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As we step into the New Year, the GHSA Consortium reaffirms that shared commitments and global partnerships can build a world resilient to infectious disease threats. #GHSA #GlobalHealthSecurity #StrongerTogether

To date, CEPI has made investments in over 75 vaccine candidates or platform technologies. This includes advancing research against: 🔵 COVID-19 🔵 MERS 🔵 Nipah 🔵 Lassa fever 🔵 Chikungunya 🔵 Rift Valley fever 🔵 Disease X 🔵 Ebola Find out more 👇cepi.net/priority-patho…

A year in review Looking back at recent outbreak responses, Africa’s ability to apply #mpox lessons to cholera stands out, showing how experience sharpens preparedness and strengthens future action. Learning across outbreaks continues to build resilience. 🔗 Read full story: ow.ly/Rcs550XKvo2

Nipah virus has a 75% fatality rate. That's higher than Ebola. It spreads from fruit bats to humans, and more than 2 people billion people live in at-risk areas. There’s no vaccine... but finally, there's some good news. 🧵

From tools to training, Jhpiego is ready to support the rollout of lenacapavir and other PrEP options—our WHO–Jhpiego PrEP Training Toolkit launched in July already includes provider guidance for this breakthrough option. Explore the toolkit jhpiego.org/hivpreptoolkit

🎉 FHI 360 UK is thrilled to host the ASEAN-UK Health Security Partnership Information Session – Round 1! Learn about new funding opportunities 👉 bit.ly/3JxR3gL #UKASEAN #HealthSecurity #StrongerTogether #ThrivingPartnership #FHI360UK @HelenFazey @ukmissionasean

Tuberculosis kills—but stigma isolates. In Tajikistan, imams trained by FHI 360 are breaking both. 🤝 Faith + public health = healing. 🔗 bit.ly/4mhQYwo #Tajikistan #EndTB #FaithInAction #HumanitarianAid #PublicHealth #TB #FHI360GHS #GlobalHealthSecurity

GHTC sat down with Dr. Benjamin Djoudalbaye (@djoudalbaye), head of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) interim secretariat, to discuss AMA's scope and his long-term goals for the new agency.

The countdown to #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay (WFED), which is celebrated on September 7, is on. First commemorated in 2021, the day recognizes the role field epidemiologists play in protecting the health of populations around the World. The theme for 2025 is "Making Our Mark: Field Epidemiology in Action." You can be part of #WFED by organizing events in recognition of field epidemiology, advocating for long-term investment supporting Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs), and for organizations, regional networks such as #AFENET, #FETPs, and individual epidemiologists. #FieldEpidemiology #TEPHINET #AFENET@20

Applications are open for the @AfricaCDC Youth Digital Health Champions (Y-DHC) 2025. Young leaders (18–35) across Africa can gain recognition, mentorship & opportunities to strengthen digital health systems. 📅 Deadline: 14 Sept 2025 bit.ly/AfricaYouthDig… #AfricaCDC #DigitalHealth

We've been designing antibiotics like all bacteria in an infection are the same. Spoiler alert: they're not. Bacteria remember where they've been and teach their offspring how to survive. This discovery could revolutionise how we treat disease. bit.ly/4lKnDcJ

Be part of the team shaping Africa’s health future. @AfricaCDC is recruiting 10 Public Financial Management (PFM) Specialists to work directly with Ministries of Health in AU Member States. This is an opportunity to strengthen health financing, improve accountability, and ensure sustainable investments in health. Together, we can build resilient systems that protect lives and secure Africa’s health sovereignty. 📅 Apply by 29 September 2025 📍 Locations: Ministries of Health in 10 @_AfricanUnion Member States Apply here: ow.ly/30yM50WOJmR #AfricaCDC

The African Volunteers Health Corps (AVoHC) is building a continent-wide network of skilled health professionals ready to deploy within 48 hours to: ✅ Save lives ✅ Strengthen preparedness ✅ Protect communities @AfricaCDC is ramping up efforts to safeguard Africa’s health security. 🔗 ow.ly/nxGn50WGWEC #AfricaCDC #NewPublicHealthOrder

Liberia is no stranger to healthcare challenges, but a mass immunisation campaign targeting 800,000 children hopes to ensure that measles outbreaks are a thing of the past. Read more: bit.ly/3UiNUnn

📢 To sustain and accelerate immunization progress, Africa must invest more and invest now. New resources from PATH, @GaviCSO & @WACIHealth present findings from an #ImmunizationFinancing study & share recommendations for CSOs, donors & decision-makers: shorturl.at/8JIIm

What’s the difference between a patent pool and a pooled fund? Check out our #GlobalHealth R&D dictionary to learn more. 🌍🔬🕮

We've reduced neonatal tetanus deaths by over 95% since the late '80s thanks, in significant part, to maternal immunization. And maternal vaccines in the pipeline could enable mothers to protect their babies from other threats in those early vulnerable weeks of life. #MothersDay

Application Deadline Extended! Applications for the SHEDS Internship 2025, supported by @IGHSatUCSF, are still open. Deadline: Friday, May 16 – 3PM EAT. Candidates interested in Mathematical Modeling & NLP are highly encouraged to apply. Apply now: idi.mak.ac.ug/opportunities/… #SHEDS

Gates Foundation to Spend $200 billion on 20-Year Path to Closing Down "Underpinning all our work—on health, agriculture, education, and beyond—is a focus on gender equality." @gatesfoundation ✍🏻@kerrycullinan11 @gatesafrica @Rotary @gavi @GlobalFund healthpolicy-watch.news/gates-foundati…

Applications are still open for the @AfricaCDC Biomanufacturing Fellowship Programme! The programme aims to strengthen Africa’s capacity to produce vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics locally. Deadline: 30 May 2025 ow.ly/ouOM50VGxvu #AfricaCDC #Biomanufacturing