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WHO agrees legally binding pandemic treaty
Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed the text of a legally binding treaty designed to better tackle ...
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WHO member states outline pandemic plan
After more than three years of discussion, the World Health Organization’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) has ...
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WHO member countries agree on a draft 'pandemic treaty' to avoid COVID-19 mistakes
The World Health Organization's member countries agreed on a draft pandemic treaty that sets guidelines for how the ...
Countries reach ‘historic’ agreement to tackle future pandemics, WHO says
Members of the World Health Organization reached an agreement to prepare the world for future pandemics after more than three years of negotiations, the organization said early on Wednesday.
WHO member states reach pandemic preparedness agreement
World Health Organization member states have reached consensus on a draft agreement that aims to strengthen global ...
Global aid funding cuts disrupt child vaccinations almost as much as pandemic: UN
Despite an increase in infectious disease outbreaks, the United States has cut global aid funding, which is creating a huge ...
Does the new global pandemic treaty have enough teeth?
Although the agreement on the draft treaty has been hailed as groundbreaking and historic, several experts have said that it ...
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WHO working group makes progress on pandemic preparedness plan
April 12 (UPI) --World Health Organization ... while the 1918 influenza pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people - more than double." The Covid-19 pandemic officially killed 7 million ...
It’s World Immunization Week. How prepared is Canada if vaccines are needed for a new pandemic?
Vaccines have saved more than 154 million lives worldwide over the past 50 years. World Immunization Week is a timely ...
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WHO member countries agree on a draft ‘pandemic treaty’ to try to avoid Covid-19 mistakes
LONDON — Five years after Covid-19 triggered national lockdowns, economic uncertainty and killed millions, the World Health Organization’s member countries agreed on a draft “pandemic ...
Aid funding cuts disrupt child vaccinations almost as much as Covid-19 pandemic, says UN
Outbreaks of infectious diseases, including measles, meningitis and yellow fever, have been increasing globally. Read more at ...
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WHO member countries agree on a draft 'pandemic treaty' to try to avoid COVID-19 mistakes
After the world’s largely disastrous response to the coronavirus, countries tasked the WHO with overseeing a pandemic treaty ... next month at the U.N. health agency's annual meeting in Geneva.