WHO finalizes pandemic treaty

Reform legislation to boost the Pandemic Treaty – The Mail & Guardian

After three years of intense negotiations, the World Health Organisation (WHO) member states have reached consensus on the Pandemic Treaty, officially known as the WHO Pandemic Agreement, a global legal instrument intended to prevent and respond to future pandemics more equitably.  This milestone comes in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which revealed — and in many ways exacerbated — the deep inequalities that divide the Global North and Sout…

WHO finalizes pandemic treaty

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been scheming to finalize the Pandemic Treaty to ensure global cohesion during the next pandemic. Over 190 member nations have agreed to surrender sovereignty in the name of public health, permitting an unelected organization of individuals to detail how they will respond to the next round of government imposed biological warfare. WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who is not a medical do…

AHF • The Pandemic Agreement Finalized, but Falls Short

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and the AHF Global Public Health Institute acknowledge the conclusion of three years of negotiations on the global pandemic agreement text by congratulating the negotiators—particularly representatives of the Equity and Africa Groups—and recognizing the contributions of key stakeholders, including civil society, who championed equitable access to public health goods. “Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, we beg…