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From extreme winter cold spells impacting food security in Mongolia to dramatically increased rainfall triggering disease outbreaks in the Caribbean, the climate is forcibly recalibrating our approach to health.
 
And, on the flip side, health is becoming an entry point for conversations around climate change.
 
Initiatives like the ongoing collaboration between the World Health Organization and World Meteorological Organization (WHO-WMO) aim to “turn climate intelligence into health intelligence,” touching everything from disease transmission to vaccine mobilization.

Over 18 million lives have already been saved—but millions of children remain unprotected.
 
The question of another global disease outbreak is “when,” not “if.” Pandemic preparedness and response is more vital than ever before. @gavialliance’s health system strengthening and stockpiles of emergency vaccines are critical to these preparation efforts.
 
The high-level funding summit for Gavi’s next strategic period has now come to a close. Despite many record-breaking pledges, U.S. funding remains shrouded in uncertainty.
 
Tell Congress to fund Gavi at the link in our bio.

Yesterday, the Administration announced its decision to end funding for @gavialliance, which provides lifesaving immunizations for children around the world.
 
The U.S. has historically been a strong supporter of Gavi on a bipartisan basis. Without this critical support, up to 75 million children could miss out on basic vaccines over the next 5 years.
 
Tell Congress using the link in bio.

Today’s the day! World leaders are currently meeting in Belgium to fund Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s next five years, with a plan to save at least 8 million lives from 2026-2030.
 
Gavi’s new investment opportunity places an emphasis on strengthening health systems and increasing equitable immunization to reduce the number of ‘zero-dose’ children in the world by 50% by 2030.
 
To learn more about Gavi’s next 5 years and the increasing need for multilateral cooperation in global health, check out our latest blog (link in bio).

Every child deserves a childhood, yet an alarming percentage of those forced to flee are children.
 
Some had to part with their parents.

Some lost loved ones.

Some don’t even remember their homes.
Refugee and displaced children who were forced to flee deserve better than today’s #GlobalTrends of conflicts and displacement.
 
🔗 unhcr.org/global-trends

Today, 1 in every 67 people on the planet is forcibly displaced.
 
Fleeing to save your life is an extremely hard choice.
 
But helping is NOT.
 
Join us in helping to reach one million refugee and displaced children in East Africa with lifesaving health services at shotatlife.org/healthystart. 
 
And for more on #GlobalTrends among refugees and IDPs, visit unhcr.org/global-trends

Mosquito-borne diseases like Zika and Dengue are spreading around the world and creeping across U.S. borders.

In many countries, this phenomenon is only going to escalate. Summer marks the start of the rainy season in Sub-Saharan Africa, the peak time for malaria transmission.

Scientists are working rigorously on new vaccines against Dengue, and malaria vaccines are continuously being implemented across the African continent. But these efforts are threatened by shifts in foreign aid funding.

Raise your voice: shotatlife.org/take-action

The successful adoption of the historic Pandemic Agreement at this year’s World Health Assembly is “the end of the beginning.”

Now, countries will negotiate a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) annex to the agreement, ensuring the equitable sharing of data on pathogens for the development of tests, vaccines, and treatments.

The PABS annex is crucial to solidifying the equity of benefits in the Pandemic Agreement, and is projected to be ready for the next Assembly.

In the last two weeks, a cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed hundreds and infected thousands.

The outbreak was first declared in August 2024, and has led to over 60,000 cases and 1,600 deaths, spurred by a lack of clean water in the heart of a conflict-heavy region. The ongoing war, displacement, and living conditions are what the UN has deemed one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

A cholera vaccination campaign will soon be underway to stem the outbreak, but the work doesn’t stop there. Refugees fleeing Sudan into neighboring countries lack crucial health services.

Visit shotatlife.org/healthystart to learn how you can help.

At its peak in the 1940s and ‘50s, polio paralyzed or killed over half a million people annually. Cases have dropped by 99% worldwide since then.

This is largely due to the establishment of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), which now faces a 40% budget cut next year.

Now is not the time to back down. We can be the generation to #endpolio. Visit shotatlife.org/polio to learn more about this deadly disease and how you can help end it.