In a world that seems bleak, encouraging news from Ethiopia. A tentative peace agreement in #Tigray will allow humanitarian flows. Kudos to #AfricanUnion for negotiating the agreement & to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for his moral leadership

As Covid-19 is receding we’ll see pandemics of cancer, mental health & overdoses. Securitization of health risks missing this huge tsunami on the horizon Mara M Burr

. ⁦O'Neill Institute⁩ hosts ⁦Rebecca Katz⁩ ⁦Mara M Burr⁩ ⁦John Monahan⁩ ⁦Deus Bazira⁩ discuss global health architecture. Common themes are salience of national health system capacities & concrete mechanisms for funding & equitable sharing of benefits

. World Bank FIF has raised just over $1 bil. We estimate well over $100 bil is needed to achieve core IHR health system capacities globally. We need ample & sustainable financing for LMIC health systems. Pandemic Treaty must include innovative financing

SCOTUS lets stand DC Cir ruling that TSA had power to maintain security on planes & other transport, incl masks

SCOTUS not taking cert isn't binding on other Cirs

CDC's transit mask mandate case still pending w/ 11th Cir

We wrote an amicus supported by 6 former CDC directors

Tomorrow Wed Nov 2 at 1:20 pm EDT,
O'Neill Institute hosts moderator John Monahan & panelists Rebecca Katz, Deus Bazira, & Mara M Burr on how to strengthen the global health architecture. I will offer reflections on the pandemic inst & IHR amends
Join us in person, details below

Happy #Halloween Stay safe wear bright clothes. Maybe go for healthier treats like raisins. Have fun: kids, parents and grandparents

2 ignored issues in SCOTUS affirm action cases today:

1) It will have impacts far beyond college admissions. At stake are any race-based decisions, incl in health- eg, vaccine allocation

2) Justices' ruling is fully predictable, & that is a sad reflection on this Supreme Court

In O'Neill Institute blog Alex Finch & I discuss why #Uganda Ebola outbreak poses a serious risk of regional & potentially global spread. It shows why we need to develop vaccines & drugs for diseases that have long affected Africa. We need R&D, not neglect

oneill.law.georgetown.edu/why-the-ebola-…

CDC determined Title 42 isn't needed for ph. Yet WH is expanding it to Venezuelans. It's unethical to use PH to justify mass expulsion of asylum seekers. Title 42 as a stand-in for immigration policy is a misuse of ph authority & erodes public trust. PH & politics don't mix

More from Precious Matsoso

Should equity be strictly transactional: LMICs share virus/GSD in exchange for benefits sharing

My view: Both values stand equally

Scientific sharing is vital for global health security

Equitable sharing is indispensable for security & fairness

Now on a call w/ Precious Matsoso
INB will launch Pandemic Treaty Zero draft on 14 Nov

Key issues:

* EQUITY: A princ or tangible mechanism?
* INCENTIVES/ACCOUNTABILITY: What's feasible?
* FINANCING: Use FIF or new model?
* SOVEREIGNTY: States not transparent & don't respect hrs

Biden officials worry pandemic exhaustion could lead to bad covid winter washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10…
360 COVID deaths every day & this winter we're bracing for 30-70K deaths. Most of these deaths are preventable by uptake of vaccines & access to antivirals
So much needless suffering

. Mike Ryan World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva reminds us that global threats are unprecedented, w/ Ebola in Uganda, MPX, & COVID

Currently there are 30 outbreaks by cholera, the most ever in living memory. Threats are proliferating & we need health system preparedness & good governance to respond

. Mike Ryan World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva says #IHR increased transparency & rapid reporting during COVID. IHR is the governing inst for global health governance. IHR has made massive contribution to global cooperation. But now is the time for transformational reforms

Tomorrow in Geneva, the IHR Review Committee will meet w/ World Health Organization (WHO) Member States, IHR States Parties, UN & specialized agencies, inter-governmental orgs, & NGOs in official relations w/ WHO. As this is a member state-driven process, it will be vital to have a dialogue w/ govt reps

Pleased to join Pandemic Response Network at 3 pm CET to discuss two key global health governance reforms: Pandemic Agreement & IHR Targeted Amendments. Out of the tragedy of the COVID Pandemic could come historic reforms

Governments have an historic opportunity to transform global health governance & embed equity in international law through IHR reform & a pandemic treaty. Shame on us if we fail to grasp the vast possibilities of this historic moment after all the suffering in this pandemic