World leaders renew commitment to protect the world from future pandemics

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Political leaders meeting at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) renewed their commitment to making the world safer from future pandemics, stressing the need for sustained and more equitable investment and action on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR).

The UNGA today held its second High-level Meeting on PPPR, following its first staged in 2023.

Leaders recognized the progress made in the past three years to strengthen global systems to detect, prepare for and respond to pandemic threats, including adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement and amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005).

Countries also stressed the urgent need to successfully finalize negotiations on an annex to the WHO Pandemic Agreement to establish the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system, which is currently being negotiated by WHO Member States.

The purpose of the PABS annex is to operationalize a system for the timely sharing of pathogens with pandemic potential, and benefits arising from their use. This will enable research, development and timely and equitable sharing of vaccines, medicines, diagnostics and other health products arising from those pathogens. Adoption of the Annex at the coming World Health Assembly, in May 2027, is necessary for WHO Member States to start national consideration to ratify the WHO Pandemic Agreement.

  1. WHO News
  2. <<< International Health Regulations (2005)

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