Tirana Hassan @msf.ca makes many strong calls for community engagement, for access to countermeasures of the communities that contribute to the clinical research, for sharing of power! #pandemic #PPPR #GlobalHealth

The @un.org multi stakeholder hearing on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response #PPPR starts with an intervention from @drtedros.who.int highlighting the need for concrete political commitments and the constant thread of health emergencies. #GlobalHealth

TB vaccine accelerator Council meeting in Geneva on the sides of #WHA79. A new vaccine in this space has the potential to truly change the global epidemiology of the disease! #EndTB

Nice to start #WHA79 week with an event at the Canadian mission in Geneva to talk about TB with Lucica Ditu @stoptb.bsky.social. #EndTB

ESGPHM Business Meeting today at @escmid.bsky.social Congress, 14:45-15:45, Room ICM 2 with reports about our performance & our plans for the future, we introduce our new Executive Committee members; online access possible (key4events.zoom.us/j/8755317429...) (picture taken at last year's meeting)

Amazing keynote talk by @eddieholmes.bsky.social on the next #pandemic threat at #ESCMIDGlobal2026! What's on the list: - Influenza viruses - Paramyxoviruses - Coronaviruses #GlobalHealth #EpiSky @escmid.bsky.social

Take-home message at #ESCMIDGlobal2026: 🦟 Releasing Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes can suppress dengue 📉 Sterile male strategy → fewer viable offspring 🌍 Scalable, population-level prevention Vector control is being reimagined.

This year in #PublicHealth session at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 starting with strong presentation by @dfisman.bsky.social. @escmid.bsky.social

Very wise thoughts on going beyond integrated surveillance of only pathogens that we can culture to full environmental surveillance using metagenomics By @bgzorn.bsky.social at #ESCMIDGlobal2026. This is proper #publichealth thinking for surveillance! #EpiSky #WES #GlobalHealth @escmid.bsky.social

This is the cool stuff: phage steering - using phages to force evolutionary trade-offs in pathogen! Sounds a bit Science-fictiony but there's now clinical studies on small groups of patients! #ESCMIDGlobal2026

“The Year in Clinical Micro” at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 🔬 A devastating reality: ⚠️ >3 million children died from AMR-related infections in 2022 🌍 Highest burden in Southeast Asia & Africa 💊 Many deaths linked to Watch & Reserve antibiotics AMR is already a leading cause of child mortality.

“The Year in Clinical Micro” at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 🔬 A rare bright spot in AMR: 💊 First new oral treatments for gonorrhea in decades ➡️ Zoliflodacin & Gepotidacin target MDR N. gonorrhoeae Innovation is possible—but we must protect these advances with strong stewardship

👏👏 Incredible job covering so many key points, an on the mark lecture by @IDdocAkshatha here at #ESCMIDglobal2026 @ESCMID …She asks the audience to become a DOL, talks risks vs benefits, and a changing landscape where silence is no longer neutral

Fun start at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 chairing, with Angela Novais, an exciting outbreak investigation session bringing together epi and microbiology together! Thanks to the speakers: @ricmexia.bsky.social @microbialtracker.bsky.social @almatostmann.bsky.social @veramanageiro.bsky.social #EpiSky #EPIET

Very glad to see an almost full room in the outbreak investigation session at #ESCMIDGlobal2026! Shows clear appetite for #PublicHealth and epi sessions among @escmid.bsky.social members! #EpiSky

If you're at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 and are still wondering where to go, consider joining in Hall A 1-4 for an exciting outbreak investigation session! @escmid.bsky.social #EpiSky #EPIET

Très bon article dans Le Devoir par @drejoanneliu.bsky.social sur le PABS (accès aux agents pathogènes et partage des avantages) et sur ce qui se joue dans les négociations du traité pandémique à l'OMS: l’équité doit se traduire par des mécanismes efficaces. www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...

La dernière semaine pour faire de l’équité pandémique une réalité

La leçon de la COVID-19 est claire : la solidarité ne peut reposer sur la générosité aléatoire des plus nantis.

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Just past the halfway mark of #IGWG6, progress on the #PABS Annex has been incremental at best – putting major pressure on @who.int Member States to conclude negotiations in the next 48–60 hours. Mid-meeting takeaways 🧵👇🏼

Ending TB is within our reach, but it will take collective action 🤝 The lung health community is united in its effort to break the chain of TB transmission. Now we need world leaders to honour the commitments they made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7UH...

Collective action will end TB

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En rattrapage, à écouter l'excellente entrevue de mon collègue @yassentch.bsky.social sur l'une des pires crises de tuberculose dans le monde, ici au Québec, au Nunavik. @madhupai.bsky.social @mcgillperl.bsky.social ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

Le Nunavik face à l’une des pires crises de tuberculose au monde | OHdio | Radio-Canada

Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Pénélope : Le Nunavik face à l’une des pires crises de tuberculose au monde

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On #EducationFriday (17 April, 08:30–10:30), I’ll be speaking in the session titled: “Outbreak investigation: through the eyes of a field epidemiologist and public health microbiologist”, organised by the EPIET Alumni Network ESGEM @escmid.bsky.social @yassentch.bsky.social @ecdc.europa.eu

Huge congratulations to @drejoanneliu.bsky.social & @tivabaral.bsky.social for launching the Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) at @mcgillspgh.bsky.social @mcgilldgph.bsky.social Bravo! 👏🏽👏🏽

Very interesting critical evaluation of things that media struggled with for communication during the #pandemic. @picardonhealth.bsky.social : -Communicating uncertainty -Showing the equity impacts #GlobalHealth @mcgillghp.bsky.social

Can't make it to the launch event in person? You can watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/0hD5r_4...

Health Crises in an Era of Autocracy, Disinformation, and Shifting Geopolitical Risks

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McGill School of Population and Global Health@mcgillspgh.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Announcing the official launch event for the Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) on Feb 3, 2026. The event will feature leading experts who will explore preparedness, governance, trust, and leadership in times of uncertainty. More info: www.mcgill.ca/global-publi...

Deep thoughts about the state of the world at the PERL launch: "Maybe the withdrawal of the US from bilateral structures, and the increasing reliance on bilateral agreements, is lifting the blanket and showing us the state of how things have been for a long time". @roojinhabibi.org #GlobalHealth

Very nice to see old #GlobalHealth advocates and colleagues @nschwalbe.bsky.social and @roojinhabibi.org taking about the politics of #pandemic preparedness during the @mcgillspgh.bsky.social Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) launch.

Nice shootout to #NewZealand when discussing countries which deployed "fairer" travel restriction policies during the #COVID19 #pandemic. @mcgillspgh.bsky.social #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth

Very glad to be at the launch of the Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) at @mcgillspgh.bsky.social. @drejoanneliu.bsky.social @tivabaral.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social

Midway through #IGWG4, progress on the #PandemicAgreement’s #PABS Annex remains slow, with several pending issues and limited negotiation days. Here are key midweek takeaways 🧵👇🏼

At the #UnionConf World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen, our Steering Committee member, Dr @yassentch.bsky.social presented how gaps in Canada’s health system make it harder for people to get the TB medicines they need, and how providers are helping drive change. #EndTB