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Prevention: Clear rules for provision and reaction-WHO member states agree on pandemic agreements

Published on April 16, 2025

For three years, the members of the WHO negotiated a contractual work that is supposed to better protect the world in the event of future pandemics.The question of technology transfer was particularly controversial until the end.Now there was an agreement - but a country does not participate. Advertisement Breakthrough on pandemic agreements: After tough negotiations, the WHO member states have approved an agreement with which they want to prepare for future pandemics.The Member States had "made a big step forward in their efforts to make the world more secure before pandemics," said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday.Accordingly, the countries have "drawn up a draft for an agreement", which will be presented to the WHO annual meeting in May for signing.After the fundamental cleaning on a global pandemic agreement, the negotiators had come together on Tuesday to give the contractual work the final touch.The session behind closed doors began on Tuesday morning at the WHO main seat in Geneva.The members literally negotiated up to the last minute. Until the end there was disagreement about some delicate questions.As the AFP news agency learned from negotiators, the passage in particular caused disagreements that deal with the technology transfer for pandemic health products. Read also Weltplus article after the US exit now Germany should stuff the hole of the WHO in need of reform The countries of the world had written history in Geneva, who praised WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.With the Agreement, they would have created "not just a generation contract to increase security in the world".They also showed that "multilateralism is alive and healthy and that the nations in our split world can still work together to find a common denominator and a joint answer to common threats". Advertisement The WHO member states have been negotiating an international agreement to prevent pandemia for more than three years.After repeated new adjoining, a fundamental cleaning was ultimately achieved in a 24-hour marathon session last week.With the agreement, the world is to be better prepared for crises such as Corona pandemic. Also read article type: Advertorial dream raffle you win 1.8 million euros in living luxury! According to the UN organization, at least 20 million people died through the Corona pandemic.Countermeasures such as Lockdowns and travel restrictions caused serious economic damage.The health systems were also not prepared for pandemic: for a long time a lack of vaccine hindered the fight against the coronavirus. Read World Plus Article Pandemie Policy Follow the Corona period-"Strong declines in the event of trust in the police" In order to be better prepared for future health crises and to be able to react faster and more specifically in the pandemic case, the elaboration of the pandemic agreement was agreed.It should create clear rules in the areas of prevention, precaution and reaction.However, the targeted agreement already has a weak point: the United States is not there - President Donald Trump had declared his country's withdrawal from the WHO after he was re -entered to the White House. AFP/FHS