In a plan dubbed “The World Together,” the World Health Organization, through the World Health Assembly, has launched a scheme to give the WHO sweeping powers for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.
On the WHO’s website, “Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said the decision by the World Health Assembly was historic in nature, vital in its mission, and represented a once-in-a-generation opportunity to strengthen the global health architecture to protect and promote the well-being of all people.”
The Health Assembly is coordinating the effort with a newly-appointed intergovernmental negotiating body (INB), which will draft the proposition for the global accord, which organizers said will address vaccines and other pandemic management strategies.
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