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Pandemic Agreement Negotiations Begin Final Stretch: What To Expect

With final negotiations set for late April, two experts explain the nuances of the Pandemic Agreement's latest draft

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Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends the World Health Assembly at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 21, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

The Endgame for Global Health Governance Negotiations

by David P. Fidler

Talks to finalize a pandemic agreement and IHR amendments enter decisive stages as the world's divisions deepen

A flag is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO).
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2024 WHO Board Meeting: Flexible Finances and Global Crises Top Agenda

by Lori Sloate

The WHO executive board to discuss investment round proposal, “polycrises,” and pandemics

A flag is seen on a building during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 27, 2023.
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Leadership Is Essential to End the Pandemic Panic

by Mauricio Cárdenas, Helen Clark, Joanne Liu, Michel Kazatchkine, David Miliband, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

The mission of a Global Health Threats Council extends beyond health

WHO Director-general Tedros waves
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Topics Creating Buzz Ahead of WHO's Upcoming Executive Board Meeting

by Kate Dodson

The January 30, 2023, meeting is consequential after a formative year for global health

Taiwan's Health Minister Chen Shih-chung appears wearing a blue surgical face maskseated in front of orange banners that read "China blocks Taiwan to join WHO" at a new conference, in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 15, 2020
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Visibly Invisible: Taiwan and Global Health

by Tsung Ling Lee, Daniel Fu-Chang Tsai

The legacy of the past and practices of the present, dictate whose voices are heard

During a lockdown, a man in a mask, red pants, and a black shirt prays outside a bright orange temple that is closed due to a COVID-19 outbreak, in Shanghai, China, on May 30, 2022. in front of a temple
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What Nations Owe Each Other Before the Next Pandemic

by Lawrence O. Gostin, Kevin A. Klock, Sam F. Halabi, Katie Gottschalk, Katherine Ginsbach, Kashish Aneja

A pandemic treaty will need to contain fresh requirements

Pauline Muchina, of American Friends Service Committee, and activists call on the EU to end opposition to a COVID-19 waiver of WTO intellectual property barriers, in Washington, DC, June 24, 2021.
Trade

A New and Weak WTO Deal on TRIPS is Not Fit for Purpose

by Fatima Hassan

An ineffective multilateralism

Four older patients dressed in medical gowns cover their eyes as they wait for cataract surgery on the Lifeline Express, a hospital built inside a seven-coach train, at a railway station in Jalore, India, on March 31, 2018.
Governance

A Lot of Talk but No Seat at the Table

by Anam N. Ehsan, Matthew T. Hey, Sarah K. Hill, Rashi Jhunjhunwala, Kee B. Park

Surgery at the World Health Assembly 

Gold-colored World Health Organization (WHO) logo mounted on a brown paneled wall at the United Nations headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
Governance

The World Health Assembly Takes Steps Toward Global Health Reforms

by David P. Fidler

Countries began to reshape global health governance but left themselves room to change course

A blue, purple, and yellow skylight hovers above Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates his re-election during the 75th World Health Assembly at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 24, 2022.
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At Long Last, Member States Agree to Fix the World Health Organization's Financing Problem

by Alexandra Finch, Kevin A. Klock, Eric A. Friedman, Lawrence O. Gostin

Here's what needs to happen next

People pass by a promotional image of Fox News' Tucker Carlson on a building in New York, on March 13, 2019.
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Tucker Carlson Blasts the Pandemic Treaty as a Threat to the American Way of Life

by David P. Fidler

The Fox News pundit joined the global health debate and invited viewers to think about what he said—so I did

dr. tedros adjusts his glasses while sitting on a WHO panel
Governance

Five Questions for the World Health Assembly

by David P. Fidler

The assembly meets as global health transitions into a dangerous post-COVID world

A laboratory worker in blue scrubs holds samples of poultry entrails to test them for bird flu in a laboratory in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk December 7, 2005.
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Disarming Russia's Bioweapons Disinformation

by Erin M. Sorrell, Julie E. Fischer, Gigi Kwik Gronvall

Protecting Ukraine's laboratory infrastructure is crucial to prevent a health crisis