WHO states agree on a pandemic contract to avoid covid 19 errors
WHO states agree on a pandemic contract to avoid covid 19 errors
Five years after Covid-19 triggered national lockdowns, brought economic uncertainty and Millions of lives , have the member states of the world health organization (Who) a draft for a agreed. This sets guidelines on how the international community can react to the next global health crisis.
The historical moment for the WHO
after the Catastrophic response to the Coronavirus 2020 The countries commissioned the WHO in 2021 to monitor the pandemic contract. The negotiations were completed on a Wednesday and an acceptance of the agreement will be expected next month at the annual meeting of the UN Health Authority in Geneva.
collaboration in a split world
The general director of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, described this as a historical moment. He emphasized that the countries have shown that “the nations can still work together in our split world to find common solutions and a uniform reaction.”
The reaction of the USA and other countries
According to the decision of US President Donald Trump, the United States in January from the WHO , American civil servants were probably not excluded from the negotiations and are expected to sign. During the Covid 19 pandemic, it was mostly American research and development efforts that the most effective vaccines and medication.
The challenges of implementation
A few weeks after Trump's decision, the Argentine President Javier Milei also left the WHO and named the UN agency as a reason. Rachael Crockett from the Advocacy Group Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative described the draft of the pandemic contract as "a product of the compromise". She explained that the contract contains strong provisions, but are only effective if the countries decide to implement them: "This could change the Situation that we saw during covid as some population groups had no access to the required means. "important provisions of the contract
The draft contract includes a provision that should guarantee that countries that share important virus samples will receive access to the resulting tests, medication and vaccines. The WHO will hold up to 20 % of these products to ensure that poorer countries are supplied. Negotiations on this provision are to be continued after the contract is expected to be accepted by the member countries in May.
Legity and potential consequences
Crockett recognized that, as is often the case with international law, there are only a few consequences for countries that do not adhere to it: "There is not much what can be done if countries decide not to ratify or not to stick to it." Yuanqiong HU from the aid organization Doctors Without Borders explained that the contract contains a mechanism in order to use diplomatic channels in disputes between the countries and then do arbitration.
The challenges of compliance
The federal states are already legally bound by the international health regulations to quickly report dangerous new outbreaks. However, these regulations were repeatedly disregarded, including from African countries during ebola and others Breaks, china in the early phases of covid-19 and possibly also the USA persistent bird flu epidemic.
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