A draft pandemic treaty negotiated at the World Health Organisation (WHO) leaves health policy to national governments, ...

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The pandemic treaty is only the second health-specific treaty of its kind, the other being the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, adopted 22 years ago.

On March 20, 2025, members of the World Health Organization adopted the worlds first pandemic agreement, following three years of "intensive negotiations launched by governments in response to the ...

These developments, and now the pandemic treaty, showed that the WHO had lost its way. An effective pandemic treaty would focus on China’s two core mistakes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday that the new World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic treaty is a landmark effort, but is flawed and inadequate in its implementation mechanisms and ...

World Health Organization (WHO) member countries adopted a new treaty on May 20, 2025, to improve international coordination and cooperation on the prevention of, preparation for, and response to ...

The pandemic agreement “is intended to create a rules-based, future-proof system that will stand the test of time,” stated France’s ambassador for global health, Anne-Claire Amprou, on Monday.

The WHO Pandemic Agreement is the second international legal agreement negotiated under Article 19 of the WHO Constitution. The first was the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which was ...

Global Pandemic Treaty: In his virtual address at the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, PM Modi said that the future of a healthy world depends on inclusion, and the health of the world ...

“The WHO Pandemic Treaty is a shared commitment to fighting future pandemics through greater global cooperation,” PM Modi stated, hailing the adoption of the agreement as a testament to unity ...

Prof Alice Norton, Associate Professor, Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford, said: “The adoption of the Pandemic Agreement by the 78th World Health Assembly today is welcome news for ...