Pandemic Agreement on Hold: Can Countries Bridge the Divide on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing? 27/01/2026 Daniela Morich Only 12 more negotiating days remain until WHO member states hit the May 2026 deadline for an agreement on a Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system, as part of the new Pandemic Agreement adopted at last year’s World Health Assembly (WHA). The gap between developed and developing blocs of countries remains large, and progress […] Continue reading -> Stars and Stripes No Longer Flying at WHO – But US Can’t Really Leave Until Dues are Paid, Agency Says 23/01/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States said Thursday that it had officially completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO). But WHO member states are not obliged to accept the US departure as legally binding until it pays up on some $260.6 million in dues owed for 2024- and 2025, WHO’s Director General contends in a report […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Urged Not to Politicise Public Health as Pathogen Access Talks Resume 20/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) negotiations on the world’s first Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system resumed in Geneva on Tuesday – with only two more weeks of formal negotiations left before the May deadline. Symbolically, this week’s talks resumed on the first anniversary of US President Donald Trump’s announcement that his country would […] Continue reading -> One Year Later: The Effect of US ‘Chainsaw’ on Global Health 20/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan One year ago today (20 January), the Trump administration exploded the global health sector by immediately “pausing” all aid for 90 days – and dispensing with 83% of US Agency for International Development (USAID) projects six weeks later. Trillionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) “chainsawed” at USAID projects and contracts, folding […] Continue reading -> Two More WHO Officials Cut from Senior Leadership Team Move into Other Roles 16/12/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Two more senior WHO officials, Bruce Aylward and Ailan Li, who were among those dropped from WHO’s Senior Leadership Team during the first phase of an Agency shake-up, have now been appointed to leading roles elsewhere in the organisation, according to a memo from Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Li, a Chinese national and […] Continue reading -> Africa is Stuck Between Global Pathogen-Sharing Talks and Conflicting US Bilateral Agreements 01/12/2025 Kerry Cullinan African countries affirmed their commitment to a global agreement to share information about pathogens that may cause pandemics on Monday – yet several of these countries are also in talks with the United States to conclude conflicting bilateral deals on pathogen access in exchange for the resumption of US health aid. The onerous US demands […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: US Blocking Consensus on G20 Health Ministers’ Statement 07/11/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States, backed by Argentina, was reportedly blocking the G20 consensus on the final G20 Health Ministers’ statement – following their fourth and final working group meeting of the year Friday in Limpopo, South Africa, Health Policy Watch has learned. In a visible snub to the rest of the group, the US delegation also […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid to Data Sharing on Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks 07/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with epidemic potential” in exchange. This is according to a US government document, the “PEPFAR [US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief] Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) template”, seen by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Get Skeleton Draft on Pathogen Sharing Ahead of Text-Based Negotiations 28/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Member states start text-based negotiations next week on the final outstanding piece of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system. They will have had nine days to consider the seven-page first draft of the PABS system, which was distributed late Friday (24 October) by the administration Bureau […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Stars and Stripes No Longer Flying at WHO – But US Can’t Really Leave Until Dues are Paid, Agency Says 23/01/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States said Thursday that it had officially completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO). But WHO member states are not obliged to accept the US departure as legally binding until it pays up on some $260.6 million in dues owed for 2024- and 2025, WHO’s Director General contends in a report […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Urged Not to Politicise Public Health as Pathogen Access Talks Resume 20/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) negotiations on the world’s first Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system resumed in Geneva on Tuesday – with only two more weeks of formal negotiations left before the May deadline. Symbolically, this week’s talks resumed on the first anniversary of US President Donald Trump’s announcement that his country would […] Continue reading -> One Year Later: The Effect of US ‘Chainsaw’ on Global Health 20/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan One year ago today (20 January), the Trump administration exploded the global health sector by immediately “pausing” all aid for 90 days – and dispensing with 83% of US Agency for International Development (USAID) projects six weeks later. Trillionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) “chainsawed” at USAID projects and contracts, folding […] Continue reading -> Two More WHO Officials Cut from Senior Leadership Team Move into Other Roles 16/12/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Two more senior WHO officials, Bruce Aylward and Ailan Li, who were among those dropped from WHO’s Senior Leadership Team during the first phase of an Agency shake-up, have now been appointed to leading roles elsewhere in the organisation, according to a memo from Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Li, a Chinese national and […] Continue reading -> Africa is Stuck Between Global Pathogen-Sharing Talks and Conflicting US Bilateral Agreements 01/12/2025 Kerry Cullinan African countries affirmed their commitment to a global agreement to share information about pathogens that may cause pandemics on Monday – yet several of these countries are also in talks with the United States to conclude conflicting bilateral deals on pathogen access in exchange for the resumption of US health aid. The onerous US demands […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: US Blocking Consensus on G20 Health Ministers’ Statement 07/11/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States, backed by Argentina, was reportedly blocking the G20 consensus on the final G20 Health Ministers’ statement – following their fourth and final working group meeting of the year Friday in Limpopo, South Africa, Health Policy Watch has learned. In a visible snub to the rest of the group, the US delegation also […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid to Data Sharing on Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks 07/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with epidemic potential” in exchange. This is according