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Pandemic Agreement

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A worker in personal protective equipment disinfects a cinema in preparation for the reopening of movie theaters, as the country's capital region loosens coronavirus disease restrictions, at Eastwood Mall, in Quezon City, Philippines, on October 16, 2021.
Governance

Five Ways to Deliver on the Pandemic Agreement's Promises

by Summer Galloway, Stephanie Psaki

Building the right legal, operational, and financial systems to prevent the next pandemic will require going beyond negotiations in New York or Geneva

The regional supply chain lead for emergencies at the World Health Organization's Regional Office for Africa pastes stickers on shipment pallets that are being sent in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 18, 2026.
Governance

The World Health Assembly Reacts to the Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak

by Ebere Okereke

A Chatham House fellow reports from WHA79 about how the new Ebola emergency has advanced conversations about actionable health reform

Governance

Hantavirus Outbreak Tests Global Health Law Amid WHO Crisis

by Alexandra L. Phelan
Civil guard members approach the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, on a motorboat, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Spain, on May 11, 2026.
Governance

President Trump's Mark on Global Health and Human Rights

by Lawrence O. Gostin
U.S. President Donald Trump sits at his desk, behind a hat that reads "America is back" at the White House, in Washington, DC, on February 3, 2026.
Governance

Repairing Global Health Security at the Humanitarian Frontline

by Maryada E. Vallet, Erin M. Sorrell, Arush Lal
A nurse from Save the Children prepares vaccinations for internally displaced Somali children, in Baidoa, Somalia, on June 25, 2025.
Governance

To Finish the Pandemic Agreement, WHO Needs a Trustworthy Viral Database

by Timothée Poisot, Colin J. Carlson
A lab technician works at the Amazon COVID-19 testing lab, in Worsley, Britain, on June 2, 2021.
Governance

Holding Drug Companies Accountable: NIH Access Plan vs. Pandemic Treaty

by Ronald Tundang
A customer waits for his medicine in a pharmacy, in downtown Cairo, Egypt, on November 17, 2016.
Governance

Putting the Pandemic Agreement Into Practice: A Case for ASEAN

by Mutiara Indriani, Suerie Moon
Edison Cosico, an administrative aide at the UPLB Museum of Natural History, secures his hazmat suit, in Los Banos, Laguna province, Philippines, on February 18, 2021.
Governance

Fate Unknown: The Pandemic Agreement's Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing

by Mark Eccleston-Turner, Michelle Rourke, Stephanie Switzer
Fate Unknown: The Pandemic Agreement's Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing
Governance

A Pandemic Treaty Without Teeth Will Leave Africa and the World Exposed

by Ebere Okereke
A Pandemic Treaty Without Teeth Will Leave Africa and the World Exposed
Governance

Negotiators Finalize Terms for the Pandemic Agreement

by Chloe Searchinger
Negotiators Finalize Terms for the Pandemic Agreement
Governance

The Pandemic Treaty's True Cost

by Clare Wenham
The Pandemic Treaty's True Cost