Beginning on May 27, 2024, the 77th World Health Assembly will be held, where member states will have a historic opportunity to decide on a pandemic agreement that will help the world better prepare for and respond to future pandemics — marking a significant moment for global health since 1948.
The pandemic agreement is a potential international agreement currently being negotiated by the 194 member states of the WHO to drive a more equitable global response to pandemics, safeguard national health systems, and enhance cooperation among member states during pandemics.
Our faculty director, Lawrence O. Gostin, and experts have provided analysis and commentary on various aspects of the issue: Luis Gil Abinader, Kashish Aneja, Amanda Banda, Olohikhuae Egbokhare, Alexandra Finch, Eric A. Friedman, Katherine Ginsbach, Sam Halabi, Matthew Kavanagh, Alice Kayongo, Kevin A. Klock, Sharonann Lynch, Benjamin Mason Meier, Tlaleng Mofokeng, Adi Radhakrishnan, Vyoma Dhar Sharma, and Sarah Wetter.
What to Know
- PLOS One, The World Health Organization was born as a normative agency: Seventy-five years of global health law under WHO governance
- X (Formerly Known as Twitter), G20 Health Working Group Meeting
- The Hindu, The countdown to a pandemic treaty
- Georgetown Journal of International Law, Is the Pace of IHR Reform Legal?
- Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Shaping Global Health Law through United Nations Governance: The UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response
- Foreign Policy, The WTO Failed the World in Covid
- Devex, Opinion: Imagine a Health COP Getting as Much Attention as Climate COPs
- POLITICO, Biden’s got pharma’s back in global pandemic treaty negotiations
- National Geographic, COVID-19 has tested us. Will we be ready for the next pandemic?
- The Hastings Report, Making the World Safer and Fairer in Pandemics
- PLOS Global Public Health, A critical juncture for human rights in global health: Strengthening human rights through global health law reforms
- Harvard Law Bill of Health, Scarcity Is Not an Excuse to Discriminate: Age and Disability in Health Care Rationing
- Agenda Estado de Derecho, Sobre la inconstitucionalidad de usar la discapacidad y la edad como criterios para los triajes éticos
- JAMA Health Forum, A Historic Moment in Global Health—“Futureproofing” the World Against Pandemics
- Health Affairs, The UN’s Political Declaration On Pandemics: What Should Happen Next?
- NPR, The world hopes to enact a pandemic treaty by May 2024. Will it succeed or flail?
- The O’Neill Institute, Lawrence Gostin’s Statement at UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response
- The Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Intellectual Property and the Politics of Public Good in Covid-19: Framing Law, Institutions, and Ideas During TRIPS Waiver Negotiations at the WTO
- The O’Neill Institute, O’Neill Briefing: The United Nations Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response
- Health Policy Watch, WHO Pandemic Treaty: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
- The O’Neill Institute, Colombia Rules in Favor of Individuals Supported by the O’Neill Institute’s Health and Human Rights Initiative and PAIIS on Ethical Triage During Health Emergencies
- The O’Neill Institute, Discriminación contra personas con discapacidad en el acceso a bienes y servicios de salud en el contexto de emergencias de salud pública
- Agenda Estado de Derecho, Acceso equitativo a las vacunas: los retos para Latinoamérica
Establishing Mechanisms for Equity, Justice, and Fairness
- Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law, An Analysis of COVAX’s Equity Mandate with Reference to Liability and Indemnity Analysis
- Geneva Health Files, Four Principles to Guide a Pathogen Access-and-Benefit Sharing System for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
- The O’Neill Institute, How Inclusive Is Global Health Governance? Understanding the “Intent” To Include
- COVID, Equitable Vaccine Access in Light of COVID-19 Vaccine Procurement Strategies in Africa
- The O’Neill Institute, Comments on the Implications of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Commitments/Regimes and Other Proposed Commitments Being Considered Under a WHO Convention, Agreement or Other International Instrument on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response 89 FR 4319
- BMJ, Equity and technology in the pandemic treaty
- The O’Neill Institute, Emergency Countermeasure Development and Deployment
- The O’Neill Institute, Advancing A World Together Equitably
- The O’Neill Institute, Legal Tools for Pandemic Preparedness: WHO Collaborating Center Support for New Coordinating Mechanisms
Securing Financing for Both Prevention and Response Efforts
- Health Affairs, Financing Our Future In The Pandemic Agreement And International Health Regulations
- The Hastings Center, Financing Reforms to Meet a Pivotal Moment in Global Health
Implementing Mechanisms for Compliance and Accountability
- NPR, The U.S. has come up with its own global strategy to thwart the next pandemic
- Politifact, False claim resurfaces about WHO pandemic treaty and US sovereignty
- USA Today, No, pandemic accord doesn’t allow WHO to mandate vaccines, control governments | Fact check
- Devex, Pandemic treaty draft lacks accountability
- The Lancet, Increasing compliance with international pandemic law: international relations and new global health agreements
- The O’Neill Institute, National Sovereignty Implications of A Pandemic Instrument
Events
- The O’Neill Institute, Think Pandemics – Think Inequalities
- The O’Neill Institute, Can a Pandemic Treaty Change a State’s Behavior? Increasing Compliance with International Pandemic Law
- The O’Neill Institute, Where Might Falls Short of Right: The UN High-Level Draft Declarations and a Rights-based Framework for Health