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

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The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement marks a pivotal moment in global health governance,1 particularly through the inclusion of the One Health approach. This holistic approach, integrating human ...

The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement in May, 2025, marks a historic, if imperfect, milestone in global health governance.1 For African countries, which bore a disproportionate burden during the ...

Over the past 26 years since the Mine Ban Treaty entered into force, compliance with its core provisions has generally been impressive. This is due in large part to the strong commitment of States ...

This pandemic treaty is only the second health-specific treaty created, following the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which was adopted 22 years earlier. Together with the recently ...

If fully implemented, the pandemic treaty will help protect Australians from future pandemics, including through faster access to health products and reduced competition for limited global supplies.

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.

South Africa’s Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has praised the historic adoption of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, describing it as a “monumental achievement” that ...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic presented an unprecedented global health crisis that put immense pressure on healthcare systems worldwide. 1 Low/middle-income countries, in particular, faced ...

More than 90 countries called on Tuesday for a global treaty to restrict plastic production, ahead of another round of hard-fought negotiations on the pact.