Alexandra Finch

New Health Affairs piece from @gostin.bsky.social and @alexandrafinch.bsky.social.
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How might the US's planned withdrawal from the WHO Towards the end of January this year the US President signed a notice to withdraw from the World Health Organisation, but what are the implications for global health and the WHO's ability to track any...

On @ninetonoonrnz.bsky.social, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social unpacks the vital global health programs now at risk as the U.S. pulls funding from the WHO—and what the fallout could mean for disease prevention and health outcomes worldwide. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Countries Agree on Treaty Aimed at Preventing Global Health Crises

Following a landmark agreement between WHO member states on a new #PandemicAgreement, @nschwalbe.bsky.social and @alexandrafinch.bsky.social spoke to @nytimes.com on this conclusion’s “groundbreaking” nature. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/h...

Trump’s new executive order cutting funding for gain-of-function research is “mere political theater, rather than a serious plan to strengthen our preparedness for the next pandemic,” write @gostin.bsky.social and @alexandrafinch.bsky.social in an @msnbc.com piece. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

The First 100 Days of the Trump Presidency | Milbank Memorial Fund In a radio address on July 24, 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) coined the first “hundred days” as a measure of presidential effectiveness. Within

"Lives lost will be lost forever, programs eliminated may never return, and lost trust will be exceedingly hard to regain."
O'Neill's @gostin.bsky.social and @alexandrafinch.bsky.social reflect on the first 100 days of the Trump Presidency. @milbankfund.bsky.social.
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The World Health Assembly adopts a historic Pandemic Agreement While the text could have been more ambitious, it nonetheless provides a firm foundation for action on pandemics.

"Its adoption is not only a significant achievement for global health but is a signal that multilateralism, despite all odds, is alive and well." Read O'Neill expert @alexandrafinch.bsky.social's reflections on the #PandemicAgreement. @lowyinstitute.bsky.social
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How the Landmark Pandemic Agreement Addresses Technology Transfer and Access to Pandemic Response Products - IPI Global Observatory One of the core goals of the Pandemic Agreement is to tackle global disparities in access to vaccines, diagnostics, and treatments. A key part of this effort involves technology transfer—the sharing o...

🔔 New on the Global Observatory: How the Landmark Pandemic Agreement Addresses Technology Transfer and Access to Pandemic Response Products by Alexandra Finch
👉 A must-read to understand the aspects of technology transfer in case of a future pandemic: theglobalobservatory.org/2025/05/how-...

"The agreement’s adoption is not only a significant achievement for global health security but also a powerful testament to solidarity and multilateralism in a geopolitical climate increasingly hostile to international norms and institutions."
Read more from O'Neill's @alexandrafinch.bsky.social.

The WHO Pandemic Agreement This Viewpoint describes the World Health Assembly’s newly adopted Pandemic Agreement, which lays a framework for action including preventing zoonotic spillovers, health system preparedness, and equit...

🚨New @jama.com Viewpoint 🚨
O'Neill's @gostin.bsky.social, Sam Halabi, and @alexandrafinch.bsky.social join forces for a new piece about the #PandemicAgreement and what it means for future health emergencies.

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Meier, Finch and Habibi's contribution to JLME's Special Issue on ten years of global health law: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-law-medicine-and-ethics/article/abs/global-health-law-between-hard-and-soft-law/17720CA0B5F10D8964CFF1A29241C4A1

Pandemic treaty and IHR amendment negotiations marked a rare departure from past practice for @who.int & states.

Now out in @jlme-journal.bsky.social, @benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social & I examine global health law's evolving normative landscape.

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To support federal workers who have recently left government service, @georgetownlaw.bsky.social is offering a substantially reduced LL.M. tuition rate of 50% for programs, including the LL.M. in National & Global Health Law.

For a fall 2025 start, learn more: grad.georgetown.edu/opportunitie...

WHO Member Countries Agree to Pandemic Treaty The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office.

Yesterday, WHO member states agreed on a historic #PandemicTreaty. @nytimes.com highlighted commentary from global health experts — including Sr Scholar @nschwalbe.bsky.social and Sr Associate @alexandrafinch.bsky.social — on this conclusion's “groundbreaking” nature. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/h...

WHO Member Countries Agree to Pandemic Treaty The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office.

The #PandemicAccord is moving forward!

Grateful to @stephanienolen.bsky.social for her coverage and for speaking to @conservationdoc.bsky.social, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social, and @deisyventura.bsky.social on the power and potential of this history agreement.

