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Wilmot James

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Proud Dad to Gabriele and Isabella. Professor and Senior Advisor, Pandemic Center, Brown University.

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Africa’s children are being failed by the hospitals they depend on — a wake-up call | Daily Maverick <p>A study paints a searing picture: the foundational infrastructure required to deliver safe, high-quality paediatric care is dangerously inadequate in African hospitals.</p>

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

26.11.2025 22:29 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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We’re thrilled to see our Senior Adviser, @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social, named in @vox.com ’s #FuturePerfect25.

Her strategic vision and commitment to protecting the world from biological threats reminds us that smart investments in biosecurity saves lives.

2025 Movers & Shakers
tinyurl.com/mssu6zwz

21.11.2025 18:04 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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One of the best convenings I had the pleasure of attending - the G7 Global Partnership CBRN meetings Vancouver!

22.11.2025 03:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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An afternoon of fine gospel. Episcopal Church, downtown Providence!

18.11.2025 00:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Such a pleasure to be with WHO science and biorisk management colleagues at closing WOAH ceremony, Geneva!

30.10.2025 15:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Making the case for greater investments in biosecurity, bio surveillance and pandemic response @WOAH Geneva with one-health partners.

30.10.2025 14:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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With emerging leaders in biosecurity, Geneva Threat Reduction meeting hosted by WOAH!

29.10.2025 11:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Sample of performing arts in Geneva!

29.10.2025 11:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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AI bioweapons risk presents our greatest challenge: surveillance state vs misuse AI experts, Nobel Laureates, Fortune 500 CEOs, NGO leaders and leading academic gathered in Mexico to discuss how to intervene in a system to keep superintelligence safe without sacrificing the core v...

www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...

24.10.2025 12:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Climate Services for Health #ACS2 with partners hosted by @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social at Addis Ababa!

08.09.2025 16:05 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Looking forward to a foundational strategy to line up climate services for health!

06.09.2025 13:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Looking forward to reading the great book on the big one!

23.08.2025 21:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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With Sharon Peacock and Cambridge University colleagues taken in Darwin’s student quarters, Christ College.

29.07.2025 18:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Listening to superb commentary on biothreats today at Cambridge University’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risks.

22.07.2025 19:19 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Great visit to Germany’s Robert Koch Institute with Stefan Kloth.

18.07.2025 11:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A worthwhile read:

15.06.2025 18:47 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Storm clouds brewing in @neworleans.bsky.social

26.05.2025 16:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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During historic epidemics it is believed that apothecaries filled snowglobes with red water as an alert @neworleans.bsky.social

24.05.2025 21:03 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Young people will be key to preventing the next pandemic Global health forums like the World Health Assembly, where the pandemic agreement was recently approved, need to fully incorporate the voices and expertise of young people in the Global South, where 9...

thebulletin.org/2025/05/youn...

24.05.2025 12:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CEPI statement on the adoption of the Pandemic Agreement | CEPI CEPI welcomes the adoption of the Pandemic Agreement

The Pandemic Agreement was officially adopted today at #WHA78. CEPI commends the commitment of countries and negotiators to advancing this once-in-a-generation opportunity to make the world a safer place.

Read CEPI's statement welcoming the adoption of this historic Agreement ⬇️ bit.ly/4kpVwPL

20.05.2025 09:32 👍 27 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
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Biosecurity: Changing the Game A podcast for all things biosecurity and the science, politics and institutional norms that shape the discourse and strategies around global biological threats

biosecurity-changing-the-game.captivate.fm

20.03.2025 20:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Consequences of US HIV/Aids funding withdrawal will be dire A disruption of current HIV/Aids mitigation programmes in southern Africa will lead to decreased access to critical treatments and preventive therapies, which will in turn lead to increased mortality ...

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

05.03.2025 12:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Wrap session on AI and Biotechnology @asilomar.bsky.social

25.02.2025 03:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We support former Dep Sec of Defense Andy Weber call at the Asilomar Conference to make biological weapons obsolete!

24.02.2025 19:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hi @helenbranswell.bsky.social good to join you here!

15.02.2025 16:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump and Musk breathe poison rather than oxygen into our political cultures For the likes of Trump and Musk, human misfortune appears as if it is mere collateral damage in the longer-term effort to engineer their version of sustainable Western civilisation, on Earth as it wil...

www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...

11.02.2025 11:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What's Trump's beef with South Africa? Trump has accused South Africa of "human rights violations" and a land grab. The South African government has hit back.

The best analysis: www.npr.org/2025/02/08/n...

08.02.2025 13:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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And this, Weymouth, southern England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

04.01.2025 13:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This is the gorgeous Royal Hotel @weymouthhistoryman.bsky.social

04.01.2025 13:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

An admirable achievement when you have strong leadership! @billcaine.bsky.social

30.12.2024 20:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0