Global agreement on a pandemic preparedness plan came against all the odds. Now all parties must follow good intentions with ...

Perhaps the absence of Trump-governed US in the talks created an accommodative atmosphere, but this will affect tech-sharing ...

The treaty provides a roadmap for the future by taking a holistic view of health and asks countries to take steps to reduce ...

Business interests and intellectual property laws privilege the wealthy and leave the rest scrabbling for life-saving ...

After 3 years of discussions, 194 member countries of the World Health Organisation have agreed to the text of a pandemic treaty designed to make the world safer from a future pandemic – but what ...

EDITORIAL: The recent landmark agreement reached by member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO) represents a critical juncture in the global management of future pandemics. After more ...

The World Health Organization has passed the first legally binding treaty to recognise animal and environmental health in preventing pandemics. The Action for Animal Health (A4AH), led by working ...

Further, with a pandemic treaty in development ... The negotiations over the treaty are being hosted through the World Health Organization (WHO), with plans to officially adopt a binding agreement ...

Global aid funding cuts, led by the United States, are disrupting efforts to vaccinate children against deadly diseases, the United Nations (UN) has said, adding that the drop in childhood jabs is ...

The US administration has just published on its official White House website that the most likely origin of COVID-19 was an ...

Amid polycrises, from pandemics to wars and trade wars, the global order is in flux, with the contours of the new order still ...