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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👀"Twelve people, mostly students, have been taken to hospital after what appears to have been an electrical incident at the Cultus Lake Waterpark in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley." cheknews.ca/12-people-ma...
The "import cheaper drugs from Canada" saga has been going for over two decades now...🤨
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"FDA approves Colorado’s plan to import cheaper drugs from Canada - Florida became first state to receive approval, in 2024, but has yet to start importing drugs" www.statnews.com/2026/06/15/c...
👀"Cheltenham hospital admits failing man who died after using contaminated shower - Chris Elliot was exposed to ‘lethal dose’ of bacteria while receiving chemotherapy from Gloucestershire NHS trust"
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
On the Occasion of the #G7 Summit
An Open Letter to the Leaders of the G7, the G20, BRICS & All Nations
On finalizing the Pathogen Access & Benefit-Sharing annex of the WHO Pandemic Agreement ⬇️
@lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social
President of #Brazil
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
DG of @who.int
A quick eyeball of the list (⬆️🧵) of the 46 most requested drugs under the Special Access Program suggests over 25% (👀) are found on the WHO Model List of #EssentialMedicines.💊📜
Lack of detail means likely some wrinkles about formulation etc., but some definitely aren't available in Canada at all...
Some highlights (imho) of the top 46 drugs accessed via Canada's Special Access Program💊 in 2025:
Clofazimine at #3 (536 requests)
Iloprost Trometamol #12 (210)
Albendazole #19 (146)
Bedaquiline #24 (127)
Flucytosine #28 (120)
Pretomanid #43 (59)
👀Bonus SAP "drug": Medicinal Leeches #33 (94)
