. @HelenClarkNZ & @MaEllenSirleaf have 3 messages re the #hantavirus outbreak: 1⃣ Commend int'l coordination since May 2 2⃣ Believe a review of events leading up to 2 May is required to identify and fill gaps 3⃣ Underscore that the time for political leadership for outbreak and pandemic readiness is now. tinyurl.com/3x2s2mjz

The Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda is a warning that the world remains stuck in a cycle of “panic and neglect.” 🌍 Global health leaders are calling for urgent action on the Pandemic Agreement, preparedness financing, One Health systems and the 100 Days Mission. But the @AfricaCDC says the response is already being constrained by insecurity, weak facilities, shortages, uneven contact tracing and community mistrust. Preparedness cannot wait until the next emergency. ⚠️ 📰➡️healthpolicy-watch.news/as-e… ✍️@kerrycullinan11 @TheGPMB @GPHC_Panel @TheIndPanel @WHO @UN @ifrc @DeutscheWelle @EU_Commission @hadjalahbib @UNAIDS

At a time when humanity can sequence pathogens in hours, develop vaccines in months, and deploy AI across entire economies, the world already has many of the tools it needs for pandemic preparedness & response. The question is whether leaders will choose to invest in and use them. #PandemicAgreement politico.eu/article/ebola-ha…

Three laboratories in Democratic Republic of Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, the World Health Organization said, as the outbreak of the dangerous Bundibugyo species of the virus continues to grow. reuters.com/business/healthc…

Ebola, COVID-19, AIDS still continues, the world is failing to tackle pandemics. We've issued an urgent call from global experts at @TheIndPanel,@TheElders, Global Council on Inequality, AIDS, and Pandemics

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…

🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Thank you to the partners who joined the #FriendsofthePPPRHLM Social to align and connect ahead of the #HLM #MSH. As @rani.co's Zander shared, with the ongoing #Ebola #hantavirus outbreaks, it is on all of us to show consensus for the urgent need for ambitious action.

🛑 Enough. It Is Time to Get Deadly Serious. The world is failing to identify, prevent, and stop outbreaks and tackle pandemic threats. 📢 We have joined 100 experts in signing this open letter addressed to our leaders and all those who have the power to prevent and contain disease outbreaks. Read the letter and share this post to join the call for a safer, healthier world! resultscanada.ca/wp-content/… Thank you for your action @CEPIvaccines @FINDdx @PIHCanada @PIH and the many others signatories. @MarkJCarney @AnitaAnandMP @MarjoriePLC @DavidMcGuinty @FP_Champagne @randeepssarai @YasirNaqviCDN

RT @HelenClarkNZ: Prevention of, preparedness for, & rapid responses to disease outbreaks are essential. Our open letter calls on WHO Membe…

In short : Ebola and what needs to be done. Sustained funding of R&D, PPR and health system AND a fair Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex to the pandemic agreement theindependentpanel.org/news…

RT @HelenClarkNZ: Devastating report from @declanwalsh on reality of #Bundibugyo outbreak in #Ituri province of #DRC where there is a lack…

Frontline nurses in DRC and Uganda are facing dangerous PPE shortages as the Ebola outbreak grows. Many are scared for their safety because they lack even the most basic protective equipment. ICN CEO @HowardCatton warns the world is once again failing the people who protect us. Nurses are delivering extraordinary, lifesaving care, but too often without the masks, face shields and testing kits they need: “If we fail to protect the nurses risking their lives, we fail everyone.” Nurses need immediate access to PPE and support now. 🔗 Read the Nursing in Practice full article here: bit.ly/3PICCKq

I learned a lot from spending a week @WHO in Geneva. Grateful to @DrTedros & his team. WHO is actively responding to Ebola, partnering with @AfricaCDC & affected countries @JenniferNuzzo Alex Phelan & I put out this analysis in @TheLancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…

🔊Calling civil society colleagues and other partners! Join in by signing on to Friends of @UN #PPPR #HLM Key Asks.➡️shorturl.at/QpQep✅@Loretta40009912 @uwaliraye @aggrealuso @rani_action @Chikwe_I @Dr_JeanKaseya @rosemarymburu @TheIndPanel @Arush_Lal @Pandemic_Fund 2/

💪@UN #PPPR #HLM will take place in Sept 2026. Nina @fourpawsint: ‘Civil society leading with the evidence, leading with the stories of communities, and working with @Pandemic_Fund so that countries can access resources’. @rani_action @rosemarymburu @TheIndPanel @Arush_Lal 3/

Right now, there are three warning signs that this Ebola outbreak could be particularly difficult to contain:

RT @HelenClarkNZ: Major response being mounted to #DRC outbreak of #Bundibogyo strain of #Ebola, a deadly & devastating disease. All effort…

RT @HelenClarkNZ: Full marks to @WHO DG @DrTedros for rapid declaration of Public Health Emergency of International Concern following repor…

After having consulted the #DRC and #Uganda where the #Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus is known to be currently occurring, I determine that the epidemic constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), as defined in the provisions of IHR. My full statement: bit.ly/4wGGiwX

RT @HelenClarkNZ: @TheIndPanel 4. Ongoing disease outbreaks remind us of importance of national capacity & regional & global collaboration…

Hantavirus outbreak should reset WHO’s default approach to airborne risk bmj.com/content/393/bmj.s919…