Pandemic preparedness cannot wait. The Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics joined more than 100 experts in urging world leaders to act. Open letter: live-the-independent-panel.p…

4 June 2026, Thursday ______ Launch of Lenacapavir in South Africa for HIV prevention: South Africa Helped Create Lenacapavir, Gilead Should Not Decide Who Gets It – SA Civil Society Groups

💡@MichaelMarmot is right: the Covid pandemic exposed and amplified the inequalities within and between countries, who then realised that we are all interconnected. We saw how pharma companies valued profits more than global health, more than people's lives. @ChathamHouse

Africa loses $210 million in Ebola funding as deadly vaccine-free strain spreads in Congo🇨🇩 and Uganda🇺🇬 Africa’s battle against a fast-growing Ebola outbreak has suffered a major blow after more than $200 million in pledged funding vanished within days, raising fears that a deadly virus with no approved vaccine could spread further across the continent.

We are so screwed if this woman wins.

Honored to be @SkollFoundation Forum this week at with @drtlaleng talking to change makers, funders, about inequality as a threat to global health security and what we can do about it. Brilliant folks here giving me hope. @GeorgetownGHPP @GtownSOH

The 2026 #SkollWF's opening plenary emphasized the importance of dialogue, serving as a reminder that the connections forged at the Skoll World Forum are catalysts for change. Indigenous storytellers Kynan Tegar and Ana Lucía Ixchiu Hernández opened the plenary with a preview of "A Day on Earth," a participatory documentary filmed simultaneously on Earth Day last year across 26 countries. The film, produced by @IfNotUsThenWho with support from Skoll, captures everyday acts of love for our planet and makes the case that for Indigenous Peoples, every day is Earth Day. Skoll Foundation President and CEO Marla Blow took the stage next, drawing on the metaphor of mycelium to describe the connections that ground changemakers and enable their work to thrive. In a year of significant disruption, she called on the community to build something new rather than simply restore what was. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos joined @IlwadElman of the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre (@ElmanPeaceHRC) for a conversation moderated by journalist and Africa In the World Founder Dele Olojede. Drawing on decades of lived peacebuilding experience, they explored how to move divided societies toward dialogue, belonging, and reconciliation. Trevor Noah (@TrevorNoah) and Noubar Afeyan, Founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering (@FlagshipPioneer), turned their attention to artificial intelligence, with its transformative potential, its risks, and the dualities that guide innovation in uncertain times. To close, Astrid Jorgensen brought her viral sensation Pub Choir (@PubChoir) to the theater, leading delegates through a lively, large-scale singalong—highlighting the remarkable possibilities that emerge when we join together. Follow along for more from #SkollWF.