Joined January 2014
Economic Windfall Should be Obvious to G20 Leaders via chathamhouse.org/2020/11/eco… The neverending (and by now downright tragic) ACT-Accelerator fundraising saga shows that we need a new model to finance common goods for health. Just confiscate it from Bezos et al, I'd say.
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response has been established at a time when the pandemic is still accelerating. In most of the world the virus is not under control, and cases have doubled in the last six weeks. So why now? Read the analysis by @cliftworks

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Charles Clift retweeted
Re UK 14-day travel #quarrantine: Evidence of large number of cases coming from multiple European sources from late Feb. To have had a significant impact, an extensive ban or quarantine obligation, including 4 returning UK citizens, would have been necessary as early as possible.
Covid-19: Has the UK government got it wrong about travel restrictions? disq.us/t/3peymk3. Latest data suggest a travel ban from mid-February could have been effective in preventing importation. virological.org/t/preliminar…
Does restricting travel during a pandemic work? The WHO has consistently advised against restricting travel during outbreaks. But most countries have imposed restrictions to prevent the import of COVID-19. WHO needs to rethink its approach, argue @Cliftworks and @LLillywhite

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"#WHO’s worry was that the world’s reaction to the word #pandemic might be there was now nothing to be done to stop its spread & so countries would effectively give up trying.WHO wanted to send the message that, unlike #flu, it could still be pushed back & the spread slowed down"
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Clift: "The chief message from this sorry story is that two countries are using WHO as a pawn in pursuing their respective political agendas which encompass issues well beyond the pandemic."
The NHS is not for sale writes @CliftWorks, Senior Consulting Fellow, in his recent expert comment for @ChathamHouse. He examines what recently leaked documents mean – and do not mean – for healthcare in transatlantic trade negotiations. chathamhouse.org/expert/comm…
The NHS Is not for sale – but a US–UK trade deal could have an impact on drug prices. @CliftWorks examines what recently leaked documents mean – and do not mean – for healthcare in transatlantic trade negotiations. chathamhouse.org/expert/comm…
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Charles Clift compares and contrasts climate change and antimicrobial resistance. Addressing climate change is potentially soluble (however unlikely that currently seems) but antimicrobial resistance will always be with us. eiuperspectives.economist.co…
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Charles Clift retweeted
Two wicked problems: antimicrobial resistance and climate change - what can we learn from these global issues linkedin.com/pulse/two-wicke… via @LinkedIn
The full review on #AMR progress is excellent. Thorough and careful with powerful potential. E.g. “A greater emphasis on investments in water💦, sanitation 🚰 and housing 🏡will be central to reducing reliance on antibiotics in LMICs in the longer term” - we agree! 😃
You can now read both the Research Paper and the detailed Background Paper of the Review of Progress on AMR downloadable here: chathamhouse.org/publication… #AMRProgress @Wellcome_AMR @CliftWorks
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You can now read both the Research Paper and the detailed Background Paper of the Review of Progress on AMR downloadable here: chathamhouse.org/publication… #AMRProgress @Wellcome_AMR @CliftWorks
Replying to @DrTedros
@DrTedros reiterated the need to earmark @WHO funding in opening the WHA. CGHS Senior Fellow Charles Clift and John-Arne Røttingen analyse the challenges he faces in this timely BMJ article. #WHA71 @CliftWorks @jarottingen bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k221…
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Charles Clift retweeted
New approaches to @WHO financing: "WHO cannot continue being a service provider for many individual donors" #WHA71 @CliftWorks @jarottingen bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k221…
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Contributions of middle income countries and many higher income countries to @WHO are low as a proportion of their share of world income. Member states need to support DG @DrTedros in making WHO one organization @CliftWorks bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k221…
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