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Why We’re Still Waiting for a Pandemic Treaty? The pandemic treaty deadline has passed, but the need for it hasn’t.

August 13, 2024

Is a Pandemic Treaty Still Possible? | Johns Hopkins | Bloomberg School of Public Health

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This includes taking a One Health approach—looking at the intersections of animal, human, and environmental health—to things like changes in land use ...

 

Why We’re Still Waiting for a Pandemic Treaty

The pandemic treaty deadline has passed, but the need for it hasn’t. 

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August 12, 2024

By Public Health On Call

COVID-19     Health Security   Infectious Diseases

 

“COVID-19 uncovered catastrophic weaknesses in the international community’s ability to respond to a pandemic, from inequities in vaccine and test distribution to insufficient international communication.

In May and early June of this year, WHO member countries faced a deadline to pass a pandemic treaty that would address those weaknesses but failed to come to a consensus. Now, countries are continuing negotiations to put guidelines in place before the next World Health Assembly in 2025—and before the next pandemic.

This Q&A, adapted from the June 28 episode of Public Health On Call, Alexandra Phelan, SJD, LLM, LLB, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an associate professor in Environmental Health and Engineering, discusses the attempt countries made over the summer to negotiate a pandemic treaty, why it wasn’t passed, and what’s next. ...”

 

SEE:  Is a Pandemic Treaty Still Possible? | Johns Hopkins | Bloomberg School of Public Health (jhu.edu)

 https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/is-a-pandemic-treaty-still-possible

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Note:  Dealing With Future Pandemics: Do You Feel Safer Coping With Another Pandemic Today?

The World Health Assembly just closed its doors with disappointing results: an effective prevention plan to address future pandemics requires full recognition of linkages between human health, animal and plant health, and environmental factors, i.e., the One Health approach

https://impakter.com/dealing-with-future-pandemics-do-you-feel-safer-coping-with-another-pandemic-today/

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