H5N1 bird flu in U.S. cattle: A wake-up call to action statnews.com/2024/04/12/h5n… via STAT Philip R. Krause, M.D. and I argue that “comparisons to seasonal flu management underestimate the unique challenges posed by H5N1”

The testing approach to H5N1 in cattle (in the link) needs to change substantially. USDA APHIS may be doing what it can now with minimal resources, but testing needs to expand, get simpler, more available and transparent.
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The ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change receives the highest number ever of written statements for an advisory opinion - 91 submissions

icj-cij.org/sites/default/…

WHO is central to the development of #GlobalHealthLaw – but has faced challenges from:
- new health actors,
- shifting normative frameworks &
- soft law diplomacy.
In PLOS Global Public Health, the Global Health Law Consortium examines the long evolution of global health law under World Health Organization (WHO). journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

🔴Breaking: CIEL analysis of the Rev. Zero Draft text of the #PlasticsTreaty is out for #INC4 📷🇨🇦

~170 comments for negotiators!

READ and print your copy

ciel.org/wp-content/upl…

Absolutely 🔥 article from Freya Jephcott

'They will come in, sit down and they will take this one, and this, and then they will come out with a nice story of a nice thing'

gh.bmj.com/content/9/4/e0…

It was an absolute privilege to hear Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá speak today.

Thank-you Madhu Pai, MD, PhD & McGill School of Population and Global Health for making this open to all.

#HHR Book Review by David Patterson on Global Health Law and Policy - editors Lawrence Gostin & Benjamin Mason Meier - an invaluable, timely resource...demonstrates breadth, power, & utility of health law to address major health challenges Full review here: hhrjournal.org/2024/04/to-ach…

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The 2025 competition is open to all students enrolled in an academic program in any country. ASIL membership is not needed.

Deadline is June 1, 2024.

Please find instructions for submissions here: lnkd.in/eFa43T4F

Please share widely in your network!

1/2 I'm thrilled to share that with the ASIL Interest Group on Global Health Law we have decided to launch an annual student writing competition. And I'm even more excited to be joined in this initiative by Dr Alexandra Phelan and other wonderful colleagues.

A huge day for climate change litigation.

In the Swiss Older Women's case, the ECHR found that Switzerland's inaction on climate change violates Art 8 (right to private & family life), setting precedent for future litigation

The two remaining two cases were held inadmissible.

🆕 🗣 Public service announcement: here is a new collaborative listing of webinars related to environmental rights ⚖ 🌱 🌍
🚀 🔊 Let's make info about webinars organized on these matters around the world more readily available!
🔗link to the listing: bit.ly/GreenRightsWeb…
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'When it comes to health in conflict, hospitals and medical personnel are sacrosanct...that's why there's this special normative system that protects the infrastructure, the personnel and the people seeking help from healthcare'
- @Volker_Turk in conversation with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus World Health Organization (WHO)

LIVE: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Volker Türk in an open dialogue on how to realize the right to health in a world in turmoil. #MyHealthMyRight twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

We encourage all of our partners to participate in this important consultation. We will be recommending a solidarity-based approach to health data governance to maximise the public value and health benefits of data use #DataSolidarity

Health is a right for all, not a privilege for some.

Know your health rights. You have the right to:
-safe and quality care, without any discrimination.
-privacy and confidentiality of your health information.
-information about your treatment and to informed consent.
-bodily autonomy and integrity.

#MyHealthMyRight …

Excellent & helpful video in light of a significant increase of 'public health legal research' without appropriate methodological rigor.

An incredibly important and powerful study from Nina Schwalbe

“This reassortment event indicates not only the adaptive capacity of the virus but also the ever-present risk of the emergence of new, potentially more virulent strains” cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenz…