

Jenny Ottenhoff
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@Ottenvos
Tweets on global health, politics, and whims.





"In 2024, the world’s 75 poorest countries, more than half of which are in Africa, will have to spend more than $185 bn, 7.5pc of their combined GDP, to service their debts. According to the World Bank, that’s more than what they spend annually on health, education, and infrastructure together." foreignaffairs.com/africa/debt-dr….









#Mpox was declared a public health emergency nearly a month ago. Here's where we stand on doses committed & delivered: 🔺200k from EU delivered over the weekend 🔺15k from Bavarian Nordic delivered today 🔺50k from the US delivered today.


#Mpox news is evolving quickly. We're tracking it so you don't have to. A 🧵 of the latest -- starting with vaccine pledges. Over 4m doses have been pledged so far. 75% are LC16, the only vaccine approved for use in children. 1/

My position remains that this MPox emergency was avoidable. Evidence since at least last December. So either the pandemic preparedness efforts failed or pandemic preparedness is only for the whiter/richer countries. TBD? bloomberg.com/news/features/…


