Photo Finish Likely for IHR Negotiations, While New Pandemic Accord Draft Expected in Weeks 03/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan It’s likely to be a mad sprint to submit amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) by the World Health Assembly (WHA) next May, according to the working group overseeing this process, which is meeting for the fifth time this week. Meanwhile, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) is expected to release a new draft of the pandemic […] Continue reading -> German Ministers Call For Investment in Pandemic Prevention, Suggest Cutting Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Pay for Healthcare 01/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan German Ministers urge more investment in the Pandemic Fund and universal health coverage at a high-level pandemic preparedness meeting Even if vaccines and medicines are developed at record speed to address the next ominous global pathogen, they cannot prevent a pandemic without strong health systems to deliver them, stressed politicians and health leaders at a […] Continue reading -> UN High Level Meeting Approves ‘Historic’ but Non-Binding Declaration on Pandemic Preparedness and Response 20/09/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK – A long-awaited political declaration by United Nations (UN) member states on more effective pandemic preparedness and response was approved at a High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Wednesday – without the anticipated political objections raised by 11 member states including Russia in a letter to the global body earlier in the week. The declaration […] Continue reading -> Are The Three Pandemic Negotiations Bringing a Safer World Closer? 31/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan While July saw a crush of global pandemic-related meetings – some joint and some clashing – to accommodate tight schedules and northern summer holidays, achieving a pandemic-proof world is still a long way off. The two pandemic negotiations underway at the World Health Organization (WHO) have held individual and joint meetings over the past few […] Continue reading -> Equitable Drug Access and Finance Are Looming Issues in Talks on International Health Regulations 28/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The thorny and unresolved issues of how to incorporate health equity measures and supportive finance for low and middle income countries into revisions of the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR), are set to be two key items on the agenda of an IHR negotiating body when talks resume again in early October. This was one […] Continue reading -> Contradictions: The ‘Worst Outcome’ of Pandemic Accord and International Health Regulation Negotiations 21/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan The worst outcome of the two World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic negotiations currently underway would be the adoption of contradictory definitions and processes, warned Dr Mike Ryan, the head of health emergencies at the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday. “At the very minimum, the two instruments will need to be very aligned on the […] Continue reading -> Governing Pandemics Snapshot: Is Financing Losing on All Fronts? 04/07/2023 Seyed-Moeen Hosseinalipour & Alessia Nicastro With a drop in government spending on preparedness and woefully inadequate donor pledges, how can the ambitious new commitments envisioned for a WHO Pandemic Accord ever be financed? This second issue of Governing Pandemics Snapshot, looks at this conundrum and possible solutions, including creative forms of debt relief for low-income nations. This issue also provides […] Continue reading -> UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> On 75th Anniversary World Health Assembly Must Confront New and Growing Threats 21/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly opened its annual meeting of member states Sunday on a celebratory note marking the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization’s foundation in 1948. Eradicating smallpox, eliminating polio in most countries worldwide, and dramatic reductions in deaths from once-deadly childhood diseases preventable by clean water, basic medicines and vaccines are among […] Continue reading -> COVID’s Failures Must Never be Repeated, Stakeholders Tell UN Pandemic Meeting 09/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The global response to COVID-19 failed people in developing countries, women and health workers and must never be repeated, non-state actors told a meeting hosted by the United Nations (UN) in New York on Tuesday. The UN convened the four-hour multi-stakeholder meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) in preparation for a High-Level Meeting […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
German Ministers Call For Investment in Pandemic Prevention, Suggest Cutting Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Pay for Healthcare 01/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan German Ministers urge more investment in the Pandemic Fund and universal health coverage at a high-level pandemic preparedness meeting Even if vaccines and medicines are developed at record speed to address the next ominous global pathogen, they cannot prevent a pandemic without strong health systems to deliver them, stressed politicians and health leaders at a […] Continue reading -> UN High Level Meeting Approves ‘Historic’ but Non-Binding Declaration on Pandemic Preparedness and Response 20/09/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK – A long-awaited political declaration by United Nations (UN) member states on more effective pandemic preparedness and response was approved at a High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Wednesday – without the anticipated political objections raised by 11 member states including Russia in a letter to the global body earlier in the week. The declaration […] Continue reading -> Are The Three Pandemic Negotiations Bringing a Safer World Closer? 