Kenya pushing for system to share deadly viruses – then access vaccines, drugs, and profits from resulting products.

On the margins of the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ...

Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong recorded in the past few weeks massive upticks in Covid-19 transmissions. Read more at ...

Omi Shigeru, the man who ran Japan's response to COVID-19, gives insight on the World Health Organization's new deal to track and mitigate diseases. He says it's a good step but only the first step.

Professor Sara E Davies is Project Lead for the ACIAR funded ACIAR I ndo-Pacific Initiative for Sustainable Animal Health ...

The agreement very strongly favours a “One Health” approach, appreciating how so many potential pathogens originate in human-animal interactions. Still to agree on the terms of how to share pathogens ...

Michelle Heisner, Andrii Moskalyk and Yanshu Zhang of Baker McKenzie discuss the legal framework, details and ongoing issues ...

The World Health Organization's pandemic agreement aims to prepare countries for future pandemics. The US is not involved in the agreement.

India has reaffirmed its commitment to a legally binding pandemic agreement, emphasizing equitable access, data sharing, and capacity building for the ...

On March 20, members of the World Health Organization adopted the world's first pandemic agreement after three years of ...

NPR interviews Maria Van Kherkove, the infectious disease epidemiologist who is a leader in the World Health Organization.

Updates from the 78th World Health Assembly. Plus, the new nominee for WHO regional director for Africa, and why not everyone is happy about the new pandemic treaty.