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WHO Member Countries Agree to Pandemic Treaty The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office.

Thrilled about this news out of the @who.int. If adopted next month, the pandemic treaty will leave us all safer. @alexandrafinch.bsky.social , @nschwalbe.bsky.social and I shared a few thoughts on this with the NY Times.

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A Commitment to Pandemic Action — Joint Statement | Pandemic Action Network Joint Statement on Finalizing the Pandemic Agreement Text

💚 Consensus on the pandemic agreement!
OUR JOINT STATEMENT: "We congratulate @who.int Member States for finalizing the text of the HISTORIC pandemic agreement, for putting cooperation over nationalism and for standing together against pandemic threats." www.pandemicactionnetwork.org/news/a-commi...

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

Opinion: Failing to finalize a pandemic agreement is not an option The final round of negotiations on the pandemic agreement is currently underway. Here are three key outstanding issues and suggested ways forward to achieve a victory for global health.

The pandemic agreement’s failure is not an option! @alexandrafinch.bsky.social, Lawrence O. Gostin, and Dame Barbara Stocking detail the sticking points and lay out a path forward. #INB13 www.devex.com/news/opinion...

This week is the final negotiations on a landmark #PandemicAgreement. In @devex.com, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social, @gostin.bsky.social, and Dame Barbara Stocking explain the stakes of this historic moment and offer solutions to the current outstanding issues. www.devex.com/news/opinion...

Will Pandemic Agreement Be Thwarted By A Handful Of Words? - Health Policy Watch On the eve of the final round of pandemic agreement negotiations ahead of the World Health Assembly (WHA), 30 legal experts have cautioned against using

in letter to co-chairs and govts of INB, we argue requiring tech sharing in pandemics to be voluntary = backwards, based on a model that has failed + will fail. Urge governments to avoid and pass the treaty. @alexandrafinch.bsky.social @nschwalbe.bsky.social
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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 ...

In a new @thelancet.bsky.social comment, @alexandrafinch.bsky.social, @gostin.bsky.social, and other leading experts explore the draft WHO #PandemicAgreement and how it would serve as the first binding international agreement on spillover prevention and One Health. bit.ly/3E7RKeu

Spelling out what the US withdrawal from WHO means for all of us. (not a happy read) Thanks @lowyinstitute.bsky.social @alexandrafinch.bsky.social
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The INB held a meeting in Geneva to discuss a WHO instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. @alexandrafinch.bsky.social represented the Panel for a Global Public Health Convention, as they discussed the importance of a proposed pandemic agreement.

Learn more: gphcpanel.org

Argentina to withdraw from World Health Organization after Trump exit Argentina will pull out of the World Health Organization (WHO), the presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni said on Wednesday, following President Donald Trump's executive order last month to pull the United States out of the global health group.

As I wrote in January, we should worry about the en-masse US retreat from multilateralism not just because it leaves a yawning gap in financing IOs, but because it will urge other gov'ts with similar impulses to follow suit. Not surprised by this 👇🏼

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🚨Breaking (very bad) news from Devex's Michael Igoe.

The newly installed director of State Department’s Office of Foreign Assistance sent a global cable Friday ordering an immediate pause on new foreign aid and a stop-work order for existing grants and contracts.

Read more here 👇🏼

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g'day

Top panels: graphs showing increases in spillover events, extinction rates, and temperature anomalies over the last few centuries. Bottom panel: a map of 10 pandemics since the year 1900. Four were linked to agriculture, two to wildlife use, and one to climate change.

🚨😷🧪 NEW: A growing body of evidence shows that pandemics, biodiversity loss, and climate change are part of a broader polycrisis - but there are no simple solutions. A sweeping overview of "Pathogens and planetary change" for the first issue of @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social, out now 🔓 rdcu.be/d6lHl

American Global Health Leadership in a Second Trump Administration The Trump administration may undermine U.S. leadership and the international system of global health cooperation. Pandemic preparedness, resilient health systems and reproductive rights will suffer wo...

Lawrence Gostin and Eric Friedman warn that potential funding cuts to HIV/AIDS, vaccines, and pandemic preparedness could have devastating global consequences.

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JAMA Viewpoint: A World Without WHO—A Crossroads for US Global Health Leadership

NEW in JAMA: “A World Without WHO—A Crossroads for US Global Health Leadership”
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Preparing for the Trump Administration, Lawrence Gostin, Loyce Pace & I examine the consequences of US withdrawal from WHO and the imperative for continuing US leadership in global health.

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