US EditionGovt to Run National Interest Test on Pandemic Treaty
- The New Zealand Government will thoroughly evaluate the draft Pandemic Treaty following the upcoming World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva before making a decision on whether to endorse it.
- The Treaty, negotiated over three years, aims to improve pandemic preparedness and equitable access but faces criticism for relying on voluntary technology transfer and insufficiently addressing manufacturing capacity in low-income countries.
- The agreement calls for manufacturers to share 20% of vaccines promptly and encourages affluent countries to advocate for voluntary technology transfers to support local manufacturing, with the primary beneficiaries expected to be certain developing economies such as Brazil, India, and China.
- Health Ministers emphasize preserving sovereign decision-making on health measures, with government officials scrutinizing the Treaty to prevent international bodies from directing national laws on travel, mandates, or lockdowns.
- The test and subsequent decisions imply that New Zealand will balance global health system support with protecting national autonomy, reflecting ongoing challenges in achieving faster, equitable pandemic responses worldwide.
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It is high time African states re-asserted their health sovereignty – The Mail & Guardian
The World Health Organisation (WHO) will convene its 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva from 19 to 27 May. It will be held a year after the 77th WHA voted in favour of amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHRs) on 1 June amid protests from health freedom activists that the amendments were a threat to state sovereignty — the right of a state to conduct its internal affairs without any interference from other state and non-s…
To enable the “adoption” of the Pandemic Treaty next week, WHO is making up the rules as it goes along
The World Health Organisation’s draft Pandemic Agreement is being presented to the 78th World Health Assembly (“WHA”) for adoption next week. However, this “adoption” is not what it seems. A critical part of the agreement, the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (“PABS”) System is proving controversial and is still to be negotiated. So, to enable the
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