THREAD 🧵 Internal State Department records show that months of warnings have become a reality: The Trump administration’s sudden withdrawal of foreign humanitarian aid has brought about death, violence and unrest. 1/

🎯 Sustainable Development Goal 3.3 — Are we there yet? 🌍 The goal: End epidemics of #HIV, #TB, #hepatitis, and other infectious diseases by 2030. ❌ The reality: We’re not on track. Read more in ▪️ our news item ➡️ bit.ly/SDGsIn2025 ▪️ the evidence brief ➡️ bit.ly/4cU0rWQ ▪️ full report ➡️ bit.ly/44oXMST

🌍 Dziś w Warszawie trwa spotkanie ekspertów ds. zdrowia publicznego z krajów Unii Europejskiej i Europejskiego Obszaru Gospodarczego. Temat: walka z HIV, gruźlicą, wirusowym zapaleniem wątroby oraz chorobami przenoszonymi drogą płciową.

➡️ @ecdc.europa.eu report on #SDG3.3 progress in #EU published today shows many areas where #HIV, #Hep, #TB and #STI prevention, testing & treatment must improve. www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

Making the next five years count: Europe not on track to reach 2030 Sustainable Development Goal targets on HIV, TB, viral hepatitis B and C and STIs

Although progress has been made towards SDG target 3.3 to end the epidemics of HIV, TB, and combatting viral hepatitis B and C and STIs by 2030, the EU/EEA is off track for many of the targets.

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www.bmj.com/content/389/... “Mobilising regional teams at the point of new outbreaks is more cost effective and sustainable than bringing in overseas experts.To accomplish this, Africa needs regional and international funding amounting to less than 1% of the EU’s 2024 military defence investments.”

Filling the funding void would mitigate infectious outbreaks and build resilience in Africa

Action is needed to mitigate disease outbreaks and challenge power imbalances, write Mosoka Papa Fallah and colleagues Countries across Africa are facing more frequent and concurrent infectious dise...

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#handsoff #stockholm

Massive cuts to programs that prevent disease would make Americans sicker. Cutting things isn’t likely to improve them. Actually improving takes expertise and investment.

Layoffs begin at US health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food

Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.

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Don't miss our tomorrow's webinar on talking about #SafeSex with young people! There is still time to register ➡ bit.ly/4hInxkM Let's meet tomorrow and talk about things that matter! 📅 Date: 2 April 2025 🕑 Time: 15:00-16:30 CET #STIawareness #STIs #LetsTalkAboutSex #IDsky #EpiSky #SexEd

“…TB could once again become the fully global crisis it was until seventy years ago.” “Everything is Tuberculosis” is one of the ways that @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social has o advocate for stigma-free, affordable and person-centred #tuberculosis care.

Grifters don’t belong in public health

Christina Jewett@by-cjewett.bsky.social · 2y ago

Amid 20,000 HHS jobs lost, here's one new hire: A fixture of the anti-vaccine movement, brought in to study the link b/t vaccines and autism. Mr. Kennedy has been citing him since '05. w @sherylnyt.bsky.social & Emily Baumgartner GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...

✨✨Worth a listen ✨✨ @veronicacristea.bsky.social sets a gold standard for communicating TB surveillance data to non-surveillance audiences!

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control@ecdc.europa.eu · 2y ago

🌍 #WorldTBDay podcast Episode! #Tuberculosis isn’t just a disease of the past. In our latest #ECDConAir podcast episode, ECDC tuberculosis expert - @veronicacristea.bsky.social explains why childhood TB cases are rising, why drug resistance matters, and what Europe needs to do to #EndTB by 2030.

#JustPublished! Childhood #tuberculosis cases rise by 10%: a disturbing wake-up call for Europe. Read our press release: bit.ly/4kSjgNF Joint ECDC-WHO Europe report: bit.ly/41UtrIP #WorldTBDay #WorldTuberculosisDay #EndTB

Childhood tuberculosis cases rise by 10%: a disturbing wake-up call for Europe

The 2025 Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring report shows that children under 15 years of age accounted for 4.3% of those with new and relapsed tuberculosis (TB) in the WHO European Region, repre...

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Our new issue marks #WorldTBDay 2025 on 24 March with 3 papers on #tuberculosis across #Europe Have a look 🗞️ bit.ly/EUS3011 #EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #PedSky 🦠🧪🩺 #PublicHealth

📆 Today the @ecdc.europa.eu & @who.int EURO organized a webinar looking forward on 2025 #WorldTBDay: "Measuring the progress, moving forward towards Ending TB in the WHO European Region". 📈 📌 Our colleague Dr. Ineke Spruijt was one of the experts in the discussion on cross border #TB control🙌

An urgent modelling study finds ending US PEPFAR funding and other reductions in international aid could result in up to 10 million more HIV infections and up to 2.9 million HIV related deaths in just the next 5 years. A grim return to a time when we did not have the ability to treat or prevent HIV.

“We are now at the place, only eight weeks into this presidency, at which judges must decide if they will take the necessary steps to enforce their decisions, including sanctions and contempt, or if they will agree to be made irrelevant. Those are the remaining options.”

Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 2y ago

Yup. My lawyer friends agree. Read this piece by @mjsdc.bsky.social and @dahlialithwick.bsky.social. And it means it's up to us now. We. The. People. slate.com/news-and-pol...

LA County reports first measles case of 2025—in LAX traveler—as cases confirmed in Philadelphia, NY state Authorities said patients in Philadelphia and New York cases had no connection to ongoing outbreaks. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

We need some better language for pushing back against what the administration is doing. They’re not “ending DEI.” No. They're firing women and people of color in the military. They’re forbidding whole fields of research. They’re erasing trans people from existence.

Detailed epidemiological report on the outbreak of unknown cause unfolding in the N.W part of the DR Congo. This report released by the WHO yesterday provides a situation update and highlights the key working hypothesis. www.who.int/emergencies/...

New from me: The Trump administration isn't just shutting down ongoing or future USAID contracts — it's refusing to pay for ~$1.5 billion in work that's already been done around the world. That blatant disregard for compensating people's labor comes from the superrich men at the top.

Opinion | Trump and Musk refusing to pay USAID's bills threatens far more than foreign aid

It takes a certain kind of mindset to believe that there are no consequences for paying the people who have already provided their labor.

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40 years of progress in controlling the HIV epidemic are about to be completely shattered if nothing is done. Keep speaking out and keep education on what is unfolding.

“This will be a bloodbath. Millions will suffer as a result of these actions, and global health—and the very notion of solidarity—will be unrecognizable.” - Jirair Ratevosian on the impact of Trump’s global cuts to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention. #SaveHIVFunding www.science.org/content/arti...

‘A bloodbath’: HIV field is reeling after billions in U.S. funding are axed

USAID’s promises to support lifesaving efforts are broken, putting millions in peril

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Great to see some voices providing European leadership on this important issue! ✨ The urgent need to protect WHO is also an opportunity - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The urgent need to protect WHO is also an opportunity

The recently re-elected President of the USA's decision to withdraw the USA from WHO is highly regrettable on multiple levels, and hopefully will be quickly reconsidered.1,2 But if it holds, it nevert...

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