World Health Organization member states are drafting an accord focused on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. An early draft of the accord, which is not finalized, included language about ...

Psaki is a senior fellow at the Brown University School of Public Health and former U.S. coordinator for global health security at the National Security Council. Jha is the dean of the Brown ...

On May 20, 2025, member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the world’s first Pandemic Agreement with 124 votes in favour and 11 abstentions. The landmark decision by the 78th World ...

The WHO Pandemic Agreement, an accord designed to address the mistakes made in handling COVID-19, is being submitted for adoption Tuesday at the World Health Assembly. The annual decision-making ...

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the organization’s May deadline for getting a global pandemic treaty agreed to prepare for "Disease X" is in jeopardy and any notion that ...

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 20, 2025 (ENS) – The first Pandemic Agreement in the world was today formally adopted by consensus as the Member States of the World Health Organization, WHO, voted during the ...

Researchers at the University of Leeds, UK, have recently analyzed the World Health Organization (WHO) 's pre- and post-pandemic reports to explore the scientific basis and rationale for implementing ...

(Geneva) – World Health Organization (WHO) member countries adopted a new treaty on May 20, 2025, to improve international coordination and cooperation on the prevention of, preparation for, and ...

The World Health Organization is still not doing enough to stop another pandemic. Last month, the UN body adopted a new pandemic treaty by consensus at its annual meeting, but the accord merely ...

The outbreak of COVID-19 and its evolution into a full-blown pandemic showed the importance of coordinated action in stopping the spread of a virus, as it also showed the importance of acting quickly ...

Despite multiple rounds of negotiations, the World Health Organization’s latest pandemic-treaty draft maintains provisions that should lead the Biden Administration to oppose adoption at the May 2024 ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -Members of the World Health Organization adopted an agreement on Tuesday intended to improve preparedness for future pandemics following the disjointed global response to COVID-19, ...