Preventing Pandemics at the Source

Today, @who.int's #IGWG3 kicked off in #Geneva — with draft text of a #PABS annex ready for discussion. Here are key takeaways from Day 1 and key topics to follow as discussions on this critical element of the #PandemicAgreement progress this week 🧵👇🏼

03.11.2025 21:35 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Climate and health strategies must address the biodiversity crisis Safeguarding biodiversity is not simply an environmental concern but a foundational element of preventive and clinical care.

🌎The biodiversity crisis is not just an environmental issue — it's a health issue.

PPATS Executive Director @conservationdoc.bsky.social and coalition member @cwalzer.bsky.social published an OpEd calling for climate and health strategies to address the biodiversity crisis.

tinyurl.com/3y2pdvpa

21.10.2025 21:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Climate and health strategies must address the biodiversity crisis Safeguarding biodiversity is not simply an environmental concern but a foundational element of preventive and clinical care.

🌏 Biodiversity is critically overlooked with deadly impacts to human health. Climate & health strategies and professionals must integrate #biodiversity protection, say @conservationdoc.bsky.social & @cwalzer.bsky.social in @statnews.com .

www.statnews.com/2025/10/20/b...

21.10.2025 21:05 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations to Neil Vora, Executive Director of Preventing Pandemics at the Source, for being named to this year’s #TIME100Next list! 👏

lnkd.in/e5j_Q9zV @conservationdoc.bsky.social

01.10.2025 14:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Some say it’s impossible to prevent spillovers.

But that’s not true.

Watch this video of Latiffah Hassan, Raina Plowright, and Neil Vora to learn how to reduce risk of spillovers and improve health of people, animals, and environment: tinyurl.com/2s4krbvu

Video credit: Climate Acceptance Studios

10.07.2025 13:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

After 3 years of negotiation, the world's first #PandemicAgreement -- with inclusions of #OneHealth and spillover prevention -- was adopted today at #WHA78 👏.

"The Agreement is a victory for public health, science and multilateral action” says WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

20.05.2025 21:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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Spillover prevention is possible.

How we can prevent pathogens from moving from animals to humans (spillover)?

Check out this article by our Coalition members: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

07.04.2025 21:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The promise and compromise of the WHO Pandemic Agreement for spillover prevention and One Health As scientists, health professionals, and lawyers engaged in reducing pandemic spillover risks, we recognise the urgent need for, and immense potential of, a robust international agreement on pandemic ...

Sharing our new @thelancet.bsky.social piece on spillover prevention & #OneHealth in the WHO #PandemicAgreement. We call on states to adopt the agreement next month. Huge thanks to @alexandrafinch.bsky.social for leading this. Let's get this done and make the world a safer place! bit.ly/3E7RKeu

03.04.2025 23:18 — 👍 12    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 2