Amazon, AI-powered cameras are detecting smoke and sending instant alerts to volunteer firefighters. The technology is paired with local knowledge to identify which fires pose the greatest threat.
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Despite sharp cuts to global health aid, @GlobalFund
-backed countries expanded HIV treatment, sustained TB care and distributed 34 million more mosquito nets in 2025.
The gains are significant. Keeping them is becoming harder.
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FGM is increasingly moving into clinics.
@UNICEF estimates about 52 million women and girls who have undergone FGM were cut by health personnel — raising concern that medical settings may lend the practice legitimacy.
INSIDE VIEW: Famia Nkansa, Bintu Mansaray & Frances Wurie
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Six candidates are publicly declared in the race to lead @WHO, but the full field may remain unknown until November. Nominating governments can keep filings confidential until the agency releases the official roster.
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Developing countries are pushing for binding contracts with pharmaceutical manufacturers in the @WHO Pandemic Agreement, saying pathogen sharing must be matched by predictable access to vaccines, treatments and tests.
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Issue #6: Vital Signs in Global Health by Prof. @mukeshkapila
DRC’s Ebola Lessons: Learned and Unlearned (Part I)
DRC’s latest Ebola outbreak is a test of institutional memory. Reviews after the 2014–16 West Africa epidemic identified coordination failures between @WHO levels. Similar weaknesses are again under scrutiny.
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@WHOAFRO @OMSRDCONGO @DrTedros @AfricaCDC @CDCgov @theGPMB @ProMED_mail @healthmap @MinSanteRDC @UN @AKimonyo #Ebola #GlobalHealth #HealthSecurity #OutbreakResponse #PandemicPreparedness
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6 a.m. Two delegations with high geopolitical tensions, one provision they could not agree on.
@AmprouAnne thought the Pandemic Agreement would not make it.
Hear what happened next on the #GlobalHealthMatters podcast w Dr. @GarryAslanyan, @TDRnews.
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In Episode 74 of the #GlobalHealthMatters podcast, hosted by Dr. @GarryAslanyan, former negotiators @AmprouAnne and @lia_tadesse look back at the talks — and warn about what comes next.
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Digital engagement around @WHO leadership candidates shows clear geopolitical divides: sovereign and technical networks on one side, broader policy, research, industry and civil society circles on the other.
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As climate change and deforestation intensify fires in Brazil’s Amazon, volunteer brigades are becoming a critical line of defence — combining local knowledge with new technology to detect and contain fires before they spread.
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Lower drug prices in the US could carry consequences abroad. Researchers warn Medicare pricing reforms may encourage higher prices, confidential rebates or delayed medicine launches in other countries.
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The EU wants technology companies to prove their platforms are safe for young users before deploying new services or features — shifting more responsibility for online harms onto the companies themselves.
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Conflict, mass displacement, hunger and impassable roads are complicating DRC’s Ebola response. Nearly a million people are living in displacement camps in Ituri alone, according to @WHO.
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UN Declaration on Pandemic Readiness Appears Headed for Approval in December
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As WHO Nominations For Next Director-General Close, Six Contenders Emerge - But More May Remain Under Seal
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"Health ministers need a diplomat strategist and a political navigator as much as they need a data analyst or a public health expert." Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin (@lia_tadesse) on what the job now asks for.
Check out the #GlobalHealthMatters podcast w
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📢HPW EXCLUSIVE 📢
Spain has officially nominated @DrMariaNeira as a candidate for @WHO Director-General, expanding the field to five contenders ahead of Thursday’s statutory deadline.
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