Month: January 2022

  • Prospects for the World Health Assembly’s pandemic instrument

    Prospects for the World Health Assembly’s pandemic instrument

    The World Health Assembly (WHA) has established an intergovernmental negotiating body to “draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response”. The Assembly’s decision was made at the special session of the WHA, convened for the specific purpose of considering the benefits of such an instrument. But…