Amid ‘Huge’ Geopolitical Pressures, WHO Pandemic Talks Co-Chair Hopes for December Deal 21/11/2024 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – Warning that the process of negotiating a pandemic agreement has days not months left, talks co-chair Precious Matsoso hopes that a deal will finally be clinched at the next meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) in early December. “We don’t have six months left to finish negotiations. We only have a […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Agreement Makes Progress But Still Plenty of Sticky Details to Address 15/11/2024 Kerry Cullinan The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement is awash with green highlights – an indication that countries have reached consensus on much of the text. But the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) announced on Monday that it would not be possible to reach an agreement by December – and countries would push […] Continue reading -> No Pandemic Agreement by December as Negotiators Need ‘More Time’ 11/11/2024 Kerry Cullinan The pandemic agreement will not be adopted at a special World Health Assembly (WHA) next month as countries still need “more time” to conclude the complex talks. Co-chairs of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) Ambassador Anne-Claire Amprou and Precious Matsoso broke this news at a media briefing on Monday evening. The […] Continue reading -> Negotiators Have a Week to Decide if Pandemic Agreement Possible by December 04/11/2024 Kerry Cullinan The pandemic agreement talks resumed on Monday for two weeks, but parties only have a week to decide whether they have sufficient common ground to call a special World Health Assembly (WHA) in December to adopt the document. Procedurally, 12 November is the last day by which a December WHA can be called. Negotiators will […] Continue reading -> Human Behaviour Drives Pandemics – And Rebuilding Trust is Essential 14/10/2024 Kerry Cullinan While the next pathogen with pandemic potential may be lurking in a faraway creature, human behaviour will drive it to become a pandemic, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), which issued its first comprehensive pandemic risk report on Monday. The four riskiest human behaviours involve our global mobility, agricultural and farming practices, mis- […] Continue reading -> Brazil Aims for G20 Declarations on Climate & One Health and Local Medicines Production at Rio Summit 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – Brazil is advancing two major health-related declarations – on climate and One Health and on local medicines production – that it hopes to have ready for the upcoming G20 Summit that it is hosting in Rio in November. Despite political pushback, Brazil’s Deputy Minister of Health expressed hopes that the two […] Continue reading -> European CDC Chief Announces Partnership with Japan 25/09/2024 Stefan Anderson The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) will sign an official memorandum of understanding with its Japanese counterpart next month, the director of Europe’s largest public health agency announced Wednesday. “Next month I will sign a cooperation agreement with the Japanese Center for Disease Control,” said Pamela Rendi-Wagner, who took over the agency […] Continue reading -> ‘Not Enough Progress’ Made at 11th Round of Pandemic Agreement Talks 20/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan Not enough progress was made at the 11th round of the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations, conceded Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the global body’s Director-General on Friday. “I know you have made progress, but I also know that from what you have been saying, it’s not as good as what we wanted,” Tedros […] Continue reading -> New Pandemic ‘Lite’ Agreement Shifts Key Decisions to Post-Negotiation Forum 17/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement shifts key decisions to the Conference of the Parties (COP) – a body that will be set up after the World Health Assembly (WHA) has adopted the agreement. The draft, developed by the WHO Bureau overseeing the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) talks, was distributed […] Continue reading -> Mpox Injects Urgency into Resumed Talks on Pandemic Agreement 09/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The mpox outbreak – characterised by the all-too-familiar lack of vaccines for Africa – provided added impetus to the global negotiations for a pandemic agreement, which resumed at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva on Monday. Ethiopia, speaking for Africa, said that mpox, recently declared a public health emergency of international concern, “calls […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pandemic Agreement Makes Progress But Still Plenty of Sticky Details to Address 15/11/2024 Kerry Cullinan The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement is awash with green highlights – an indication that countries have reached consensus on much of the text. But the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) announced on Monday that it would not be possible to reach an agreement by December – and countries would push […] Continue reading -> No Pandemic Agreement by December as Negotiators Need ‘More Time’ 11/11/2024 Kerry Cullinan The pandemic agreement will not be adopted at a special World Health Assembly (WHA) next month as countries still need “more time” to conclude the complex talks. Co-chairs of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) Ambassador Anne-Claire Amprou and Precious Matsoso broke this news at a media briefing on Monday evening. The […] Continue reading -> Negotiators Have a Week to Decide if Pandemic Agreement Possible by December 04/11/2024 Kerry Cullinan The pandemic agreement talks resumed on Monday for two weeks, but parties only have a week to decide whether they have sufficient common ground to call a special World Health Assembly (WHA) in December to adopt the document. Procedurally, 12 November is the last day by which a December WHA can be called. Negotiators will […] Continue reading -> Human Behaviour Drives Pandemics – And Rebuilding Trust is Essential 14/10/2024 Kerry Cullinan While the next pathogen with pandemic potential may be lurking in a faraway creature, human behaviour will drive it to become a pandemic, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), which issued its first comprehensive pandemic risk report on Monday. The four riskiest human behaviours involve our global mobility, agricultural and farming practices, mis- […] Continue reading -> Brazil Aims for G20 Declarations on Climate & One Health and Local Medicines Production at Rio Summit 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – Brazil is advancing two major health-related declarations – on climate and One Health and on local medicines production – that it hopes to have ready for the upcoming G20 Summit that it is hosting in Rio in November. Despite political pushback, Brazil’s Deputy Minister of Health expressed hopes that the two […] Continue reading -> European CDC Chief Announces Partnership with Japan 25/09/2024 Stefan Anderson The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) will sign an official memorandum of understanding with its Japanese counterpart next month, the director of Europe’s largest public health agency announced Wednesday. “Next month I will sign a cooperation agreement with the Japanese Center for Disease Control,” said Pamela Rendi-Wagner, who took over the agency […] Continue reading -> ‘Not Enough Progress’ Made at 11th Round of Pandemic Agreement Talks 20/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan Not enough progress was made at the 11th round of the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations, conceded Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the global body’s Director-General on Friday. “I know you have made progress, but I also know that from what you have been saying, it’s not as good as what we wanted,” Tedros […] Continue reading -> New Pandemic ‘Lite’ Agreement Shifts Key Decisions to Post-Negotiation Forum 17/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement shifts key decisions to the Conference of the Parties (COP) – a body that will be set up after the World Health Assembly (WHA) has adopted the agreement. The draft, developed by the WHO Bureau overseeing the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) talks, was distributed […] Continue reading -> Mpox Injects Urgency into Resumed Talks on Pandemic Agreement 09/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The mpox outbreak – characterised by the all-too-familiar lack of vaccines for Africa – provided added impetus to the global negotiations for a pandemic agreement, which resumed at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva on Monday. Ethiopia, speaking for Africa, said that mpox, recently declared a public health emergency of international concern, “calls […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
No Pandemic Agreement by December as Negotiators Need ‘More Time’ 11/11/2024 Kerry Cullinan The pandemic agreement will not be adopted at a special World Health Assembly (WHA) next month as countries still need “more time” to conclude the complex talks. Co-chairs of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) Ambassador Anne-Claire Amprou and Precious Matsoso broke this news at a media briefing on Monday evening. The […] Continue reading -> Negotiators Have a Week to Decide if Pandemic Agreement Possible by December 04/11/2024 Kerry Cullinan The pandemic agreement talks resumed on Monday for two weeks, but parties only have a week to decide whether they have sufficient common ground to call a special World Health Assembly (WHA) in December to adopt the document. Procedurally, 12 November is the last day by which a December WHA can be called. Negotiators will […] Continue reading -> Human Behaviour Drives Pandemics – And Rebuilding Trust is Essential 14/10/2024 Kerry Cullinan While the next pathogen with pandemic potential may be lurking in a faraway creature, human behaviour will drive it to become a pandemic, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), which issued its first comprehensive pandemic risk report on Monday. The four riskiest human behaviours involve our global mobility, agricultural and farming practices, mis- […] Continue reading -> Brazil Aims for G20 Declarations on Climate & One Health and Local Medicines Production at Rio Summit 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – Brazil is advancing