31/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan While July saw a crush of global pandemic-related meetings – some joint and some clashing – to accommodate tight schedules and northern summer holidays, achieving a pandemic-proof world is still a long way off. The two pandemic negotiations underway at the World Health Organization (WHO) have held individual and joint meetings over the past few […] Continue reading -> Equitable Drug Access and Finance Are Looming Issues in Talks on International Health Regulations 28/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The thorny and unresolved issues of how to incorporate health equity measures and supportive finance for low and middle income countries into revisions of the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR), are set to be two key items on the agenda of an IHR negotiating body when talks resume again in early October. This was one […] Continue reading -> Contradictions: The ‘Worst Outcome’ of Pandemic Accord and International Health Regulation Negotiations 21/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan The worst outcome of the two World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic negotiations currently underway would be the adoption of contradictory definitions and processes, warned Dr Mike Ryan, the head of health emergencies at the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday. “At the very minimum, the two instruments will need to be very aligned on the […] Continue reading -> Governing Pandemics Snapshot: Is Financing Losing on All Fronts? 04/07/2023 Seyed-Moeen Hosseinalipour & Alessia Nicastro With a drop in government spending on preparedness and woefully inadequate donor pledges, how can the ambitious new commitments envisioned for a WHO Pandemic Accord ever be financed? This second issue of Governing Pandemics Snapshot, looks at this conundrum and possible solutions, including creative forms of debt relief for low-income nations. This issue also provides […] Continue reading -> UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> On 75th Anniversary World Health Assembly Must Confront New and Growing Threats 21/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly opened its annual meeting of member states Sunday on a celebratory note marking the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization’s foundation in 1948. Eradicating smallpox, eliminating polio in most countries worldwide, and dramatic reductions in deaths from once-deadly childhood diseases preventable by clean water, basic medicines and vaccines are among […] Continue reading -> COVID’s Failures Must Never be Repeated, Stakeholders Tell UN Pandemic Meeting 09/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The global response to COVID-19 failed people in developing countries, women and health workers and must never be repeated, non-state actors told a meeting hosted by the United Nations (UN) in New York on Tuesday. The UN convened the four-hour multi-stakeholder meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) in preparation for a High-Level Meeting […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN High Level Meeting Approves ‘Historic’ but Non-Binding Declaration on Pandemic Preparedness and Response 20/09/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK – A long-awaited political declaration by United Nations (UN) member states on more effective pandemic preparedness and response was approved at a High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Wednesday – without the anticipated political objections raised by 11 member states including Russia in a letter to the global body earlier in the week. The declaration […] Continue reading -> Are The Three Pandemic Negotiations Bringing a Safer World Closer? 31/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan While July saw a crush of global pandemic-related meetings – some joint and some clashing – to accommodate tight schedules and northern summer holidays, achieving a pandemic-proof world is still a long way off. The two pandemic negotiations underway at the World Health Organization (WHO) have held individual and joint meetings over the past few […] Continue reading -> Equitable Drug Access and Finance Are Looming Issues in Talks on International Health Regulations 28/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The thorny and unresolved issues of how to incorporate health equity measures and supportive finance for low and middle income countries into revisions of the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR), are set to be two key items on the agenda of an IHR negotiating body when talks resume again in early October. This was one […] Continue reading -> Contradictions: The ‘Worst Outcome’ of Pandemic Accord and International Health Regulation Negotiations 21/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan The worst outcome of the two World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic negotiations currently underway would be the adoption of contradictory definitions and processes, warned Dr Mike Ryan, the head of health emergencies at the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday. “At the very minimum, the two instruments will need to be very aligned on the […] Continue reading -> Governing Pandemics Snapshot: Is Financing Losing on All Fronts? 04/07/2023 Seyed-Moeen Hosseinalipour & Alessia Nicastro With a drop in government spending on preparedness and woefully inadequate donor pledges, how can the ambitious new commitments envisioned for a WHO Pandemic Accord ever be financed? This second issue of Governing Pandemics Snapshot, looks at this conundrum and possible solutions, including creative forms of debt relief for low-income nations. This issue also provides […] Continue reading -> UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> On 75th Anniversary World Health Assembly Must Confront New and Growing Threats 21/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly opened its annual meeting of member states Sunday on a celebratory note marking the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization’s foundation in 1948. Eradicating smallpox, eliminating polio in most countries worldwide, and dramatic reductions in deaths from once-deadly childhood diseases preventable by clean water, basic medicines and vaccines are among […] Continue reading -> COVID’s Failures Must Never be Repeated, Stakeholders Tell UN Pandemic Meeting 09/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The global response to COVID-19 failed people in developing countries, women and health workers and must never be repeated, non-state actors told a meeting hosted by the United Nations (UN) in New York on Tuesday. The UN convened the four-hour multi-stakeholder meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) in preparation for a High-Level Meeting […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Are The Three Pandemic Negotiations Bringing a Safer World Closer? 