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WHO agrees legally binding pandemic treaty
Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed the text of a legally binding treaty designed to better tackle ...
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WHO member countries agree on a draft 'pandemic treaty' to avoid COVID-19 mistakes
The World Health Organization's member countries agreed on a draft pandemic treaty that sets guidelines for how the ...
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WHO member states outline pandemic plan
After more than three years of discussion, the World Health Organization’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) has ...
Countries reach ‘historic’ agreement to tackle future pandemics, WHO says
Members of the World Health Organization reached an agreement to prepare the world for future pandemics after more than three years of negotiations, the organization said early on Wednesday.
WHO member states reach pandemic preparedness agreement
World Health Organization member states have reached consensus on a draft agreement that aims to strengthen global ...
Global aid funding cuts disrupt child vaccinations almost as much as pandemic: UN
Despite an increase in infectious disease outbreaks, the United States has cut global aid funding, which is creating a huge ...
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Countries Agree on Treaty Aimed at Preventing Global Health Crises
The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office. Listen ...
Does the new global pandemic treaty have enough teeth?
Although the agreement on the draft treaty has been hailed as groundbreaking and historic, several experts have said that it ...
It’s World Immunization Week. How prepared is Canada if vaccines are needed for a new pandemic?
Vaccines have saved more than 154 million lives worldwide over the past 50 years. World Immunization Week is a timely ...
Education's 'new normal': Exploring impacts of COVID-19 five years later
According to Attendance Works, in the 2022-2023 school year, 61% of public schools saw high or extreme levels of chronic ...
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WHO member countries agree on a draft ‘pandemic treaty’ to try to avoid Covid-19 mistakes
LONDON — Five years after Covid-19 triggered national lockdowns, economic uncertainty and killed millions, the World Health Organization’s member countries agreed on a draft “pandemic ...
Aid funding cuts disrupt child vaccinations almost as much as Covid-19 pandemic, says UN
Outbreaks of infectious diseases, including measles, meningitis and yellow fever, have been increasing globally. Read more at ...