Veterinary Medicine. Climate Policy. Global Health Security. One Health. Veterinarian | @STOPSpillover Postdoc DVM @Tuftsvet MA @FletcherSchool @BU_Tweets alum
Massachusetts, USA
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Dr. Lindsay Smith, DVM, MA retweeted
📢37 countries to receive a total of $338 million in @Pandemic_Fund's 1st funding round. 👏
We urge the 2nd round to prioritize spillover prevention and go beyond current aims to strengthen disease surveillance, laboratory systems, and health workforce.
bit.ly/3Y0mEuS
Dr. Lindsay Smith, DVM, MA retweeted
The SheVax+ documentary is showing today at #WD2023! #LVIF
The screening will take place at 10:00 am Kigali time at the Art and Film Festival, Convention Centre. We invite all conference participants, partners, and friends to join us for this premiere session.
@IDRC_CRDI
Dr. Lindsay Smith, DVM, MA retweeted
Elsevier's revenue: £2.9 billion. WTF?
We scientists produce the content for manuscripts and review for free. Then we pay huge fees for open access publishing. Science should not be business. What on earth can we do to fight against this?
theguardian.com/science/2023…
Dr. Lindsay Smith, DVM, MA retweeted
El Nino is here and expected to strengthen through the end of the year. But this year, El Nino is occurring against the backdrop of a very warm global ocean. Learn more about the latest ENSO Outlook at the ENSO Blog.
climate.gov/news-features/bl…
ALT Oval globe image showing ocean temperature anomalies in June 2023. Reds pretty much everywhere indicate above average ocean temperatures. Blues off the West Coast indicate below average temperatures.
ALT Oval globe image showing ocean temperature anomalies in June 1997. Reds especially over equatorial Pacific indicate above average ocean temperatures. Blues in south Atlantic and western Pacific indicate below average temperatures.
Dr. Lindsay Smith, DVM, MA retweeted
🚨 New big database update: all avian influenza cases verified in mammals extracted from WOAH reports now available in open data format
🚨 I have officially started monitoring the #AvianFlu, with an open line list.
Data are updated regularly based on the definition of a data dictionary. Downloadable here: github.com/fbranda/avian-flu and source list here: github.com/fbranda/avian-flu…
Great visualization of how climate change drives disease emergence and spread and impacts human health from @AP ; While yes the world has tools to address these challenges, they need to be scaled up and operationalized from the bottom up and top down projects.apnews.com/features…
Dr. Lindsay Smith, DVM, MA retweeted
Excited to share our new publication! One Health in Turkana County, Kenya: Applications and Lessons Learned | One Health Cases cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/1…
@LindsJ728 @Locham_David @TurkanaPress @TurkanaLand @TurkanaAssembly
Thankful for these updates on UNGA's Pandemic Accord developments and proposed language!
Lots of welcome additions including calls for
✅ Independent monitoring (Bangladesh, Costa Rica)
✅ Action at the highest political level (Bangladesh, Cost Rica, Japan)
✅ Head-of-state meeting linked to accountability on the #pandemicaccord (EU)
✅ Multisectoral action (CANZ)
A long night's read ahead!
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Really inspired by the incredible One Health work being implemented in Turkana County!
#DYK What Kimormor is?
#OneHealth concept that is unique in #Turkana ... watch to learn more
@ImarishaJamii @MercyNawiri @RESCUEorg @COREGroupDC @WHH_Kenya @ConcernKenya @UNICEFKenya @NDMA_Kenya @VSFint @KenyaRedCross @WorldVisionKE
Dr. Lindsay Smith, DVM, MA retweeted
Day 2 of Kimormor in Urum, the second site of our Integrated Health Services initiative. It's incredible to witness the overwhelming response from the community who have turned up in large numbers along with their livestock, to seek essential healthcare services.@USAIDKenya
!!!!!!
We're launching the Massachusetts Community Climate Bank – a financial engine for cutting emissions and improving health, equity, and economic security.
It’s the first climate bank focused on affordable housing in the US, and we’re depositing $50M. More: mass.gov/ClimateBank
Dr. Lindsay Smith, DVM, MA retweeted
⚠️ BREAKING:
More than 11,000 sea mammals have been killed by H5N1 bird flu in Chile 🇨🇱, up from 9,420 previously reported.
9,853 sea lions have been killed, up from 8,117 previously reported.
ALT A beach full of dead sea lions.
One Health highlight in the UK's new Biological Security Strategy: the Human Animal Infections and Risk Surveillance group (which has met monthly since 2004) will enhance collaboration and surveillance data sharing across human and animal health sectors to identify zoonotic risks
One Health Bill introduced into the Colombian Congress leyes.senado.gov.co/proyecto…
Dr. Lindsay Smith, DVM, MA retweeted
Interesting to see some of the people who denied the science of masks for preventing coronavirus transmission suddenly accepting that masks protect us from wildfire particles. It’s clear their stance against masks for COVID wasn’t based on data, but was due to political beliefs.
Dr. Lindsay Smith, DVM, MA retweeted
The United Nations building surrounded by an apocalyptic orange sky is the perfect image for how world leaders have failed at stopping the climate crisis.
ALT United Nations building in NYC covered in orange wildfire smoke
"This exercise makes the county among the first counties to roll out a program that seeks to control zoonotic diseases at the border areas."
"The document focuses on health with little attention to multisectoral action. It is silent on independent accountability or establishing a high-level political council."
🚨 The "Zero Draft" political declaration for the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Preparedness and Response is out.
There is little new. Most content reiterates ongoing discussions.
At 14 pages, it is not the "short" document many had called for.
Quick 🧵
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