Next week promises to be a crucial one for the World Health Organization, with member states coming together in Geneva to adopt a landmark pandemic agreement and a slimmed-down budget amid US funding cuts.<\/p>\n
Dozens of high-ranking officials and thousands of delegates are set to gather for the United Nations health agency’s annual decision-making assembly, due to last from May 19 to 27.<\/p>\n
“This huge gathering comes… at a pivotal moment for global health,” Catharina Boehme, WHO’s assistant director-general for external relations and governance, told reporters.<\/p>\n
It comes as countries are confronting “emerging threats and major shifts in the landscape for global health and international development”, she said.<\/p>\n
More than five years after the emergence of Covid-19, which killed millions of people, much of the focus next week will be on the expected adoption of a hard-won international agreement on how to better protect against and tackle future pandemics.<\/p>\n
After more than three years of negotiations, countries reached consensus on a text last month but final approval by the World Health Assembly is needed — a discussion expected to take place on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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