'The pandemic treaty negotiations have centred on issues of fairness or “equity”.

Paul Nuki, the Global Health Security Editor at the The Telegraph, gives his take on the #PandemicAccord .

I was grateful for the opportunity to speak to him.

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The 8th session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) is done for the night. The meeting will resume at 11 AM CEST on Saturday, 18 May 2024. This photo was transmitted to me at 2:19 AM CEST. #WGIHR8

I summoned my inner nerd and took a deep dive into the Pandemic Agreement.

It was bracing, and surprising.

The US search for bugs in space may be relevant but, oddly, ‘sovereignty’ has naff all to do with it 🤔

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In DC Tuesday? Ahead of what promises to be a fraught World Health Assembly, join us for small (RSVP req) discussion on the politics & law of the #PandemicTreaty . Discussion with Nina Schwalbe Rebecca Katz Lawrence Gostin Sam Halabi & maybe Luiz Galvao
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🚨Today, the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body for a #PandemicAccord gave a “State of Play” update to stakeholders.

📑There were 300 paragraphs to review, negotiate, and agree on at the #INB9 .

🗣Negotiations continue next week.

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🚨The Bureau of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body for a #PandemicAccord will hold an update for registered stakeholders on Wednesday, 15 May.

🗓We hope to learn where, when, and what comes next!

🚨The Bureau of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body for a #PandemicAccord will hold an update for registered stakeholders on Wednesday, 15 May.

🗓We hope to learn where, when, and what comes next!

🚨The #PandemicAccord Intergovernmental Negotiating Body Bureau proposed resumed negotiations from 21 - 24 May.

🏁They would meet 3 x 3 hours daily to finish in time for the World Health Assembly in May.

🔎They will hold a stakeholder briefing on 15 May from 13:00-15:00 CET.

What the switch was intended to do, reduce vaccine-derived type 2 cases to zero, “clearly didn’t happen,” acknowledges Aidan O’Leary, director for polio eradication at WHO “The [case numbers] speak for themselves. The key is what we do about it.”
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🚨The #PandemicAccord Intergovernmental Negotiating Body Bureau proposed resumed negotiations from 21 - 24 May.

🏁They would meet 3 x 3 hours daily to finish in time for the World Health Assembly in May.

🔎They will hold a stakeholder briefing on 15 May from 13:00-15:00 CET.