31/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan While July saw a crush of global pandemic-related meetings – some joint and some clashing – to accommodate tight schedules and northern summer holidays, achieving a pandemic-proof world is still a long way off. The two pandemic negotiations underway at the World Health Organization (WHO) have held individual and joint meetings over the past few […] Continue reading -> Equitable Drug Access and Finance Are Looming Issues in Talks on International Health Regulations 28/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The thorny and unresolved issues of how to incorporate health equity measures and supportive finance for low and middle income countries into revisions of the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR), are set to be two key items on the agenda of an IHR negotiating body when talks resume again in early October. This was one […] Continue reading -> Contradictions: The ‘Worst Outcome’ of Pandemic Accord and International Health Regulation Negotiations 21/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan The worst outcome of the two World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic negotiations currently underway would be the adoption of contradictory definitions and processes, warned Dr Mike Ryan, the head of health emergencies at the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday. “At the very minimum, the two instruments will need to be very aligned on the […] Continue reading -> Governing Pandemics Snapshot: Is Financing Losing on All Fronts? 04/07/2023 Seyed-Moeen Hosseinalipour & Alessia Nicastro With a drop in government spending on preparedness and woefully inadequate donor pledges, how can the ambitious new commitments envisioned for a WHO Pandemic Accord ever be financed? This second issue of Governing Pandemics Snapshot, looks at this conundrum and possible solutions, including creative forms of debt relief for low-income nations. This issue also provides […] Continue reading -> UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> On 75th Anniversary World Health Assembly Must Confront New and Growing Threats 21/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly opened its annual meeting of member states Sunday on a celebratory note marking the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization’s foundation in 1948. Eradicating smallpox, eliminating polio in most countries worldwide, and dramatic reductions in deaths from once-deadly childhood diseases preventable by clean water, basic medicines and vaccines are among […] Continue reading -> COVID’s Failures Must Never be Repeated, Stakeholders Tell UN Pandemic Meeting 09/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The global response to COVID-19 failed people in developing countries, women and health workers and must never be repeated, non-state actors told a meeting hosted by the United Nations (UN) in New York on Tuesday. The UN convened the four-hour multi-stakeholder meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) in preparation for a High-Level Meeting […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Equitable Drug Access and Finance Are Looming Issues in Talks on International Health Regulations 28/07/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The thorny and unresolved issues of how to incorporate health equity measures and supportive finance for low and middle income countries into revisions of the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR), are set to be two key items on the agenda of an IHR negotiating body when talks resume again in early October. This was one […] Continue reading -> Contradictions: The ‘Worst Outcome’ of Pandemic Accord and International Health Regulation Negotiations 21/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan The worst outcome of the two World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic negotiations currently underway would be the adoption of contradictory definitions and processes, warned Dr Mike Ryan, the head of health emergencies at the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday. “At the very minimum, the two instruments will need to be very aligned on the […] Continue reading -> Governing Pandemics Snapshot: Is Financing Losing on All Fronts? 04/07/2023 Seyed-Moeen Hosseinalipour & Alessia Nicastro With a drop in government spending on preparedness and woefully inadequate donor pledges, how can the ambitious new commitments envisioned for a WHO Pandemic Accord ever be financed? This second issue of Governing Pandemics Snapshot, looks at this conundrum and possible solutions, including creative forms of debt relief for low-income nations. This issue also provides […] Continue reading -> UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> On 75th Anniversary World Health Assembly Must Confront New and Growing Threats 21/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly opened its annual meeting of member states Sunday on a celebratory note marking the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization’s foundation in 1948. Eradicating smallpox, eliminating polio in most countries worldwide, and dramatic reductions in deaths from once-deadly childhood diseases preventable by clean water, basic medicines and vaccines are among […] Continue reading -> COVID’s Failures Must Never be Repeated, Stakeholders Tell UN Pandemic Meeting 09/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The global response to COVID-19 failed people in developing countries, women and health workers and must never be repeated, non-state actors told a meeting hosted by the United Nations (UN) in New York on Tuesday. The UN convened the four-hour multi-stakeholder meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) in preparation for a High-Level Meeting […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Contradictions: The ‘Worst Outcome’ of Pandemic Accord and International Health Regulation Negotiations 21/07/2023 Kerry Cullinan The worst outcome of the two World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic negotiations currently underway would be the adoption of contradictory definitions and processes, warned Dr Mike Ryan, the head of health emergencies at the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday. “At the very minimum, the two instruments will need to be very aligned on the […] Continue reading -> Governing Pandemics Snapshot: Is Financing Losing on All Fronts? 