Members of the World Health Organization adopted an agreement on Tuesday intended to improve preparedness for future pandemics following the disjointed global response to COVID-19, but the absence of ...

May 20 (UPI) --The World Health Organization announced Tuesday it has officially adopted the first-ever "Pandemic Agreement" to prevent future pandemics. The member states voted 124-0 in favor of ...

WHO members adopt landmark pandemic agreement in US absence. Accord aims to prevent repeat of disjointed response and international disarray that surrounded COVID-19 pandemic.

“The world is safer today thanks to the leadership, collaboration, and commitment of our member states to adopt the historic WHO Pandemic Agreement,” WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom ...

Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) today formally adopted by consensus the world's first Pandemic Agreement. The landmark decision by the 78 th World Health Assembly culminates ...

Last month, after more than three years of intensive negotiations, member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) came together at the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78) in Geneva, Switzerland, ...

The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement marks a pivotal moment in global health governance,1 particularly through the inclusion of the One Health approach. This holistic approach, integrating human ...

The Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), Dr Armstrong Alexis, says the formal adoption of the ...

The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement in May, 2025, marks a historic, if imperfect, milestone in global health governance.1 For African countries, which bore a disproportionate burden during the ...

The stark lessons of the COVID-19 crisis fuelled our collective resolve to forge a more robust and equitable framework,” said ...

Following the formal adoption of the Pandemic Agreement by the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May 2025, the Caribbean ...

Member states of the World Health Organization on Tuesday reached a historic "Pandemic Agreement" that WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said will make the world safer.