@rosswrite_SW1

Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House Global Health Programme - all opinions and views are my own, not those of Chatham House

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chathamhouse.org/research/topics/global-health
Joined June 2009
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The declaration of the Mpox outbreak in Africa as a public health emergency is a critical post-COVID test for the international community, writes @DrEmeruemJnr. chathamhouse.org/2024/08/glo…

The global response to the mpox outbreak in Africa will show if lessons from COVID-19 have been...

The declaration of the rapidly spreading mpox outbreak in Africa as a public health emergency will test global solidarity in the wake of COVID-19 – and could provide a litmus test for the effective...

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👁‍🗨With access to health care high on people`s priorities and electorates judging their political leaders on their COVID-19 responses, now could be the best time to campaign for bold health reforms to reach universal health coverage, writes @yates_rob. 🔗sum.uio.no/english/research/…
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Vaccine nationalism is resulting in rich countries procuring quantities multiple times the size of their population. This failure to collectively combat the pandemic poses a threat to global health security, writes @yates_rob chathamhouse.org/2021/02/tim…

Time to clamp down on dangers of vaccine nationalism

Scientific breakthroughs are not enough, pharmaceutical companies and political leaders must ensure vital commodities reach everyone. But they are failing.

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As @alanbeattie warned in @FT on 18 Jan, "childish point-scoring" is not helpful to UK's international relations, especially with EU. EU won't be doing the UK any favours as it now considers whether to restrict exports of the Pfizer vaccine from EU-based production facilities
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@Conservatives14 Jan 2021
We are leading the way out of this pandemic with over 3 million vaccine doses administered 💉
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News of an effective vaccine makes the prospect of a ‘return to normality’ more hopeful, but has the pandemic changed how we travel, work, consume, and the face of our cities for good? @StuColes asks a range of Chatham House experts if they think these dramatic shifts will last

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Replying to @DavidRossHarper
@DavidRossHarper on the importance of science & tech in tackling health crises Join him & @HITAP_Thailand tomorrow at their webinar on "Advances in science & technology for #COVID19 & future threats" 🗓TOMORROW| 7pm Thailand(UTC +7) Register👇 pmac2021.com/session/detail/… #pmac2021
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May the #Science be with you - an inspiring and informative conversation with NIH director #AnthonyFauci @ChathamHouse Equitable distribution, open platform technologies & deep faith in the goodness of people has made Fauci today’s Yoda 🙂 @FauciFan #COVID19 @rosswrite_SW1
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Imagine a world where we can prevent pandemics...   It’s an ambitious yet achievable aspiration, according to Professor David Heymann and Emma Ross Find out what it will take:   chathamhouse.org/about-us/ou…

Imagine a world where we prevent pandemics

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📑Nigeria: Covid-19 Has Shown That Without Health, We Have Nothing 🧐allafrica.com/stories/202009… A strong health system, delivering #HealthcareForAll is necessary to detect, prevent and respond to infectious diseases outbreaks @Chikwe_I @yates_rob @rosswrite_SW1

Nigeria: Covid-19 Has Shown That Without Health, We Have Nothing

Blog - On April 8, 2018, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) affirmed the linkage between Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and global health security...

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🎥Centenary edition: #COVIDー19 Pandemic Briefing- Leading a Global Response special guest @DrTedros, DG, WHO How best can we live with this virus in the next 1-2 years? What's the hope for global solidarity and equitable access to vaccines? Register👇 chathamhouse.zoom.us/webinar…
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Health experts estimate it will cost some $20bn to vaccinate everyone on earth, equivalent to roughly two hours of global output. This is the best bargain in the world. Let us hope the world can recognise it. #COVIDー19 #vaccines ft.com/content/cf0df38a-9500…

Any Covid-19 vaccine must be treated as a global public good

The ugly battle for protective gear would be a sideshow compared to one over a vaccine

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THREAD: #COVID19 cases in Africa have doubled in the last two weeks. @AfricaCDC and @WHO are tracking exponential growth and raising concern that Africa might be the next epicenter of the pandemic. bit.ly/35O93vt
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Important & rather disturbing analysis from @IlonaKickbusch on geopolitical & global security dimensions of #COVID19 on top of the massive economic, social & health impacts.
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@ChathamHouse6 May 2020
‘Unless we all work together none of us will be safe.’ In today’s COVID-19 briefing, special guest @IlonaKickbusch explained how coronavirus is increasingly becoming a global security issue. For more on the geopolitics of coronavirus, watch in full: chathamhouse.org/file/weekly…
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Today in our #webinar, Prof @IlonaKickbusch explained three points about the #geopolitics of #COVID19: ❇️With the geopolitical spat between the #US & #China, health has become a proxy fight for other issues (1/3)
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Missed our #webinar on the #geopolitics of #COVID19 with Prof @IlonaKickbusch and Prof #DavidHeymann? The full recording of the event is now available on the @ChathamHouse website! 🖥️🦠👇 bit.ly/3dn5K0M
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Prof @IlonaKickbusch argued that when we see weaknesses of the @WHO, “it is related to weaknesses in the member states, e.g. by not fulfilling #IHR responsibilities, because member states are not willing to give authority in certain areas” (2/3)
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The WHO may have made mistakes - It may have overpraised China’s performance and system, but this was part of a strategy to secure China’s collaboration so it could help others learn from China’s experience. @WHO can do better, but halting funding is no answer, says @CliftWorks

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I grew up in public health loving, admiring the CDC. It was the greatest public health agency in the world That's why it was so painful to write this for @statnews @CDCgov has been shockingly absent from the pandemic. And the American people are suffering for it.
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦
@HelenBranswell29 Apr 2020
"The CDC was once the world’s greatest public health agency. We need that CDC back, and we need it now." — @ashishkjha on the tragic non-profile of the country's public health agency in the biggest health emergency in decades. statnews.com/2020/04/29/we-n…

We need the real CDC back, and we need it now

This must be a painful time for the many extraordinary career scientists who continue to work at the CDC. Real CDC leadership is absolutely essential for confronting and getting clear of this crisis.

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“Sweden decided to only introduce restrictions that have some kind of scientific basis. As far as I know, there’s only 2 of them; one is to wash our hands & the other is social distancing. Other restrictions that countries have set up have very little scientific background” (2/2)
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“#Sweden has put people at the base of this and I think that this is the most important for a lasting and #sustainable intervention” (2/2)
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