Shailly Gupta
@shaillygupta.bsky.social
Senior Communications Advisor, MSF Access Campaign. Avid follower of intellectual property and pro-access news. Believer of #ClaimingRightsNotCharity. Opinions are mine and doesn't represent my employer.
During 2023 Marburg outbreak in Tanzania, a community health worker.. received a local alert about unexplained deaths. Her rapid reporting through established community health channels triggered a coordinated response that helped contain the outbreak within 78 days. www.scidev.net/global/opini...
DRC Ebola outbreak exposes community health gaps
As the DRC battles a rapidly growing Ebola outbreak, investment in community health surveillance is critical, writes Githinji Gitahi.
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Why don’t apply their brain a bit while using AI? Like a teenie tiny bit of common sense would have helped 🤣
Number of suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo passes 900 as health workers face attacks and shortages
Number of suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo passes 900 as health workers face attacks and shortages
World Health Organization says outbreak poses ‘very high’ risk for Congo, but risk of disease spreading globally remains low Congolese authorities say that suspected Ebola cases have now passed 900 in the ongoing outbreak in the east of the country. The Congolese ministry of communication, in a post on X on Sunday, said there were 904 suspected cases and 119 suspected deaths. Continue reading...
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We are retrograding big time in context of believing in science that has saved lives for decades. Just insane.
Trish Greenhalgh@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 2mo agoMessage from son who is an ED doctor in Australia: “What do you know about diphtheria?”. Sorry son, I qualified in 1983 and I’ve never seen a case. Looks like you might though. Another vaccine-preventable disease on the rise. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
Cuts to foreign aid budgets by the UK, France and Germany could contribute to more than 11.5 million preventable deaths by the end of the decade... www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
UK, German and French aid cuts will take ‘devastating toll’ on most vulnerable, says study
As Europe’s leading donor countries slash budgets, the result could be more than 11.5m preventable deaths, report suggests
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Africa CDC chief says he's in 'panic mode' after Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda and calls for manufacturing vaccines and treatments in Africa. youtu.be/-j-HhytGDfA?...
Africa CDC chief says he's in 'panic mode' after Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda
YouTube video by Associated Press
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a Lancet Commission on activism and health! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Imagining otherwise for better health: a Lancet Commission on activism and health
The political thinker Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937) is often inaccurately attributed with the phrase “The old is not yet dead, and the new is waiting to be born; now is the time of monsters.”1 Regardles...
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#Ebola An article worth reading to know challenges being faced on the ground during the most recent outbreaks - from testing hiccups to lack of vaccines and treatment and above all the political turmoil in DRC that already obstructs access to health services! www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/2... #IDSky
Ebola: de Mongwalu à Goma, comment une épidémie a traversé une ligne de front
Ce dimanche 17 mai, le directeur général de l'OMS Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus a déclaré cette épidémie urgence de santé publique de portée internationale, soit le niveau d'alerte maximal du droit sanitaire…
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UK Civil society fighting back against controversial drug pricing deal with the US pushing for measures that can curb NHS's ability to decide and pay for medicines www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Campaigners threaten legal action over UK-US deal on prices NHS pays for drugs
Two campaign groups claim that change to how NHS treatments are approved amounts to ‘unlawful power grab’
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A step in the right direction to ensure transparency even though forced by courts in Switzerland. Crazy prices charged by pharmaceutical companies for COVID vaccines. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/drug-pri...
Swiss court forces Covid vaccine procurement transparency
Court forces Switzerland to release unredacted Covid vaccine contracts from the pandemic.
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List prices range from about $80,000 for a year’s treatment in Germany to $208,000 in the U.S., $93,000 in Lebanon to about $130,000 in Colombia, $65,000 in South Africa to $116,000 in Croatia. www.icij.org/investigatio...
How Merck turned its wonder drug into a blockbuster — and priced out cancer patients worldwide - ICIJ
The pharmaceutical giant has built a fortress of patents, traded in secrecy and relentlessly lobbied to guard its revenue kingpin Keytruda.
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If you’re looking for an NGO to support through your charitable contributions this year, I strongly recommend them. Been following their work for years. Believe me, every penny contributed by you will be put to good use, supporting and covering health needs of women in India.
Amid crazy conflict setting, it's always the women and girls who get the worst of it. Kudos to all those woman who courageously stepped up to share their stories for this heartbreaking yet much needed report by MSF. #SexualViolence in Darfur, Sudan.
MSF report finds no safe places for women and girls in Darfur | MSF
Our latest report on Sudan documents widespread and systematic sexual violence across roads, fields and displacement camps in Darfur, both in areas affected by conflict and far from frontlines.
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NEW: US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences is refusing to sell groundbreaking HIV prevention drug to MSF.
AMR is everywhere. But situation is much much worse in crisis and conflict-affected settings. Read this report of ours that reveals our experience of witnessing AMR and struggling to deal with it in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria and now Gaza.
MSF Access@msfaccess.org · 4mo ago“AMR in conflict or humanitarian settings is right there. It’s in front of us. We're already dealing with it.” Dr Kalyan Velivela, MSF health programme manager for South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Nigeria. Addressing AMR in humanitarian settings means acting on our shared experiences.
Perils of AI: When I asked about the best hot-dog-eating tech journalists, Google parroted the gibberish from my website, both in the Gemini app and AI Overviews..ChatGPT did the same thing, though Claude, a chatbot made by the company Anthropic, wasn't fooled. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI - and it only took 20 minutes
I found a way to make AI tell you lies – and I'm not the only one.
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Lancet: "From next month, patents for semaglutide will expire in several countries, including in Brazil, Canada, China, India, and Türkyie—amounting to about 40% of the world's population. Manufacturers in China and India stand poised to launch a raft of biosimilars."
Making treatment for obesity more equitable
2026 may prove a pivotal year for obesity. GLP-1 receptor agonists have revolutionised obesity management over the past 10 years. Mounting evidence has established their benefits across many cardiomet...
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A great tool to be used in remote settings for countries having limited resources. Hoping for a quicker roll out now. #TBSky
Madhu Pai, MD, PhD@madhupai.bsky.social · 5mo agoWHO now recommends near point-of-care tests, tongue swabs, and sputum pooling for TB diagnosis! Big advance!! www.who.int/teams/global...
Tuberculosis funding cuts could cost households up to $80 billion www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis...
Tuberculosis funding cuts could cost households up to $80 billion
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Read MSF's factsheet on emerging near point-of-care nucleic acid amplification tests (nPOC-NAATs) for TB. Watch out for more details on MiniDock Ultra (Pluslife), the first TB nPOC-NAAT test available for procurement through the Global Fund and the GDF. www.msf.org/report-near-...
Report: Near point-of-care tests for tuberculosis | MSF
Our latest report from the TACTiC project provides details on near point-of-care tests for tuberculosis.
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Coming soon: Next round of WHO DG elections amid massive cuts and fund shortage: healthpolicy-watch.news/want-to-beco...
Want To Become The Next WHO Director-General? Get In Line - Health Policy Watch
As the mandate of Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus approaches its expiration in August 2027, the high-stakes manoeuvring for the next WHO Director-General (DG) of the World Health Organization (WHO) has ...
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It’s spring already in a green house garden in Geneva