to a US government document, the “PEPFAR [US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief] Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) template”, seen by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Get Skeleton Draft on Pathogen Sharing Ahead of Text-Based Negotiations 28/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Member states start text-based negotiations next week on the final outstanding piece of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system. They will have had nine days to consider the seven-page first draft of the PABS system, which was distributed late Friday (24 October) by the administration Bureau […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Member States Urged Not to Politicise Public Health as Pathogen Access Talks Resume 20/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) negotiations on the world’s first Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system resumed in Geneva on Tuesday – with only two more weeks of formal negotiations left before the May deadline. Symbolically, this week’s talks resumed on the first anniversary of US President Donald Trump’s announcement that his country would […] Continue reading -> One Year Later: The Effect of US ‘Chainsaw’ on Global Health 20/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan One year ago today (20 January), the Trump administration exploded the global health sector by immediately “pausing” all aid for 90 days – and dispensing with 83% of US Agency for International Development (USAID) projects six weeks later. Trillionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) “chainsawed” at USAID projects and contracts, folding […] Continue reading -> Two More WHO Officials Cut from Senior Leadership Team Move into Other Roles 16/12/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Two more senior WHO officials, Bruce Aylward and Ailan Li, who were among those dropped from WHO’s Senior Leadership Team during the first phase of an Agency shake-up, have now been appointed to leading roles elsewhere in the organisation, according to a memo from Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Li, a Chinese national and […] Continue reading -> Africa is Stuck Between Global Pathogen-Sharing Talks and Conflicting US Bilateral Agreements 01/12/2025 Kerry Cullinan African countries affirmed their commitment to a global agreement to share information about pathogens that may cause pandemics on Monday – yet several of these countries are also in talks with the United States to conclude conflicting bilateral deals on pathogen access in exchange for the resumption of US health aid. The onerous US demands […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: US Blocking Consensus on G20 Health Ministers’ Statement 07/11/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States, backed by Argentina, was reportedly blocking the G20 consensus on the final G20 Health Ministers’ statement – following their fourth and final working group meeting of the year Friday in Limpopo, South Africa, Health Policy Watch has learned. In a visible snub to the rest of the group, the US delegation also […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid to Data Sharing on Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks 07/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with epidemic potential” in exchange. This is according to a US government document, the “PEPFAR [US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief] Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) template”, seen by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Get Skeleton Draft on Pathogen Sharing Ahead of Text-Based Negotiations 28/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Member states start text-based negotiations next week on the final outstanding piece of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system. They will have had nine days to consider the seven-page first draft of the PABS system, which was distributed late Friday (24 October) by the administration Bureau […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
One Year Later: The Effect of US ‘Chainsaw’ on Global Health 20/01/2026 Kerry Cullinan One year ago today (20 January), the Trump administration exploded the global health sector by immediately “pausing” all aid for 90 days – and dispensing with 83% of US Agency for International Development (USAID) projects six weeks later. Trillionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) “chainsawed” at USAID projects and contracts, folding […] Continue reading -> Two More WHO Officials Cut from Senior Leadership Team Move into Other Roles 16/12/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Two more senior WHO officials, Bruce Aylward and Ailan Li, who were among those dropped from WHO’s Senior Leadership Team during the first phase of an Agency shake-up, have now been appointed to leading roles elsewhere in the organisation, according to a memo from Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Li, a Chinese national and […] Continue reading -> Africa is Stuck Between Global Pathogen-Sharing Talks and Conflicting US Bilateral Agreements 01/12/2025 Kerry Cullinan African countries affirmed their commitment to a global agreement to share information about pathogens that may cause pandemics on Monday – yet several of these countries are also in talks with the United States to conclude conflicting bilateral deals on pathogen access in exchange for the resumption of US health aid. The onerous US demands […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: US Blocking Consensus on G20 Health Ministers’ Statement 07/11/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States, backed by Argentina, was reportedly blocking the G20 consensus on the final G20 Health Ministers’ statement – following their fourth and final working group meeting of the year Friday in Limpopo, South Africa, Health Policy Watch has learned. In a visible snub to the rest of the group, the US delegation also […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid to Data Sharing on Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks 07/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with epidemic potential” in exchange. This is according to a US government document, the “PEPFAR [US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief] Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) template”, seen by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Get Skeleton Draft on Pathogen Sharing Ahead of Text-Based Negotiations 28/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Member states start text-based negotiations next week on the final outstanding piece of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system. They will have had nine days to consider the seven-page first draft of the PABS system, which was distributed late Friday (24 October) by the administration Bureau […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Two More WHO Officials Cut from Senior Leadership Team Move into Other Roles 16/12/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Two more senior WHO officials, Bruce Aylward and Ailan Li, who were among those dropped from WHO’s Senior Leadership Team during the first phase of an Agency shake-up, have now been appointed to leading roles elsewhere in the organisation, according to a memo from Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Li, a Chinese national and […] Continue reading -> Africa is Stuck Between Global Pathogen-Sharing Talks and Conflicting US Bilateral Agreements 01/12/2025 Kerry Cullinan