WHO member states eye pandemic pact
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World Health Organisation (WHO) member states agreed to resume negotiations aimed at finalising a pandemic agreement later this month.
The decision came after weeks of intense discussions on critical subjects aimed at making all countries better prepared for - and able to effectively and equitably respond to - future pandemics.
The ninth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB9) started on 18 March and ended last week. Government negotiators discussed adequate financing for pandemic preparedness, equitable access to medical countermeasures and health workforce strengthening.
“Our member states are fully aware of how important the pandemic agreement is for protecting future generations from the suffering we endured through the Covid-19 pandemic,” WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
“I thank them for their clear commitment to finding common ground and finalising this historic agreement in time for the World Health Assembly.”
Next month’s resumption of INB9 will be a critical milestone ahead of the seventy-seventh World Health Assembly, starting on 27 May, at which member states are scheduled to consider the proposed text of the world’s first pandemic agreement for adoption.
The decision came after weeks of intense discussions on critical subjects aimed at making all countries better prepared for - and able to effectively and equitably respond to - future pandemics.
The ninth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB9) started on 18 March and ended last week. Government negotiators discussed adequate financing for pandemic preparedness, equitable access to medical countermeasures and health workforce strengthening.
“Our member states are fully aware of how important the pandemic agreement is for protecting future generations from the suffering we endured through the Covid-19 pandemic,” WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
“I thank them for their clear commitment to finding common ground and finalising this historic agreement in time for the World Health Assembly.”
Next month’s resumption of INB9 will be a critical milestone ahead of the seventy-seventh World Health Assembly, starting on 27 May, at which member states are scheduled to consider the proposed text of the world’s first pandemic agreement for adoption.
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