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The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement by the World Health Assembly on 20 May 2025 was a landmark moment in global health.

According to a 2022 World Bank estimate, preventing a pandemic would cost approximately US$11 billion per year, while ...

On May 20 at the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78), member nations of the World Health Organization (WHO) formally adopted the first-ever WHO Pandemic Agreement.

After three years of negotiations, delegates to the World Health Organization’s annual meeting have adopted a global pandemic agreement that threatens national sovereignty, requires the transfer ...

The Pandemic Agreement, just adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a landmark for global public health. Had such an agreement been in place before 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic would have ...

The Pandemic Agreement, just adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a landmark for global public health. Had such an agreement been in place before 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic would have ...

Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) have adopted the world’s first Pandemic Agreement, during the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, a process driven by lessons learned from ...

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

The World Health Organization's member states on Tuesday adopted a landmark Pandemic Agreement on tackling future health crises, after more than three years of negotiations sparked by the shock of ...