Navigating time equity: Balancing urgency and inclusivity in pandemic treaty negotiations

Sharifah Sekalala & colleagues via PLOS Global Public Health

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📢Debunking the myths around the #PandemicAccord ⚡

🔴Myth: The Pandemic Agreement will result in countries ceding powers over health decision-making to WHO.

❌False.

✅Truth: The draft Pandemic Agreement text reaffirms the principle of sovereignty of States Parties.

Pleasure to discuss with Ambassadors Omar Hilale, Permanent Mission of Morocco to the UN, and Philippe Kridelka, Belgium UN New York, their work as co-facilitators of the United Nations World Social Summit in 2025.

We agreed the Summit offers a historic opportunity to improve social conditions for people worldwide, including

Missed our event on Pandemic Negotiations: Closing the Deal, co-organised with The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board and Pandemic Action Network ?

Watch it here ⬇️📷
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#PandemicNegotiations #PandemicTreaty

Welcomed Ambassador Heidi Heidi Schroderus-Fox at World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss our close collaboration with #Finland , including on the WHO Council on the Economics of Health For All Council and their support for the #PandemicAccord process.

We also discussed the crisis in #Gaza and the need for WHO and humanitarian partners to

Good meeting with Victoria Hallum, Deputy Secretary Multilateral and Legal Affairs Group, @MFATgovtNZ, on the ongoing negotiations to strengthen the International Health Regulations and develop a new #PandemicAccord .
We discussed how both processes are vital for ensuring equity

Good exchange today with World Health Organization (WHO) DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on many topical issues, such as the #pandemictreaty and the Economics of Health on which Finland is putting forward a milestone resolution at #WHA77 . Finland highly appreciates the long-standing partnership with WHO.

An unknown future pathogen could have far more devastating consequences than SARS-CoV-2. But, the goal of developing the first-ever global pandemic accord by next month's deadline is far from certain. wapo.st/3xNQk5q

The negotiations on the new pandemic accord are entering a critical and decisive phase. We must learn from Covid-19 - the next pandemic threat might be far more severe. ⁦World Health Organization (WHO)⁩ healthpolicy-watch.news/pandemic-negot…

During #COVID19 , many nurses, doctors, midwives didn't have enough of the equipment to stay safe, or enough of tools to save every patient.

It must not happen again. We need our leaders to make the #PandemicAccord happen. #GetItDone

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As new #PandemicAccord is being finalized by States, reference to “whole-of-government” approach should be maintained in current draft agreement. Local and regional governments play a crucial role in preventing, preparing and responding to future pandemics.

A #PandemicAccord can help:
- equip health workers better
- equitable production of vaccines, medicines & tests
- detection of new outbreaks
- improve cooperation between countries
- protect individual rights & freedoms
... #AreWeReady / #GetItDone / #MakeItHappen

Countries are leading the process to negotiate a #PandemicAccord to prevent a repeat of #COVID19 .

Better preparation for the next pandemic will prevent future disease outbreaks & protect people's freedom to travel, work, seek education, and stay healthy.

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We all lost someone or something during the #COVID19 pandemic.
But we can all do something to prevent it happening again.
Let’s support our leaders to get the #PandemicAccord done!

Grateful for a very constructive discussion with Jon Finer, Deputy National Security Advisor to President Biden, about the #PandemicAccord and the importance of the US playing an active role in negotiations to make all countries safer and better prepared for future pandemics. We also

Get ready for the 5th edition of Walk the Talk: #HealthForAll Challenge!

🗓️ Join us on Sunday 26 May 🏃🏽‍♀️🧑🏻‍🦽🚶🏻‍♂️

Let's get moving for physical and #MentalHealth , and kickstart #WHA77 together.

Register now 👉bit.ly/3U2Ok1S

Very much appreciate the opportunity to meet once again with Senator Lindsey Graham. We discussed global health, the origins of #COVID19 , and the #PandemicAccord . Grateful for the continued discussion.

Always pleased to meet with my friend Samantha Power. We had a very constructive discussion about World Health Organization (WHO)’s response in #Gaza ; the #PandemicAccord negotiations and the US’s active role; the ongoing effort to sustainably finance WHO; and how we can work together to end lead poisoning.

The Nursing Now Challenge have a second #NNCGSI workshop coming up on the 26th April, led by World Health Organization (WHO)'s Aleksandra Kuzmanovic!

Register your free place today: bit.ly/3vTiOtR

#PandemicAccord #Nurses #Leadership

.Mike Ryan: “Let us choose to put our communities and our populations first.'

#PandemicAccord World Health Organization (WHO) Ambassador Amanda Gorely PERMANENT MISSION OF THE FDR OF ETHIOPIA IN GENEVA Ashley Bloomfield Eloise Todd
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