two major health-related declarations – on climate and One Health and on local medicines production – that it hopes to have ready for the upcoming G20 Summit that it is hosting in Rio in November. Despite political pushback, Brazil’s Deputy Minister of Health expressed hopes that the two […] Continue reading -> European CDC Chief Announces Partnership with Japan 25/09/2024 Stefan Anderson The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) will sign an official memorandum of understanding with its Japanese counterpart next month, the director of Europe’s largest public health agency announced Wednesday. “Next month I will sign a cooperation agreement with the Japanese Center for Disease Control,” said Pamela Rendi-Wagner, who took over the agency […] Continue reading -> ‘Not Enough Progress’ Made at 11th Round of Pandemic Agreement Talks 20/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan Not enough progress was made at the 11th round of the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations, conceded Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the global body’s Director-General on Friday. “I know you have made progress, but I also know that from what you have been saying, it’s not as good as what we wanted,” Tedros […] Continue reading -> New Pandemic ‘Lite’ Agreement Shifts Key Decisions to Post-Negotiation Forum 17/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement shifts key decisions to the Conference of the Parties (COP) – a body that will be set up after the World Health Assembly (WHA) has adopted the agreement. The draft, developed by the WHO Bureau overseeing the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) talks, was distributed […] Continue reading -> Mpox Injects Urgency into Resumed Talks on Pandemic Agreement 09/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The mpox outbreak – characterised by the all-too-familiar lack of vaccines for Africa – provided added impetus to the global negotiations for a pandemic agreement, which resumed at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva on Monday. Ethiopia, speaking for Africa, said that mpox, recently declared a public health emergency of international concern, “calls […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Negotiators Have a Week to Decide if Pandemic Agreement Possible by December 04/11/2024 Kerry Cullinan The pandemic agreement talks resumed on Monday for two weeks, but parties only have a week to decide whether they have sufficient common ground to call a special World Health Assembly (WHA) in December to adopt the document. Procedurally, 12 November is the last day by which a December WHA can be called. Negotiators will […] Continue reading -> Human Behaviour Drives Pandemics – And Rebuilding Trust is Essential 14/10/2024 Kerry Cullinan While the next pathogen with pandemic potential may be lurking in a faraway creature, human behaviour will drive it to become a pandemic, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), which issued its first comprehensive pandemic risk report on Monday. The four riskiest human behaviours involve our global mobility, agricultural and farming practices, mis- […] Continue reading -> Brazil Aims for G20 Declarations on Climate & One Health and Local Medicines Production at Rio Summit 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – Brazil is advancing two major health-related declarations – on climate and One Health and on local medicines production – that it hopes to have ready for the upcoming G20 Summit that it is hosting in Rio in November. Despite political pushback, Brazil’s Deputy Minister of Health expressed hopes that the two […] Continue reading -> European CDC Chief Announces Partnership with Japan 25/09/2024 Stefan Anderson The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) will sign an official memorandum of understanding with its Japanese counterpart next month, the director of Europe’s largest public health agency announced Wednesday. “Next month I will sign a cooperation agreement with the Japanese Center for Disease Control,” said Pamela Rendi-Wagner, who took over the agency […] Continue reading -> ‘Not Enough Progress’ Made at 11th Round of Pandemic Agreement Talks 20/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan Not enough progress was made at the 11th round of the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations, conceded Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the global body’s Director-General on Friday. “I know you have made progress, but I also know that from what you have been saying, it’s not as good as what we wanted,” Tedros […] Continue reading -> New Pandemic ‘Lite’ Agreement Shifts Key Decisions to Post-Negotiation Forum 17/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement shifts key decisions to the Conference of the Parties (COP) – a body that will be set up after the World Health Assembly (WHA) has adopted the agreement. The draft, developed by the WHO Bureau overseeing the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) talks, was distributed […] Continue reading -> Mpox Injects Urgency into Resumed Talks on Pandemic Agreement 09/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The mpox outbreak – characterised by the all-too-familiar lack of vaccines for Africa – provided added impetus