The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement by the World Health Assembly on 20 May 2025 was a landmark moment in global health ...

As countries overwhelmingly passed a WHO global pandemic agreement, top U.S. health official Robert F. Kennedy Jr. invited states to reject the “moribund WHO.” ...

However, it still falls far short of addressing the scope and scale of human rights violations that occurred during and because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The treaty will enter into force when at ...

Rather than push for new WHO leadership, the Biden administration voted to allow Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ...

The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement marks a pivotal moment in global health governance,1 particularly through the inclusion of the One Health approach. This holistic approach, integrating human ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has accomplished important work in its relatively long lifespan for an international ...

WHO is developing new tools and innovative partnerships to boost countries' defenses against future pandemics, including real ...

On March 20, members of the World Health Organization adopted the world's first pandemic agreement after three years of "intensive negotiations." The United States did not participate.

The stark lessons of the COVID-19 crisis fuelled our collective resolve to forge a more robust and equitable framework,” said ...

Member states of the World Health Organization voted overwhelmingly to adopt the first ever pandemic agreement, a treaty aimed at preventing, preparing for and responding to any future pandemic.

Read about comments made by former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark and ICN president Dr Pamela Cipriano on pandemic ...