#GVN supports PAHO & Africa CDCβs call for sustained investment in #PandemicPreparedness & stronger Africa-Americas collaboration. Preparedness requires ongoing investment in surveillance, labs, & rapid response capacity before crises emerge.

#GVN supports PAHO & Africa CDCβs call for sustained investment in #PandemicPreparedness & stronger Africa-Americas collaboration. Preparedness requires ongoing investment in surveillance, labs, & rapid response capacity before crises emerge.
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World leaders meet at the UN this week to lock in pandemic pledges. The real news: an AI 'factory' quietly built to design vaccines in days, not months. Here's what it can (and can't) do yet. #PandemicPreparedness #AI #GlobalHealth #100DaysMission
π¦ The @ox.ac.uk has been awarded β¬8m through Horizon Europe to coordinate PANDAI, a three-year initiative using AI to help detect and respond to infectious disease threats.
π Read more: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/pandemi...
π΄ Devex Impact House @ #UNGA81 is underway: the #100DaysMission session has opened with remarks from IPPS STEG Co-Chair Dr. Victor Dzau.
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WHO member states adopted a Pandemic Agreement, but there's still no binding obligations for equitable vaccine access - 6 years after COVID killed millions
πA great #APPEAL Annual Meeting in Dresden!
β¨Thank you to our host PharmAI Discorery.
40 participants discussed progress & next steps towards in vivo testing & new compounds from virtual screening of new targets, and heard from our early-career researchers.
#HorizonEU #PandemicPreparedness
A first for Ebola: anonymised phone data now forecasts where Congo's outbreak heads next. An early model called all 10 hotspots. Read how. #Ebola #AI #PandemicPreparedness #Bundibugyo
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#WOHC2026 Late Breaker: π¦ SARS-CoV-2 B.1 extinct in humans since 2022 circulates in white-tailed deer, evolving #Omicron mutations independently. Demonstrates wildlife as viral evolutionary incubators with spillback risk π‘ #OneHealth #PandemicPreparedness
Namibia says proposed US data- and pathogen-sharing terms may conflict with national laws on privacy and biological resources.
The dispute comes as @who.int members negotiate global rules for pathogen access and benefit-sharing.
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#WOHC2026 Insights: π π Community-led farmer platforms in #Ghana boosted livestock vaccination (96% vs 47% in controls) + sharply reduced livestock losses. Local coordination can overcome access + cost barriers, strengthening disease control & farmer wellbeing π‘ #OneHealth #PandemicPreparedness
#WOHC2026 Insights: Findings from 1st year of coordinated #Mpox vaccination in #Africa π >5M doses delivered to 16 countries within months of Clade Ib outbreak. Rapid regulatory action enabled rollout, with lessons on financing, surveillance & #Equity π‘ #OneHealth #PandemicPreparedness
Can AI spot the next pandemic? A 2026 Nature review: it finds new viruses and flags outbreaks early, yet humans still decide. Read on.