History teaches us that the next pandemic is a matter of when, not if. Now is the time to invest in preparing for the pandemics of the future, and to strengthen the global architecture for health emergency preparedness and response. We urge #G20 leaders and donors to support

Renewing, reinvigorating, and in some cases reimagining our alliances and partnerships has been a critical part of our efforts from day one. The United States sees multilateral institutions as an integral part of our engagement around the world.

BREAKING 🌍 Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will convene the Emergency Committee under the International health Regulations to advise on whether the ongoing outbreak of #mpox constitutes a public health emergency of international concern or a #PHEIC. 👇

#Mpox is a virus that can be contained if we do the right things at the right time and put all of our minds and all of our efforts together.

Mpox cases in Africa have surged—up 79% from 2022-2023 and 160% from 2023-2024. I’ll meet with the African Union next week to seek backing for declaring a public health emergency. This will boost coordination, speed up R&D, and improve cross-border responses. #HealthSecurity

The CDC has alerted doctors to be on the lookout for a deadly new strain of #mpox. U.S. officials have also committed $424 million to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the epicenter of the current spreading outbreak. axios.com/2024/08/08/mpo…

👇👇‼️ New study out in Nature Medicine finds 400M people worldwide have had long #Covid at an estimated global economic cost of US $1 TRILLION per year Ask your elected officials and candidates: What are you doing about it??

I agree with this entirely We are, today, unfortunately less well prepared in my view than we were pre-COVID for dealing w new pandemics However, we could be WAY ahead if we have the will to learn and adapt from our experiences

WOW—I need all the children to be okay. The poor children of inner city Atlanta, the poor children of Appalachia, the children of Israel, the children of Gaza, children of Congo, children of Haiti, the children of Ukraine, we need all children to be okay…

Last week, World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the growing mpox outbreak in Africa a public health emergency of international concern. Today, USAID is responding with $35 million in new emergency funding to support ongoing outbreak response efforts around the world.

This 👇👇Lawrence Gostin Georgetown Law World Health Organization (WHO) #Mpox2024 Pandemic Action Network Africa CDC Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @pandemic #preparedness #HereWeGoAgain

It is appalling how expensive COVID tests are in the US. $23.99 a box for two tests in NYC.

🏟️The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) kicked off a two-day expert engagement Tuesday. 🧩This effort aimed to bring expert perspectives to inform Member States on unresolved issues before next week's #PandemicAgreement negotiation session (INB11). 🧵