#pandemic-agreement

#pandemic-agreement

The World Health Organization has been negotiating a pandemic agreement to better prevent, prepare for, and respond to pandemics. Time is running out to reach a consensus before the World Health Assembly in May.

The director general of the WHO expressed frustration with the negotiations for a new multilateral pandemic agreement and described them as filled with fake news, lies, and conspiracy theories.

Differences between rich and poor countries, interference of private interests, and geopolitical context are threatening to undermine the negotiations and leave the multilateral system vulnerable to the next pandemic.

Negotiations for the Pandemic Agreement are ongoing

Vaccine equity is a major focus of the negotiations