to the global negotiations for a pandemic agreement, which resumed at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva on Monday. Ethiopia, speaking for Africa, said that mpox, recently declared a public health emergency of international concern, “calls […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Human Behaviour Drives Pandemics – And Rebuilding Trust is Essential 14/10/2024 Kerry Cullinan While the next pathogen with pandemic potential may be lurking in a faraway creature, human behaviour will drive it to become a pandemic, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), which issued its first comprehensive pandemic risk report on Monday. The four riskiest human behaviours involve our global mobility, agricultural and farming practices, mis- […] Continue reading -> Brazil Aims for G20 Declarations on Climate & One Health and Local Medicines Production at Rio Summit 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – Brazil is advancing two major health-related declarations – on climate and One Health and on local medicines production – that it hopes to have ready for the upcoming G20 Summit that it is hosting in Rio in November. Despite political pushback, Brazil’s Deputy Minister of Health expressed hopes that the two […] Continue reading -> European CDC Chief Announces Partnership with Japan 25/09/2024 Stefan Anderson The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) will sign an official memorandum of understanding with its Japanese counterpart next month, the director of Europe’s largest public health agency announced Wednesday. “Next month I will sign a cooperation agreement with the Japanese Center for Disease Control,” said Pamela Rendi-Wagner, who took over the agency […] Continue reading -> ‘Not Enough Progress’ Made at 11th Round of Pandemic Agreement Talks 20/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan Not enough progress was made at the 11th round of the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations, conceded Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the global body’s Director-General on Friday. “I know you have made progress, but I also know that from what you have been saying, it’s not as good as what we wanted,” Tedros […] Continue reading -> New Pandemic ‘Lite’ Agreement Shifts Key Decisions to Post-Negotiation Forum 17/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement shifts key decisions to the Conference of the Parties (COP) – a body that will be set up after the World Health Assembly (WHA) has adopted the agreement. The draft, developed by the WHO Bureau overseeing the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) talks, was distributed […] Continue reading -> Mpox Injects Urgency into Resumed Talks on Pandemic Agreement 09/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The mpox outbreak – characterised by the all-too-familiar lack of vaccines for Africa – provided added impetus to the global negotiations for a pandemic agreement, which resumed at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva on Monday. Ethiopia, speaking for Africa, said that mpox, recently declared a public health emergency of international concern, “calls […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Brazil Aims for G20 Declarations on Climate & One Health and Local Medicines Production at Rio Summit 26/09/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher NEW YORK CITY – Brazil is advancing two major health-related declarations – on climate and One Health and on local medicines production – that it hopes to have ready for the upcoming G20 Summit that it is hosting in Rio in November. Despite political pushback, Brazil’s Deputy Minister of Health expressed hopes that the two […] Continue reading -> European CDC Chief Announces Partnership with Japan 25/09/2024 Stefan Anderson The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) will sign an official memorandum of understanding with its Japanese counterpart next month, the director of Europe’s largest public health agency announced Wednesday. “Next month I will sign a cooperation agreement with the Japanese Center for Disease Control,” said Pamela Rendi-Wagner, who took over the agency […] Continue reading -> ‘Not Enough Progress’ Made at 11th Round of Pandemic Agreement Talks 20/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan Not enough progress was made at the 11th round of the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations, conceded Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the global body’s Director-General on Friday. “I know you have made progress, but I also know that from what you have been saying, it’s not as good as what we wanted,” Tedros […] Continue reading -> New Pandemic ‘Lite’ Agreement Shifts Key Decisions to Post-Negotiation Forum 17/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement shifts key decisions to the Conference of the Parties (COP) – a body that will be set up after the World Health Assembly (WHA) has adopted the agreement. The draft, developed by the WHO Bureau overseeing the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) talks, was distributed […] Continue reading -> Mpox Injects Urgency into Resumed Talks on Pandemic Agreement 09/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The mpox outbreak – characterised by the all-too-familiar lack of vaccines for Africa – provided added impetus to the global negotiations for a pandemic agreement, which resumed at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva on Monday. Ethiopia, speaking for Africa, said that mpox, recently declared a public health emergency of international concern, “calls […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