04/07/2023 Seyed-Moeen Hosseinalipour & Alessia Nicastro With a drop in government spending on preparedness and woefully inadequate donor pledges, how can the ambitious new commitments envisioned for a WHO Pandemic Accord ever be financed? This second issue of Governing Pandemics Snapshot, looks at this conundrum and possible solutions, including creative forms of debt relief for low-income nations. This issue also provides […] Continue reading -> UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> On 75th Anniversary World Health Assembly Must Confront New and Growing Threats 21/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly opened its annual meeting of member states Sunday on a celebratory note marking the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization’s foundation in 1948. Eradicating smallpox, eliminating polio in most countries worldwide, and dramatic reductions in deaths from once-deadly childhood diseases preventable by clean water, basic medicines and vaccines are among […] Continue reading -> COVID’s Failures Must Never be Repeated, Stakeholders Tell UN Pandemic Meeting 09/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The global response to COVID-19 failed people in developing countries, women and health workers and must never be repeated, non-state actors told a meeting hosted by the United Nations (UN) in New York on Tuesday. The UN convened the four-hour multi-stakeholder meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) in preparation for a High-Level Meeting […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Governing Pandemics Snapshot: Is Financing Losing on All Fronts? 04/07/2023 Seyed-Moeen Hosseinalipour & Alessia Nicastro With a drop in government spending on preparedness and woefully inadequate donor pledges, how can the ambitious new commitments envisioned for a WHO Pandemic Accord ever be financed? This second issue of Governing Pandemics Snapshot, looks at this conundrum and possible solutions, including creative forms of debt relief for low-income nations. This issue also provides […] Continue reading -> UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> On 75th Anniversary World Health Assembly Must Confront New and Growing Threats 21/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly opened its annual meeting of member states Sunday on a celebratory note marking the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization’s foundation in 1948. Eradicating smallpox, eliminating polio in most countries worldwide, and dramatic reductions in deaths from once-deadly childhood diseases preventable by clean water, basic medicines and vaccines are among […] Continue reading -> COVID’s Failures Must Never be Repeated, Stakeholders Tell UN Pandemic Meeting 09/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The global response to COVID-19 failed people in developing countries, women and health workers and must never be repeated, non-state actors told a meeting hosted by the United Nations (UN) in New York on Tuesday. The UN convened the four-hour multi-stakeholder meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) in preparation for a High-Level Meeting […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN Negotiations on Pandemic Declaration Resume Under Tight Deadline 23/06/2023 Kerry Cullinan United Nations member states meet in New York on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 June) to discuss the latest draft of the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, ahead of the high-level meeting in September. The 58-page behemoth compilation draft sent to member states this week is a mass of red, indicating country additions […] Continue reading -> On 75th Anniversary World Health Assembly Must Confront New and Growing Threats 21/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly opened its annual meeting of member states Sunday on a celebratory note marking the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization’s foundation in 1948. Eradicating smallpox, eliminating polio in most countries worldwide, and dramatic reductions in deaths from once-deadly childhood diseases preventable by clean water, basic medicines and vaccines are among […] Continue reading -> COVID’s Failures Must Never be Repeated, Stakeholders Tell UN Pandemic Meeting 09/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The global response to COVID-19 failed people in developing countries, women and health workers and must never be repeated, non-state actors told a meeting hosted by the United Nations (UN) in New York on Tuesday. The UN convened the four-hour multi-stakeholder meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) in preparation for a High-Level Meeting […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
On 75th Anniversary World Health Assembly Must Confront New and Growing Threats 21/05/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Assembly opened its annual meeting of member states Sunday on a celebratory note marking the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization’s foundation in 1948. Eradicating smallpox, eliminating polio in most countries worldwide, and dramatic reductions in deaths from once-deadly childhood diseases preventable by clean water, basic medicines and vaccines are among […] Continue reading -> COVID’s Failures Must Never be Repeated, Stakeholders Tell UN Pandemic Meeting 09/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The global response to COVID-19 failed people in developing countries, women and health workers and must never be repeated, non-state actors told a meeting hosted by the United Nations (UN) in New York on Tuesday. The UN convened the four-hour multi-stakeholder meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) in preparation for a High-Level Meeting […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID’s Failures Must Never be Repeated, Stakeholders Tell UN Pandemic Meeting 09/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan The global response to COVID-19 failed people in developing countries, women and health workers and must never be repeated, non-state actors told a meeting hosted by the United Nations (UN) in New York on Tuesday. The UN convened the four-hour multi-stakeholder meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) in preparation for a High-Level Meeting […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts