Honored & slightly nervous to share my talk @TEDxGeneva. It’s about #Ebola, #COVID19, trust, humanity & more. In 11 minutes, there’s a lot of what I have learned in 4 years with @IFRC & for which I am deeply grateful. https://t.co/kLLsDCUsHI via @TEDTalks

A good editorial by ⁦@TheLancet⁩ to reaffirm 2025 as a pivotal year for global health through ⁦@gavi⁩ & ⁦@GlobalFund⁩ replenishments and ⁦@PEPFAR⁩ reauthorization by the US Government. Will there be enough courage and conviction?

This week we had a very productive meeting with the @WHOFoundation Board - discussing progress the Foundation has made since its establishment, as well as the collaboration to make @WHO’s first Investment Round a success. The Foundation is one of the main pillars in our effort

Climate, private sector, NCDs: a view from Kenya. https://t.co/0WXkQ1Jka4 via @LinkedIn

This was my pinned tweet during the hardest times of #COVID19. It resonates deeply tonight as we are finally allowed to move on. Forever changed, for better of for worse.

So what would it actually take for #H5N1 avian influenza to become a human pathogen? I've written up what we know about the kinds of changes needed for @NewsfromScience Story is here (and thread to come later): https://t.co/70dyz1Fj0v

🎉Tomorrow is #WorldHealthDay and the 75th anniversary of the @WHO. As we celebrate this milestone, we look ahead and ask: What would #HealthForAll look like in the future? One thing is clear - affordable healthcare must be accessible to EVERYONE. #WHO75

NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got. My column: https://t.co/dBIhT9eZLv And some utterly damning charts. 1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.

There is finally an update on the #Marburg situation in Equatorial Guinea: Total now stands at 9 confirmed and 20 probable cases. A month ago there was only one confirmed case. 27 of these cases have died (including all probable and 7 out of 9 lab confirmed cases)

Health is a right, but access to it is not equitable. Learn more about our new strategy to support @WHO to achieve #healthforall: https://t.co/YlxyvOO1Lo

We are hiring a Portfolio Manager for Emergencies at the @WHOFoundation: ambitious objectives, dynamic environment and great team assured! Please apply if interested & meeting the requirements.

Sobering report: the drought in #Somalia triggered a hunger and health crisis that caused 43 000 excess deaths last year. Humanitarian action may have averted famine but the crisis is far from over. About 135 people still die each day. Support our work:

“You cannot shave a man’s head in his absence.” Thanks @erinplaw for sharing this important article.

Another terrible shipwreck in the Mediterranean off the Italian coast. Dozens of people have died, many children. We mourn them and stand in solidarity with the survivors. Time for States to stop arguing and to agree on just, effective, shared measures to avoid more tragedies.

I am waiting for the all women panel to discuss Vasectomy. I am really interested 🙄

Today’s @TheLancet @jzarocostas underlines that Global maternal mortality rates are stagnating - maternal health should not be slipping down the global political agenda, but it is - inequalities continue to drive barriers to women accessing the care they need to deliver safely.

Cambodia has informed @WHO of two confirmed cases of #avianinfluenza #H5N1, an 11 year old girl that died and another member of her family, @SCBriand just said in a @WHO press conference. Field investigations are going on, she said.

"Wanted: a new president for the World Bank... The successful candidate will have a plan for tackling the crisis in human development caused by the global pandemic. Climate-change deniers and non-Americans need not apply" https://t.co/RAgtARPSP4

Smart activation. The @WHOFoundation and @Spotify partnered to support the emergency response in Türkiye and Syria. Good job @ecapobianco and team!

I can no longer shield my children from hard conversations, if I ever could.

An article that may resonate with many in the northern hemisphere (particularly with parents of adolescents...!😉) #sleeping