Fionnuala Finnerty

.@WHO expresses deep concern about the implications of the United States government’s immediate funding pause for #HIV programmes in low- and middle-income countries. These programmes provide access to life-saving HIV therapy to more than 30 million people worldwide. This funding halt can put people living with HIV at immediate increased risk of illness and death and undermine efforts to prevent transmission in communities and countries. Such measures, if prolonged, could lead to rises in new infections and deaths, reversing decades of progress and potentially taking the world back to the 1980s and 1990s when millions died of HIV every year globally, including many in the USA. We call on the US government to enable additional exemptions to ensure the delivery of lifesaving HIV treatment and care: bit.ly/42yxxIz

#Lebanon: hundreds of children killed. #Gaza: tens of thousands of children killed & wounded. Response from those with power to prevent the carnage: Zero

Woman’s Hour travels to Tuam, Ireland ahead of preliminary excavations of a former mother & baby home site. In 2014, it was found that up to 796 babies who died there from 1925-1961 were buried in a disused ‘sewage tank’. @BBCNuala speaks to those at the heart of this story ⬇️

Be an advocate. Be an activist. Be a friend. Be a mentor. Be a listener. Be in solidarity #WithRefugees.

@yasminleighw Gorgeous! Congrats 🥳

Got married enit.

🧵 1/1 Colleagues have asked me to share my verbal summation of the ECDC and EACS #mpox outbreak webinar today @ECDC_EU @EACSociety (expertly chaired by @TeyNoori @Esteban09090 @sanjaybhagani )

1 Thread on #mpox which is in the news again since a returning traveller was diagnosed in Sweden with a new more dangerous strain which reached Europe for the first time. In the 2022-23 global outbreak I was clinical advisor to @WHOEurope Here’s what I think you need to know.

@doitldn @marct_01 @londoncouncils @GMIPartnership Fantastic!

We're pleased to announce Marc Thompson as our new Lead Commissioner. He brings with him a wealth of experience & a deep commitment to ending new HIV transmissions & improving sexual health for all communities. Welcome Marc! @marct_01 @londoncouncils @GMIPartnership

@crageshri @TrapezeBooks Oh brilliant! I will ❤️

Got Spotify Premium? If so you can listen to #Unheard on there for free! Narrated by me :)

I can predict there will be calls to restrict access to crossbows. Diverting the conversation from the real and urgent problem - the man who used the crossbow and male violence against women. Don’t be distracted!

We are incredibly proud of the millions we've reached worldwide and the grassroots ingenuity and commitment of our team and partners. 🌍❤️ Today we announce some very sad news. Read the statement here👉aidsmap.com/news/jul-2024/…

@JosephHeskin @aidsmap Oh no! Such sad news. Aidsmap has been such an amazing resource.

@sandulescu_oana @tristanjbarber @EACSociety @MartaVasylyev @Rokx1 @AgnesLibois @Esteban09090 @MariaMazzitell4 @NachoBernardino It was brilliant!

That's a wrap-up! Thank YOU to the #YINGconf24 incredible faculty, amazing participants, and wonderful @EACSociety secretariat! 👏🔝🙌

@tristanjbarber @yasminleighw @EACSociety @drdavidlawrence Me too!

Read this great statement from @Prof_Matt_P @BASHH_UK President with my full support 👍🏻💪🏼

Congratulations to Cillian Murphy on his wonderful achievement in winning the Best Actor Oscar, which he so appropriately dedicated to the peacemakers everywhere. Congratulations too to @ElementPictures on the success of Poor Things

A detailed, 5-year longitudinal study looks closely at reforms meant to encourage walking & biking in London. Health benefits outweighed costs by 10 to 1. For the most intensive interventions -- Low Traffic Neighborhoods -- it was 50:1 or even *200:1*. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…