Pandemic Agreement

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A nurse from Save the Children prepares vaccinations for internally displaced Somali children, in Baidoa, Somalia, on June 25, 2025.

Repairing Global Health Security at the Humanitarian Frontline

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Reorienting the global preparedness system to include humanitarian settings requires conceptual and operational shifts

A lab technician works at the Amazon COVID-19 testing lab, in Worsley, Britain, on June 2, 2021.

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

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Online platforms for sharing virus sequences are in disarray. The World Health Organization has a chance to build something new

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

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Four enforcement mechanisms the policy frameworks could consider to promote drug affordability

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

Putting the Pandemic Agreement Into Practice: A Case for ASEAN

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The Southeast Asian bloc is positioned to implement the pandemic treaty's provisions before they come into legal force

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.

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

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Seven issues exemplify the complex choices that member state negotiators still face

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

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

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Without enforcement mechanisms, even the best commitments risk becoming little more than moral aspirations

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

Negotiators Finalize Terms for the Pandemic Agreement

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The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body resolved long-standing disputes to meet a deadline, without the United States

Negotiators Finalize Terms for the Pandemic Agreement

The Pandemic Treaty's True Cost

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Is the multimillion dollar cost of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body worth the Pandemic Agreement?

The Pandemic Treaty's True Cost

Prioritizing Prevention in the Pandemic Treaty

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Ahead of debates next month, negotiators should come with clear, commonsense proposals that can gain global support

Prioritizing Prevention in the Pandemic Treaty

The Pandemic Agreement Fractures in the Latest Negotiations

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WHO member states continue to disagree on critical issues and might tackle them after adopting a pandemic agreement

A newly arrived patient awaits a consultation at the treatment center for mpox.

Using Game Theory to Advance the Pandemic Agreement

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Rewarding drug manufacturers for sharing vaccine doses could break the impasse in negotiations

Workers carry a batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a helicopter.

The G7 Exposed the Health Dangers of a Multi-Crisis World

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The latest G7 summit revealed the expanding gap between health threats and policy solutions in a world of many crises

The G7 Exposed the Health Dangers of a Multi-Crisis World