Health/Law/Human Rights. Thinking globally, meeting CanCon requirements. Disproportionately but not exclusively access to medicines/global health/humanitarian response/public health/infectious disease.
Adam R Houston
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👀"Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), the GARDP Foundation, and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) join forces to accelerate drug development for patients in greatest need"
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dndi.org/press-releas...
As CEPI passes the hat for its upcoming CEPI 3.0 strategy, this piece (⬇️) is a reminder that public donors should use their leverage to ensure that public investment prioritizes public health over private wealth via equitable and transparent access conditions. 💰💉⚖️
The Canadian Government had the technology & expertise to develop a pan-filovirus vaccine (incl. #Bundibugyo) years ago but lacked the resources & political will to do so, per analysis of its own successful #Ebola💉.
(h/t @mattherder.bsky.social for receipts via pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...)
The Canadian Government had the technology & expertise to develop a pan-filovirus vaccine (incl. #Bundibugyo) years ago but lacked the resources & political will to do so, per analysis of its own successful #Ebola💉.
(h/t @mattherder.bsky.social for receipts via pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...)
"Raccoon #Rabies: The epidemic is approaching Greater Montreal" 🦝
("Quebec is extending the ban on transporting raccoons this Sunday" is perhaps not where I anticipated this article was going...🤔)
We still have some limited space in our course on Public Health in Humanitarian Emergencies, which has been developed with @msf.org (doctors without borders) and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. Learn from practisioners in lively conversation. utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/life...
Read our statement sharing principles to follow for equitable access to medical tools for Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus: msfaccess.org/principles-e...
