Today in The Lancet, experts from The Lancet–PPATS Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover push for One Health in the World Health Organization (WHO) #PandemicAgreement As the world faces rising pandemic risks, we call for robust prevention, global cooperation, and equity bit.ly/3E7RKeu

Out now, our analysis in Devex on the final hurdles to a WHO #PandemicAgreement in this final (scheduled) round of negotiations in the INB, and some solutions grounded in the legal text, with Lawrence Gostin and Panel for a Global Public Health Convention Chair Dame Barbara Stocking. devex.com/news/opinion-f…

This week is the final negotiations on a landmark #PandemicAgreement. In Devex, Alexandra Finch, Lawrence Gostin, and Dame Barbara Stocking explain the stakes of this historic moment and offer solutions to the current outstanding issues. devex.com/news/opinion-f…

⏲️ The negotiating session for the #Pandemicaccord has been extended just a bit as negotiators return to the capitals for the final sign-off. 💉Just a few issues remain - tech transfer and if parties can opt out of an annex on PABs. 🏁 Final outcome is expected Tuesday. 🧵

We’ve made history The Pandemic Treaty, arts 4 & 5 on prevention & One Health are now greened For the first time, One Health is in a legally binding instrument well as an article on prevention of pandemics at the earliest possible stage before humans & animals become infected

💚 Consensus on the pandemic agreement! OUR JOINT STATEMENT: "We congratulate World Health Organization (WHO) Member States for finalizing the text of the HISTORIC pandemic agreement, for putting cooperation over nationalism and for standing together against pandemic threats." pandemicactionnetwork.org/news/a-commitm…

.World Health Organization (WHO) Member States made history in Geneva today by reaching consensus on a proposed #PandemicAccord: who.int/news/item/16-0… I thank national negotiators for their foresight, commitment and tireless work. Gratitude as well to civil society partners. We look forward to #WHA78

After over 3 years of negotiations, WHO Member States have finalized a draft #PandemicAccord to make the world safer from future pandemics. The draft agreement will now be submitted to WHO’s Member States meeting at the #WHA78 for consideration and adoption Proposals within the

Thank you The New York Times @snonal for the conversation with me, Neal Vora from Conservation Intl, and my colleague Alexandra Finch from O'Neill Institute on the historic agreement to move forward on a #PandemicAccord. bit.ly/42h05G1

Statement from Leaders at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law on the First Pandemic Treaty: oneill.law.georgetown.edu/press/statemen…

It was a pleasure speaking with Kathryn Ryan this morning on RNZ - Nine To Noon @RNZ. We discussed the implications of the US’ withdrawal from WHO on global health, financing and disease prevention cooperation, and how prepared we are for the next pandemic.

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A truly historic evening at the #WHA78: the #PandemicAccord resolution was approved in Committee A with 124 in favour, 0 against and 11 abstentions. The final step: adoption in plenary tomorrow morning. My thanks once again to World Health Organization (WHO) Member States for choosing to keep the world

In their new Forefront article, Alexandra Finch and Lawrence Gostin from O'Neill Institute discuss how President Trump’s executive order suspending federal funding for gain-of-function research not only contains questionable assertions, but also frames the targeted research so broadly

New Body Adopts Intense Timetable for Final Pandemic Agreement Talks IGWG met for the first time and chose Amb. Tovar da Silva Nunes & Dr. Mathew Harpur as co-chairs. ✍️Kerry Cullinan World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Pandemic Action Network Helen Clark healthpolicy-watch.news/new-body-adopt…

In a new piece in The Hastings Center for Bioethics report, Lawrence Gostin, Alexandra Finch, and Peter Lurie dig deeper into the MAHA agenda, identifying evidence-based policies that would be effective in combating chronic diseases. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ha…