African countries affirmed their commitment to a global agreement to share information about pathogens that may cause pandemics on Monday – yet several of these countries are also in talks with the United States to conclude conflicting bilateral deals on pathogen access in exchange for the resumption of US health aid. The onerous US demands […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: US Blocking Consensus on G20 Health Ministers’ Statement 07/11/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States, backed by Argentina, was reportedly blocking the G20 consensus on the final G20 Health Ministers’ statement – following their fourth and final working group meeting of the year Friday in Limpopo, South Africa, Health Policy Watch has learned. In a visible snub to the rest of the group, the US delegation also […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid to Data Sharing on Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks 07/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with epidemic potential” in exchange. This is according to a US government document, the “PEPFAR [US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief] Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) template”, seen by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Get Skeleton Draft on Pathogen Sharing Ahead of Text-Based Negotiations 28/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Member states start text-based negotiations next week on the final outstanding piece of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system. They will have had nine days to consider the seven-page first draft of the PABS system, which was distributed late Friday (24 October) by the administration Bureau […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Africa is Stuck Between Global Pathogen-Sharing Talks and Conflicting US Bilateral Agreements 01/12/2025 Kerry Cullinan African countries affirmed their commitment to a global agreement to share information about pathogens that may cause pandemics on Monday – yet several of these countries are also in talks with the United States to conclude conflicting bilateral deals on pathogen access in exchange for the resumption of US health aid. The onerous US demands […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: US Blocking Consensus on G20 Health Ministers’ Statement 07/11/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States, backed by Argentina, was reportedly blocking the G20 consensus on the final G20 Health Ministers’ statement – following their fourth and final working group meeting of the year Friday in Limpopo, South Africa, Health Policy Watch has learned. In a visible snub to the rest of the group, the US delegation also […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid to Data Sharing on Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks 07/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with epidemic potential” in exchange. This is according to a US government document, the “PEPFAR [US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief] Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) template”, seen by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Get Skeleton Draft on Pathogen Sharing Ahead of Text-Based Negotiations 28/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Member states start text-based negotiations next week on the final outstanding piece of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system. They will have had nine days to consider the seven-page first draft of the PABS system, which was distributed late Friday (24 October) by the administration Bureau […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
EXCLUSIVE: US Blocking Consensus on G20 Health Ministers’ Statement 07/11/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The United States, backed by Argentina, was reportedly blocking the G20 consensus on the final G20 Health Ministers’ statement – following their fourth and final working group meeting of the year Friday in Limpopo, South Africa, Health Policy Watch has learned. In a visible snub to the rest of the group, the US delegation also […] Continue reading -> EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid to Data Sharing on Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks 07/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with epidemic potential” in exchange. This is according to a US government document, the “PEPFAR [US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief] Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) template”, seen by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Get Skeleton Draft on Pathogen Sharing Ahead of Text-Based Negotiations 28/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Member states start text-based negotiations next week on the final outstanding piece of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system. They will have had nine days to consider the seven-page first draft of the PABS system, which was distributed late Friday (24 October) by the administration Bureau […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid to Data Sharing on Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks 07/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with epidemic potential” in exchange. This is according to a US government document, the “PEPFAR [US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief] Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) template”, seen by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Get Skeleton Draft on Pathogen Sharing Ahead of Text-Based Negotiations 28/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Member states start text-based negotiations next week on the final outstanding piece of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system. They will have had nine days to consider the seven-page first draft of the PABS system, which was distributed late Friday (24 October) by the administration Bureau […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Countries Criticise ‘Inadequate’ Pathogen-Sharing Draft Annex at Start of Text-Based Talks 04/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan “Inadequate” and “unbalanced” were some of the complaints levelled against the first draft of a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system when World Health Organization (WHO) member states met for text-based negotiations in Geneva on Monday. Once agreed, the PABS system will be an annex to the Pandemic Agreement, but several member states at the Intergovernmental […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Get Skeleton Draft on Pathogen Sharing Ahead of Text-Based Negotiations 28/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Member states start text-based negotiations next week on the final outstanding piece of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system. They will have had nine days to consider the seven-page first draft of the PABS system, which was distributed late Friday (24 October) by the administration Bureau […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Member States Get Skeleton Draft on Pathogen Sharing Ahead of Text-Based Negotiations 28/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Member states start text-based negotiations next week on the final outstanding piece of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system. They will have had nine days to consider the seven-page first draft of the PABS system, which was distributed late Friday (24 October) by the administration Bureau […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts