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Really great news that Just Fair is developing its right to health portfolio. It's a critical time for the right to health in the UK with rising health inequalities under social determinants erosions since austerity, & with the NHS in need of some TLC.

COVID-19 hospitalization rates have increased in NYC this summer, particularly among older New Yorkers. Wearing a high-quality mask can help protect you and those around you, including older New Yorkers who are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes: on.nyc.gov/covid19prevent…

Heads up: The first meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) convened by World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024 has been set for Wednesday, 14 August 2024, from 12 pm CEST. 1/

Are schools "ready" to employ proven methods to substantially mitigate covid transmission in school buildings? Nope. Are schools "ready" to accept unlimited covid transmission among students and staff? Yep.

Just in: World Health Organization (WHO) declares #Mpox as Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) following the recommendations based on the meeting of Emergency Committee today.

“The pandemic taught us how. A contagious airborne disease means that I have a personal stake in the health of my neighbor. If she’s sick, I may get sick also. Her healthcare is good for my health.” Reverend Raphael Warnock at the DNC convention #DNCConvention2024

Last week, WHO declared the #mpox outbreak in Africa to be a public health emergency of international concern (#PHEIC) under the #IHR. I joined BBC News (World) on Wednesday to explain how WHO's declaration should spur WHO member states to collaborate to stop the spread.

If you are in Toronto on 9 September you will want to attend this exciting in-person lecture by the amazing Professor Sharifah Sekalala examining the human rights case for reparations in access to medicines! U of T Public Health U of T Law Global Health Law Consortium eventbrite.ca/e/creating-equ…

Information document on the legal architecture of the proposal for the WHO Pandemic Agreement apps.who.int/gb/inb/pdf_fil… #INB11 Ellen 't Hoen Benjamin Mason Meier Dr Alexandra Phelan

The 2024 US Elections will reshape #GlobalHealth, and CUGH is supporting US faculty in discussing the upcoming elections with their global health students. Read our article at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… & download the full classroom resources on Dropbox dropbox.com/home/CUGH%20%7….

Important to understand the impact that the US prez election has on GLOBAL health. US is the largest donor in global health (in monetary value) and they shape the policy agendas - whether we like it or not. #GlobalHealth Important read 👇🏽

Faculty and students, please share and use these free CUGH educational resources that can be used to discuss the upcoming US elections. Cc ASPPH AAU NASEM Health richard horton APHA AAVMC The Lancet Global Health Global Health NOW

🆕World Health Organization (WHO) launches global framework for understanding the origins of new or re-emerging pathogens Work of WHO's Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). Longer thread on this later... who.int/news/item/04-0…

Governments can and should make the health and wellbeing of their populations a core goal of economic policy. With this reorientation, the world stands to advance the health and wellbeing of people everywhere, while ensuring resilience to future health crises. Mariana Mazzucato and I

The African Group calls for an Article 19 approach to conclude the World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, underscoring that the Agreement should be underpinned by equity and solidarity.

In The BMJ, Dr Alexandra Phelan, Benjamin Mason Meier, Lawrence Gostin, and @RoojinHabibii argue that the recent amendments to #IHR alone are not enough to prevent or manage future pandemics, calling for a complementary and ambitious pandemic agreement bmj.com/content/386/bm…

“The 2024 US elections present a choice between two contrasting visions for global health.” Supporting #GlobalHealth faculty in discussing US elections, our new article in The Lancet Reg Health-Americas compares global health under Trump & Biden/Harris Administrations. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…