Dear Colleagues,

With Oxfam’s annual Davos report on gross inequity behind us, the global health elite is all set to again ”PPP & Super-PPP” for the remaining 51 weeks of the year.  Whether that’s wise in today’s world is another issue.   

Early this morning, the PMAC 2023 conference kicked off in Bangkok, themed “Setting a New Health Agenda – at the Nexus of Climate Change, Environment and Biodiversity”. As the organizers correctly state, “The triple planetary crisis – Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, and Pollution – has been identified as the most significant health threat of the 21st century.“   They even forgot to add another one, which has sadly become more prominent again since last year, as this week’s Doomsday clock  “record” adjustment  pointed out. I’ve personally also noticed that the ‘Pandemic Preparedness and Response’ section of this newsletter seems to grow with every passing week (which I doubt is a good sign either). Nevertheless, you know us, there’s...