Exec Director of Communications @IFPMA.
Geneva, Switzerland
Joined August 2013
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Elliot Dunster retweeted
Vaccines are one of the most effective public health tools we have. By helping to prevent disease, they save lives and support healthcare systems and economies around the world. Read more about their impact: ifpma.info/3Cso7DQ #AlwaysInnovating
Elliot Dunster retweeted
We are delighted to see Raynaud's getting the national coverage it deserves!
@MetroUK have interviewed Karen Raney-Marr about her experience of having Raynaud's and being diagnosed at just 18 years old.
Read the article now: bit.ly/4h7rijd
Elliot Dunster retweeted
The world is a healthier, better place because of President Carter. He had a bold vision to eradicate diseases across the globe - a goal he pursued with as much vigor from outside the Oval Office as from within.
We at Pfizer were privileged to partner with him and the @CarterCenter to tackle blinding trachoma, committing a billion doses of Zithromax to those in need. Personally, I considered President Carter a hero and was so honored when he agreed to write the forward to my book, Moonshot.
Shortly before he went into hospice, President Carter said: “The largest lesson learned from tackling these diseases is the importance of partnership and collaboration across sectors to drive global public health for all, and most important, to never give up.”
He was right. We must never give up—not until we have realized his vision for public health. Thank you, President Carter for your inspiring legacy. May you rest in peace.
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We’re gearing up for the #FTPharma Summit, happening in London and online.
Tomorrow, our Director-General, @DavidReddyIFPMA, will talk with @ian_c_johnston, in a fireside chat on “Advancing global health – The role of science, innovation, and access."
Elliot Dunster retweeted
A study by @OHENews, commissioned by IFPMA, showed adult vaccination can, on average, return up to 19 times the amount spent through health and wider socio-economic benefits.
In this @economistimpact piece, experts advocate for viewing adult #vaccination as an investment.
#Ad “It’s critical that we consider all expenditures on prevention, not as a cost, but as an investment,” says Maarten Postma, chair of global health economics at the University of Groningen. Find out how adult vaccination boosts economies and societies.
Elliot Dunster retweeted
“Every £1 spent on immunisation in Gavi-supported countries saves £21 from the costs of treating illness — and yields £54 when considering the economic productivity of a healthy population” - thank you @BillGates for highlighting why vaccines have an incredible return on investment: bit.ly/4eTFfQP
Elliot Dunster retweeted
The IMF, @WorldBank, and @WHO have agreed on principles for cooperation on pandemic preparedness, leveraging our expertise to enhance support for member countries. imf.org/en/News/Articles/202…
Elliot Dunster retweeted
A single dose of HPV vaccine can prevent cervical cancer - a disease that kills more than 350,0000 women each year.
@FKritz from @NPR shares how countries are leveraging this simple tool to save women's lives and what's needed to end this devastating disease.
An uptick in global #HPV vaccine coverage is a bright spot in @UNICEF's annual vaccination coverage report, in part thanks to countries like Bangladesh adopting a single-dose HPV vaccination schedule: npr.org/sections/goats-and-s…
#CervicalCancer #VaccinesWork
Elliot Dunster retweeted
The OPPI Excellence in Innovation Healthcare Start-up Award presents an excellent opportunity to have your #innovative contributions in the healthcare sector recognized.
For more information on the #award, including criteria and registration, click here: innovationawards.indiaoppi.c…
Elliot Dunster retweeted
Once curable infections are now untreatable due to antimicrobial resistance.
People with HIV, TB & malaria are particularly vulnerable.
@GlobalFund invests in health systems that accurately diagnose diseases, prescribe the right antibiotics & new drugs to tackle resistant bacteria.
Elliot Dunster retweeted
Defeating cancer is something we all must work together to achieve.
So today we’re announcing a comprehensive plan to eliminate cervical cancer in the Indo-Pacific, the Cancer Moonshot initiative, with our partners in the Quad.
Because in our nations, as in every part of the world - cancer casts its shadow on the lives of our citizens and our loved ones.
Australia has led the way in developing the life-saving HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, and we’re on track to eliminate it at home.
But cervical cancer continues to take the lives of too many women, with women in the Pacific dying of the disease at up to 13 times the rate of women in Australia.
It’s not good enough, and we must take action.
I thank my friends in the Quad for their partnership on this important fight.
Elliot Dunster retweeted
🤝In its efforts to support #GlobalHealthProgress, @AstraZeneca works in partnership to tackle the #NCDs burden and ensure a healthier future for the next generation.
Deep dive into some of their efforts to #LeadonNCDs ⏬
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This week, we’re shining a spotlight on #AntimicrobialResistance, a massive threat to both human and animal health. Explore the details of #AMR and how vaccines can be a game-changer: bit.ly/47t63Vg #ForOurFuture
Lots of coverage this morning on study published in @TheLancet about rising threat of #AMR.
@IFPMA research shows how we can boost a declining antibiotic pipeline of just 26 treatments, to 70+ in ten years time.
Read more here: ifpma.org/publications/from-…
Over 39 MILLION people will die due to antimicrobial-resistant infections over the next 25 years. “The numbers are going to inexorably rise & we are not where we need to be in tackling the problem,” Dame Sally Davies told @maeve_cullinan: telegraph.co.uk/global-healt… @TelGlobalHealth
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Elliot Dunster retweeted
40 years ago HIV was invariably fatal: 100% of people with HIV died from the disease typically in a few years.
Today antiretrovirals lead to near-normal life expectancy & prevent the virus's spread.
It's estimated that antiretrovirals save over a million lives each year.
ALT Four decades ago, when HIV was first identified, it was an invariably fatal disease: 100% of those infected died, typically within a few years. The virus spread rapidly around the world — especially in Africa, where almost two million were dying every year by the millennium. Thankfully, medical advances and global public health efforts have entirely changed this course. Modern antiretroviral therapy is very effective in both treating HIV — returning people with HIV to near-normal life expectancy — and preventing the virus from spreading to others. The chart above shows this impact based on data from UNAIDS. Over a million people's lives are now saved by antiretroviral therapy each year. Recent medical advances could take this progress even further.
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Watch Public Health Minister @GwynneMP describe how his grandson developed RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) and ended up in intensive care @AlderHey.
Stories like Lyle's are the reason why there's a new NHS vaccination to protect against RSV.
More: nhs.uk/conditions/respirator…
Elliot Dunster retweeted
🗣️ “I’ve had a lot of people say to me, ‘Well, 2012 changed the world for disabled people’. No, it really didn’t," says @Tanni_GT, wheelchair-racing legend.
Read the full interview ⬇️
Elliot Dunster retweeted
Would you like to step into my shoes? Or rather what were my recently-departed shoes? Chance to be the new Director of Policy at The Kings Fund. Closing date end Sept. More details here starfishsearch.com/jobs/king…
Elliot Dunster retweeted
My @PA exclusive with @uclh on the first UK patient to have a pioneering lung cancer vaccine as part of a trial taking place across seven countries. On the front page of today's Metro and in many more outlets.
itv.com/news/2024-08-23/new-…
