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WHO Member States agree to resume negotiations aimed at finalising the world’s first pandemic agreement
The decision came following two weeks of intensive country-led discussions on critical subjects aimed at making all countries of the world better prepared for, and able to effectively and equitably respond to, future pandemics.
Time for Top Leaders to Join Pandemic Negotiations
Two final – and likely sleepless – weeks of negotiation on the pandemic agreement began on Monday 18 March, and negotiators have been urged to bring in their principals to ensure speed up decision-making.
COVID-19 Shows Why the World Needs a Pandemic Agreement
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on how we must prepare now to counter the threat of a future pandemic.
Perception of government performance during COVID-19 not linked to death rate.
People living in the United States are more likely to report that their government handled the COVID-19 pandemic ‘well’ than any other G7 nation despite having the highest death rate, according to a new report from the Global Listening Project.
The panzootic spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 sublineage 2.3.4.4b: a critical appraisal of One Health preparedness and prevention
With the world gradually recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to think forward when it comes to prevention of infectious disease outbreaks originating from the animal world.
A Fragile State of Preparedness: 2023 Report on the State of the World's Preparedness
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) 2023 Report points out that global preparedness for pandemics and other disease outbreaks remains inadequate, making four key recommendations to urgently strengthen global preparedness.
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9th Influenza Conference 2023
The Ninth ESWI Influenza Conference: Highlights
ESWI 2023: 10 key take home messages
WHO welcomes historic commitment by world leaders for greater collaboration, governance and investment to prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics
“The first-ever head of state summit on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response is a historic milestone in the urgent drive to make all people of the world safer, and better protected from the devastating impacts of pandemics,” said Dr Tedros
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The role of EU manufacturing capacity in future health crisis
A study assessing scientific, engineering, legal and economic considerations of flexible EU manufacturing and innovation of medical countermeasures for serious cross-border threats to health
BTN3A3 evasion promotes the zoonotic potential of influenza A viruses
Spillover events of avian influenza A viruses (IAVs) to humans could represent the first step in a future pandemic. Several factors that limit the transmission and replication of avian IAVs in mammals have been identified.
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ESWI Summit 2022: Pandemic Preparedness, Where Science and Policy Meet
ESWI pandemic preparedness summit: where science and policy meet
Main outcome of the ESWI summit “Pandemic Preparedness: Where Science and Policy Meet”, which took place in Brussels in June 2022, was recently published in the scientific journal One Health Outlook.
Fatal Jump, Tracking the Origins of Pandemics
Expect the unexpected. This adage flawlessly embodies infectious diseases and pathogens. The causative agents of infectious diseasesmaster the art of exploiting any shortcoming, any breach, any loophole in our defensive arsenal.