International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat

Camila Consolmagno at @savechildrenuk and Bea Coates at the @IPPSecretariat argue why investing in global health security overseas is the only way to guarantee security at home. buff.ly/fBL1ki2

Leading up to Day 100 on 25 August, IPPS will continue to work with partners to provide updates every 15 days on the status & progress of diagnostics, therapeutics & vaccine development for Bundibugyo virus. 🧵 6/6 ➡️ Read our full Day 60 update: ippsecretariat.org/news/ebola-bun…

🌍 Cross-cutting: WHO and Africa CDC have soft-launched a Coordinated Financial Tracking Mechanism to improve transparency and identify financing gaps in the response. 🧵 5/6

⏱️ Day 60 of the #100DaysMission Ebola Bundibugyo Virus clock. This is a minor update tracking changes since Day 45, next major deep dive due at Day 75. Key developments below 👇

🌍 Cross-cutting: Post-trial access remains a defining challenge. Communities that contribute to trials must be able to access treatments that work, resolved before results arrive, not after. ➡️ Read our full Day 45 update: ippsecretariat.org/news/ebola-bun… 🧵 7/7

💉 Vaccines: CEPI and BARDA's open calls for further candidates have now closed, with selections awaited. UNICEF and Gavi have issued a joint EOI asking developers about plans to advance BDBV candidates to licensure, backed by Gavi's First Response Fund. 🧵6/7

⏱️ Day 45 of the #100DaysMission Ebola Bundibugyo Virus clock. There are still no approved point-of-care diagnostics, therapeutics, or vaccines for Bundibugyo virus, but momentum continues to build. Selected developments since Day 30: 🧵👇

A new @HealthPolicyW op-ed by IPPS STEG co-chair Shingai Machingaidze, alongside Helen Clark, Victor Dzau and Joy Phumaphi, argues UN Member States must act at September's UN High-Level Meeting to establish comprehensive pandemic monitoring. Read below⬇️ healthpolicy-watch.news/un-member-stat…

The UN HLM Political Declaration should recognise BDBV as a clear case for strengthening preparedness across emerging and re-emerging pathogens, with access built into R&D by design. 🧵4/4 Read the full statement: ippsecretariat.org/news/accelerat…

Political momentum is building: the Africa CDC–WHO joint response plan, G7 commitments, and the upcoming G20 and UN High-Level Meeting on PPPR. A critical window to turn attention into action. 🧵3/4

Together with @CEPIvaccines, @FINDdx, @DNDi & @Unitaid, we've updated our 2026 joint statement. BDBV exposes persistent gaps in R&D, surge capacity, and ready-to-deploy medicines, vaccines and diagnostics. 🧵2/4

📣Updated statement: The ongoing Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV) outbreak in DRC shows pandemic risks can't be fully anticipated, and that preparedness must extend across viral families, including rare and neglected ones. 🧵 1/4

📢 Our latest newsletter is out now! A busy quarter for IPPS, with much of the focus on supporting the response to the ongoing Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak, plus advocacy ahead of September's UN High-Level Meeting on pandemic preparedness. Read it 👇 mailchi.mp/ippsecretariat…