Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) revised its vaccine effectiveness based on new data. VE decreased with new escape variants. This data is showing the importance of boosters. It is time to redefine fully vaccinated to be 3 doses and shorten the period between the 2nd and 3rd dose to 3 months.

Want to know more about the updates to Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) #COVID19 models (#Omicron spread, severity, waning immunity from vaccines and infections, etc...)? Check out our web and the detailed information by our own Robert Reiner. healthdata.org/special-analys…

#covidupdate of recommendations for use of #facemasks amid #Omicron World Health Organization (WHO)

The existing vaccine is still the best protection against severe #COVID19 disease

Agree! #RemoteWorking decisions amid #Covid_19 must be taken rationally by businesses and governments. It can potentially generate #inequality that goes way far! World Health Organization (WHO) has a role here!

Let's do #vaccinebooster for #COVID19 at fast pace all across. Great that populous provinces Health Department Punjab Heath & Population Welfare Department, GoS Health Department KP & Health Department Gilgit-Baltistan move swiftly to ensure wider! #Vaccination including in rural will be awesome Health Department Balochistan

Very good initiative HEC Pakistan To ensure transparency, Perhaps a dashboard would be helpful. For example, what equipments are available and where. So students can plan in advance and know waiting time!

A new Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) study shows that antimicrobial resistance burden is as large as major diseases such as HIV and malaria and calls for improving our scientific understanding of this health threat. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

One of the main roles of World Health Organization (WHO) is to prevent and control the international spread of diseases. This short thread explains how the International Health Regulations (IHR) are a key instrument to ensure Global Public Health Security ⬇️ Sarah Hess Marie-Ange Wambo 🇺🇳 Carmen Dolea

Friends, colleagues join Epiet Alumni Network if you are around

Great work @HutinDr right direction, right steps forward! Joining hands work towards #NTDs

We have a new paper out in The Lancet Planetary Health. Our research shows that existing climate mitigation scenarios tend to perpetuate colonial inequalities between the global North and South through 2100. The story is quite troubling... 🧵sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Next week panelists present findings from recent #economic evaluations of short-course all-oral #TB treatment regimens. They'll discuss potential policy implications in light of upcoming changes to World Health Organization (WHO) TB treatment guidelines. 🗓️ 13 July 🕒 3 pm BST ➡️ bit.ly/GHECsem3

Even if you don't like volleyball, you have to watch this point.

An excellent post by Adam Tooze on the class dynamics of inflation, and the distributional effects of various proposals for containing it. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-13…

As monkeypox cases rise, it's important to be clear about how we got here, how this virus spreads, and who is at risk of infection *now*. We must act fast—and work together globally to find and stop health threats BEFORE they get out of control. 1/thread

In a world where you can be anything, be kind.

#EndCervicalCancer glad 2 know awesome work and sad for inequitable distribution of resources as well disease burden. I feel, we missing #Awareness among communities and linking HPV spread to certain practices only! This leads so some thinking its not their issue...

Thank you Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Mike Ryan Samira Asma for your strong leadership and commitment to the UHPR, and to the TAG co-chairs #Tanzania #France as well as TAG Members - who.int/groups/technic…