An Equitable Pandemic Agreement is a Global Public Good
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A WHO Intergovernmental Working Group is negotiating an equitable Pandemic Agreement focused on Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS). Leaders, including the former President of Botswana and the President of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, emphasize the importance of mandatory benefit-sharing commitments in this global public health accord.
As the WHO Intergovernmental Working Group reconvenes in Geneva in the quest to nail down an accord on Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS), the former President of Botswana and the President of AIDS Healthcare Foundation argue that this critical annex to the 2025 Pandemic Agreement needs to ensure benefit-sharing commitments are just as mandatory and […]