Heartbroken…

In sorrow, we bid farewell to our longtime colleague Jukka Pukilla, killed in a car crash in his beloved Sarajevo.

Jukka’s compassion was legendary across his humanitarian career, amid formidable challenges.

Hyvästi ystävä. Sinun valosi palaa kirkkaasti sydämissämme aina. 🩷 🪽

🙏 Food and Agriculture Organization World Organisation for Animal Health & World Health Organization (WHO) Global #flu Program partners: 🆕 updated #H5N1 risk assessment

Updates will continue as more info becomes available from active investigations. Encourage you to look at CDC U.S. FDA Dept. of Agriculture updates in real time for situation in 🇺🇸

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Productive start of the day with my friend Assistant Secretary Loyce Pace Loyce Pace, discussing the Member State negotiations on the International Health Regulations amendments and the #PandemicAccord . Grateful for the US's active role and leadership to make the world safer.

LIVE: Media briefing on #WorldImmunizationWeek and other global health issues with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Incredible to have been with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Catharina Boehme and an incredible World Health Organization (WHO) team in Washington DC 🇺🇸 last week.

For more see Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus feed.

#ProudToBeWHO

Great to be in 🇮🇩 to tackle the threats of Arboviruses globally.

Thanks to MOH 🇮🇩 (Budi G. Sadikin) 🇧🇷 (@nisia_trindade) and @gisaid for opportunity to present World Health Organization (WHO)’s work with member states & partners. 

Lovely to catch up with 🇦🇺 CMO Paul Kelly

More: gisaid.org/arbovirus-summ…

. World Health Organization (WHO) Webinar on POTS and post #COVID19 condition ( #LongCOVID ) on Wed April 24 & Fri Apr 26

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) has emerged as a common presentation in post COVID-19 condition.

Join us to learn more. Register here: iecho.org/public/program…

Grateful for a very constructive discussion with Jon Finer, Deputy National Security Advisor to President Biden, about the #PandemicAccord and the importance of the US playing an active role in negotiations to make all countries safer and better prepared for future pandemics. We also…

Proud of the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) online platform to support countries in developing their preparedness and response plans based on benchmark recommendations from IHR assessments & health emergency prevention, preparedness, response & resilience capacities ihrbenchmark.who.int

Always pleased to meet with my friend Samantha Power. We had a very constructive discussion about World Health Organization (WHO)’s response in #Gaza ; the #PandemicAccord negotiations and the US’s active role; the ongoing effort to sustainably finance WHO; and how we can work together to end lead poisoning.

Very much appreciate the opportunity to meet once again with Senator Lindsey Graham. We discussed global health, the origins of #COVID19 , and the #PandemicAccord . Grateful for the continued discussion.

LIVE with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Transforming challenge into action: Expanding health coverage for all #WBGMeetings twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

🆕Statement on the outcomes of the ICMRA-⁦World Health Organization (WHO)⁩ joint workshop on #COVID19 vaccines strain change who.int/news/item/17-0…

Great meeting with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today to talk about PEPFAR and the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy. World Health Organization (WHO) is a critical leader in fighting emerging health threats and planning for global health challenges.

Pleased to meet with U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. to discuss the ongoing Member States negotiation on the #PandemicAccord , and the importance of US leadership in global health.

Thank you for a very constructive discussion, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, about the #PandemicAccord negotiations and your support for this generational agreement. We have a collective opportunity to ensure that the US and all countries are safer and better prepared.

Thank you very much for a productive discussion, Senator Dick Durbin, about World Health Organization (WHO)’s work on pandemic preparedness and response to humanitarian crises.

Very good discussion with Rosa DeLauro about World Health Organization (WHO)’s transformation, including increased investment in data and science, and our efforts to make our financing more predictable, flexible and sustainable. I thanked Representative DeLauro for her support for the generational…

Very good meeting with Rep. Gregory Meeks about the ongoing #PandemicAccord negotiations by World Health Organization (WHO) Member States, as well as the importance of investment into pandemic preparedness incl. via the The Pandemic Fund. We agreed on the necessity to learn from the #COVID19 lessons to prepare…