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“We still need a better understanding, more clarity, more commitment,” says @WHO’s Sandro Demaio on climate-linked migration and health.

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🚨 Ebola | The @AfricaCDC says:

✔️ The DRC's Ebola outbreak is the fastest-growing on record.
✔️Confirmed cases rose 25% last week to 1,759, with deaths reaching 600.
✔️Every 10 infections lead to roughly 14 more.
✔️The case fatality rate is 34%.

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COVID-19 exposed a major failure: countries shared pathogens and sequence data, but vaccines and treatments were not distributed equally. The unresolved PABS annex could shape whether the next pandemic response is more equitable.

INSIDE VIEW: Mokgweetsi Masisi & Michael

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Who is being considered to lead the @GlobalFund next?

First-round interviews take place in London from 12 to 23 July, but candidate names will remain confidential until the final shortlist reaches the Board.

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