European CDC Chief Announces Partnership with Japan 25/09/2024 Stefan Anderson The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) will sign an official memorandum of understanding with its Japanese counterpart next month, the director of Europe’s largest public health agency announced Wednesday. “Next month I will sign a cooperation agreement with the Japanese Center for Disease Control,” said Pamela Rendi-Wagner, who took over the agency […] Continue reading -> ‘Not Enough Progress’ Made at 11th Round of Pandemic Agreement Talks 20/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan Not enough progress was made at the 11th round of the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations, conceded Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the global body’s Director-General on Friday. “I know you have made progress, but I also know that from what you have been saying, it’s not as good as what we wanted,” Tedros […] Continue reading -> New Pandemic ‘Lite’ Agreement Shifts Key Decisions to Post-Negotiation Forum 17/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement shifts key decisions to the Conference of the Parties (COP) – a body that will be set up after the World Health Assembly (WHA) has adopted the agreement. The draft, developed by the WHO Bureau overseeing the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) talks, was distributed […] Continue reading -> Mpox Injects Urgency into Resumed Talks on Pandemic Agreement 09/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The mpox outbreak – characterised by the all-too-familiar lack of vaccines for Africa – provided added impetus to the global negotiations for a pandemic agreement, which resumed at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva on Monday. Ethiopia, speaking for Africa, said that mpox, recently declared a public health emergency of international concern, “calls […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Not Enough Progress’ Made at 11th Round of Pandemic Agreement Talks 20/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan Not enough progress was made at the 11th round of the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic agreement negotiations, conceded Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the global body’s Director-General on Friday. “I know you have made progress, but I also know that from what you have been saying, it’s not as good as what we wanted,” Tedros […] Continue reading -> New Pandemic ‘Lite’ Agreement Shifts Key Decisions to Post-Negotiation Forum 17/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement shifts key decisions to the Conference of the Parties (COP) – a body that will be set up after the World Health Assembly (WHA) has adopted the agreement. The draft, developed by the WHO Bureau overseeing the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) talks, was distributed […] Continue reading -> Mpox Injects Urgency into Resumed Talks on Pandemic Agreement 09/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The mpox outbreak – characterised by the all-too-familiar lack of vaccines for Africa – provided added impetus to the global negotiations for a pandemic agreement, which resumed at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva on Monday. Ethiopia, speaking for Africa, said that mpox, recently declared a public health emergency of international concern, “calls […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Pandemic ‘Lite’ Agreement Shifts Key Decisions to Post-Negotiation Forum 17/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement shifts key decisions to the Conference of the Parties (COP) – a body that will be set up after the World Health Assembly (WHA) has adopted the agreement. The draft, developed by the WHO Bureau overseeing the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) talks, was distributed […] Continue reading -> Mpox Injects Urgency into Resumed Talks on Pandemic Agreement 09/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The mpox outbreak – characterised by the all-too-familiar lack of vaccines for Africa – provided added impetus to the global negotiations for a pandemic agreement, which resumed at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva on Monday. Ethiopia, speaking for Africa, said that mpox, recently declared a public health emergency of international concern, “calls […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Mpox Injects Urgency into Resumed Talks on Pandemic Agreement 09/09/2024 Kerry Cullinan The mpox outbreak – characterised by the all-too-familiar lack of vaccines for Africa – provided added impetus to the global negotiations for a pandemic agreement, which resumed at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva on Monday. Ethiopia, speaking for Africa, said that mpox, recently declared a public health emergency of international concern, “calls […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts