Will a pandemic treaty help to save the multilateral system?
“At its heart, the pandemic is a crisis of solidarity and sharing."
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Sovereignty, power, and technology : the sticking points around the negociations for a "pandemic treaty."
Last May, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) shocked us by bluntly declaring that the COVID-19 pandemic was all but “preventable,” and that the global health system was “clearly unfit” to prevent another infectious pathogen from turning into a new pandemic in the future.
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Hoping for a wow at WHA
One would have hoped that the COVID-19 pandemic would have been met by a coordinated, collective, and global response. Instead, the exact opposite happened.
#69 The G|O Briefing, September 13, 2021
Financial woes at the Human Rights Council - Ai Weiwei blasts Credit Suisse - Big Tobacco and teens - Covax, visualized
#65 The G|O Briefing, August 5, 2021
Exclusive: ‘Act now,’ confidential IPCC report tells governments; lawsuit sheds light on Big Tobacco tactics; and can systems be held responsible?
#62 The G|O Briefing, July 22, 2021
China and the UN: ‘ undue influence?’ asks a new report. Plus, might IP rights on Covid-19 finally be temporarily waived? Don't bet on it.
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WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2021
Since the publication of the first WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic in 2008, the steady progress made by countries on tobacco control has been demonstrated in biennial updates, of which this report is the latest.
#59 THE G|O Briefing, June 2, 2021
External Audit flags massive problems in WHO procurement practices - How to fix the Gates Foundation - Nestlé's unhealthy food products
Should the WHO be rebuilt from scratch?
This is an onsite edited excerpt of the G|O Briefing newsletter
It is now abundantly clear that the reform of the WHO will need to be profound in nature and comprehensive in scope. That’s in essence what The Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and its blunt conclusion that
Exclusive: Transparency International calls on the WHA to independently investigate disclosures of WHO's Italian whistleblower Francesco Zambon
The Geneva Observer has learned that Transparency International and a broad coalition of organizations advocating for a more robust protection mechanism for UN whistleblowers has sent an open letter to the Seventy-Fourth World Health Assembly (WHA) urging WHO Member States to call for an independent review of the disclosures made