Others far more expert than I are weighing in on the (strong) medical evidence for gender-affirming medical care. But the politics right now of how to judge 'high quality' evidence is really intense. Good science is not enough to counter good political frames in opposition.

Just got to fully read this powerful piece. Bravo to the brilliant team that put together. “Colonialism operates by removing people's dignity as knowers and denying them self-determination.”
And good on The Lancet richard horton et al for commissioning.

'The pink swim trunks of resistance.' Stunning photo of a very brave man. Pic by Ernest Ankomah in The Continent #Ghana

I wonder where the global racial disparities in health access are rooted?
Attiya Waris Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng Vyoma

Study highlights heavy global burden of infectious diseases | CIDRAP cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-…

I, for one, vote no to another round of academic Islamophobia and would invite other faculty at elite universities to support to free exercise of religion (and of free speech anti-war protest, though this seems to just be the call to prayer so 🤷‍♂️)

After the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic, many reports identified reforms needed for outbreak preparedness

Yet there was little action

The COVID-19 pandemic led to over 25 million deaths

We know how to prepare for the next pandemic, yet there's little action

bmj.com/content/356/bm…

Looks like the #PandemicAgreement proposal is to go with Article 19 of the WHO constitution.

In our article with Dr Alexandra Phelan we explain more about what that means.

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bit.ly/3TAnJsA

Monitoring & compliance are absent from the #PandemicAccord

Sans accountability, norms are just words on paper

Pandemic Accord uses 'as appropriate' 27 times

WGIHR draft out today has a compliance committee

That's good

The compliance committee should cover both instruments

If the US was pushing globally what Biden (w a push from Sanders) is doing in the US we would have a pretty bold pandemic treaty. We can get there …

This is my new 'moderna plant' - likely to be the only one in Africa now...😉

Equity with a E.
Solidarity with a S.

#ModernaAfrica

🚨The proposed WHO #PandemicAccord is released.

💥It has no provision for monitoring compliance or details on state reporting requirements other than “periodically.”

🛑This leaves Member States with no accountability for any of their treaty commitments (weak or strong).

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If latest draft of the #Pandemic Treaty is meant to bring least common denominator clarity to a framework - then why add restrictive qualifiers (’voluntary’ technology transfer) to ’norms’ which foreclose options while
requiring in essence a switching off of Nagoya #INB9

Brilliant panel to talk about pushing back against the anti-rights, gender-essentialist movement. Could not be more pressing. So excited for elsbeth tascioni Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana

US tax payers gave Moderna $2.5 B, including federal grants for university research

In turn, Moderna

- prioritized rich nations for supply
- did not share vaccine technology during the pandemic
- pulled out of their commitment to manufacture in Africa

devex.com/news/africa-cd…

Matthew Kavanagh We all know this is not the case. Sharing technology will, however, improve equitable access to lifesaving medicines for both primary healthcare & in a crisis. Let’s not forget 2020-2022 so quickly.