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Africa: Historic World Heath Assembly Session Offers New Chance to Prepare for Future Pandemics
allAfrica, 25 November 2021
Five million lives worldwide have already been lost to Covid, and the WHO/ACT-A grimly predict another 5 million more lives will be lost in months to come. Alarmingly also,… Read more »
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Africa: WHO's Special Envoys Call for Support for Pandemic Preparedness Treaty
allAfrica, 24 November 2021
Almost two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, several countries are witnessing a fifth wave of high transmission. Low- and middle-income countries are seeing substantial numbers of… Read more »
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Africa: How to Beat the Pandemic? Collaborate Fairly and Do It Now!
WHO, 23 November 2021
Almost two years in, and the COVID inferno still burns. Several countries are witnessing a fifth wave of high transmission. Others are recording their highest daily case numbers… Read more »
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Africa: Current System Will Not Protect Us From Next Pandemic - WHO Independent Panel
UN News, 22 November 2021
Efforts to reform global pandemic preparedness and response are happening too slowly, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response… Read more »
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Africa: WHO to Hold Special Session of the World Health Assembly November 29 to December 1, 2021
WHO, 24 November 2021
The World Health Assembly (WHA) will gather for a special session 29 November to 1 December to consider developing a WHO convention, agreement, or other international instrument on… Read more »
How to Beat the Pandemic? Collaborate Fairly and Do It Now!
The World Health Organisation's six special envoys on the Covid-19 pandemic say that responses work best if built on coordination and solidarity but collaboration between nations is inconsistent and not sustained. Noting that it is vital to learn from what has happened in the last two years, the envoys call for support for WHO member nations as they work towards an international legally binding agreement for preparing better responses to disease outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics. To consider the merits of a new agreement for pandemic preparedness and response, these nations have called for a Special Session of the World Health Assembly, starting on 29 November, 2021.
Documents
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Special Session of the World Health Assembly to Consider Developing a WHO Convention, Agreement or Other International Instrument on Pandemic Preparedness and Response
- Author:
- World Health Organization
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication Date:
- 31 May 2021
The World Health Assembly (WHA) will gather for a special session 29 November to 1 December to consider developing a WHO convention, agreement, or ... see more »
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The international community should work together "towards a new international treaty for pandemic preparedness and response" to build a more robust global health architecture that ... Read more »
