An Australian in New York. Senior Associate @oneillinstitute. Adjunct Professor @georgetownlaw.
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Joined December 2018
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It was a pleasure speaking with Kathryn Ryan this morning on @ninetonoon @RNZ. We discussed the implications of the US’ withdrawal from WHO on global health, financing and disease prevention cooperation, and how prepared we are for the next pandemic.
Statement from Leaders at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law on the First Pandemic Treaty: oneill.law.georgetown.edu/pr…
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Out now, our analysis in @devex on the final hurdles to a WHO #PandemicAgreement in this final (scheduled) round of negotiations in the INB, and some solutions grounded in the legal text, with @LawrenceGostin and @GPHC_Panel Chair Dame Barbara Stocking.
devex.com/news/opinion-faili…
🚨 On Monday, the #INB will resume for its final scheduled week of negotiations on the WHO #PandemicAgreement. If Member States adopt the Agreement in May, it would represent the first binding international agreement with obligations on spillover prevention and #OneHealth.
In the Interpreter, I wrote about the implications of the US withdrawing from #WHO on WHO's core programming, global health security, and governance for global health more broadly.
Give it a read: lowyinstitute.org/the-interp…
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What a US withdrawal from WHO will mean for global health | Alexandra Finch ift.tt/Y25aDpB
Nature Medicine launched a Commission on Quality Health Information based @oneillinstitute. The Commission's work is more urgent than ever with trust in health institutions declining, misinformation rampant, and fact checking on major platforms scrapped
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Seems like the right time to check out this whole @bluesky biz. Come and say g'day: bsky.app/profile/alexandrafi…
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In @JAMA_current, @LawrenceGostin, @BenjaminMMeier and @HHS_ASGA sound the alarm for what a decision by the incoming Trump administration to leave #WHO would mean for US security, but importantly also for global health (it's not good).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
A new year, and a new President. Just as 2024 was closing, we wrote for @MilbankFund about what that new presidency could mean for global public health. milbank.org/quarterly/opinio…
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🚨 The Marburg outbreak in Rwanda is declared over
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No Pandemic Agreement by December as Negotiators Need ‘More Time’ healthpolicy-watch.news/no-p…
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With the UN #SummitOfTheFuture fast approaching, my colleagues at @oneillinstitute and @fcghalliance are jointly calling for a global treaty for health equity to accelerate progress toward the SDGs and beyond: a Framework Convention on Global Health.
thelancet.com/journals/lance…
Via health policy watch:
WHO Pre-Qualifies First #Mpox Vaccine, Recommends Single Dose and ‘Off-Label’ Use for Children healthpolicy-watch.news/who-…
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🚨 New publication. In light of the unfolding #Mpox emergency, @LawrenceGostin, @ashishkjha and I argue in @NEJM that lifesaving countermeasures should be mobilized and distributed to affected countries in line with principles of solidarity and equity.
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
The threat of a pandemic of #mpox has emerged again. As my colleagues @LawrenceGostin, Sam Halabi and I wrote today in the @nytimes, urgent, coordinated action is needed to stop the spread — especially equitably sharing vaccines to countries affected.
nytimes.com/2024/08/21/opini…
Part of that collaboration involves complying with #WHO recommendations. The Director-General has now issued temporary recommendations and extended standing recommendations from the previous mpox PHEIC. who.int/news/item/19-08-2024…
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Recently @LawrenceGostin and I wrote in @sciam about how a pandemic treaty would represent a win-win for the world: with more open scientific sharing and equitable access to countermeasures on equal footing. Have a read!
Today @sciam, Alex Finch & I @oneillinstitute
explain why the world desperately needs a Pandemic Treaty. We offer a grand bargain to forge consensus to achieve 2 vital goals: health security & equity. Solidarity is the only way to keep us safe.
scientificamerican.com/artic…
🔔 New journal alert!
I was lucky enough to contribute to the inaugural issue of the new Journal of Global Health Law with @BenjaminMMeier in an exploration of the history, challenges and future of lawmaking under the #WHO
We are delighted to announce the publication of the inaugural issue of JGHL edited by @brigittoebes, @PAVLMex, @Katharina_EJ and Stefania Negri. To celebrate the launch, we're offering FREE access to all articles. Click here to download and read 🛜elgaronline.com/view/journal…
This thread captures perfectly the sense of optimism needed to get a treaty over the line in the (not too distant?) future. The realities of COVID-19 that set this process in motion may have faded, but the world is still deeply unprepared. We can't rest until there is a treaty.
Failure to reach consensus on the #pandemicagreement was disappointing.
Many have lamented the outcome and future prospects. I think this misses the bigger picture.
As we enter #WHA77, my ‘half glass full’ take on the progress already achieved — and why this matters.
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No, a pandemic treaty will not usurp Australia’s sovereignty. Here's why.
#auspol #pandemictreaty #WHO
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