There are countries around the world Agreed to the contract on the infection It can be properly recognized next month, which creates a new regulation for future global health crises.
This deal occurs after five years Govid-19 International Spread Shake the world, what Finished the lives of more than seven million people And shows the biggest gap between the north and south based on access to medical treatments and vaccines.
Once accepted, the The contract will be legally binded. Countries to increase Monitoring of infections, They quickly share the diagnosis, vaccines and medication, and they make more of the viruses to prevent people from passing from animals and strengthen them National health systems And more.
“We do not achieve all our objectives in the negotiations, but we hope that the new deal is, if it is effectively used, it will be better to resist and deal with the world World Health Security Challenges“At the final session of the meeting, the negotiat said on behalf of the European Union (European Union).
Contract The peak of conversations They were proposed for the first time in 2020. Beginning Extended the deadlineMay 2025.
Negotiations, civil society groups and world health professionals, even though the contract has been diluted over time, it is a Historical Success for the World Health Organization (WHO) When the World Health Organization is in confusion.
“It is clear Govid Pandemia exposed many lakesThis agreement did not include all, “he said to Euronev’s Health Suri Moon, the co -director of the University High International Studies and the World Health Center of the Development of Geneva.
The last contradictory point is the technical exchange rule, which regulates intellectual property rights and other tools for producing drugs and vaccines. The Low rental countries preferred strict standards This allows these products to be produced locally, but said something rich countries, including EU members Exchange It should be volunteer and “by mutual contract.”
At this stage, the German representative emphasized at the final session of the negotiations. “We have also protected the technology that the technology is voluntary for technology holders, and we understand the current rules of the text,” the representative said. Another issue that is not fully resolved Creating a new pathogenic access system and benefits distribution (PABS), countries will share pathogenic samples with pharmaceutical manufacturers in exchange for access to vaccines and medication.
Negotiars have agreed to create a PABS system, but do not specify how to install it. They are scheduled Continue the debate The issue in the coming months will include any decision as a combination of contract. “This will help you to be more self -reliant for poor regions like Africa, without waiting for charity donations,” he told Lawrence Costin, director of the WHO Cooperation Center of the World Health Law of the United States Georgetown University.
More than 190 countries participated in the conversations, and a WHO organized by a government government negotiation element (Inb). But during the final negotiations there was an elephant in the room: Donald Trump, as the United States retired from conversations in January as part of its movement Obvious from WHO.
Lack of US participation will undermine some key points of contract to undermine
For example, the contract establishes that “participating manufacturers” have Do 10% booking in vaccines, drugs and diagnoses It is associated with the infection that produces them during emergencies. They also say they should try to donate a further 10%. But it is not clear who would say “participating manufacturer”, and if US -based pharmaceuticals are not included, it may leave a big vacuum in the company’s reserves.
“We still don’t know what the impacts are,” Moon said. Countries will vote formally if they accept the agreement next month at the World Health Council in Geneva. It will be The Second WHO Agreement has been recognized since the creation of the group in 1948; The first was tobacco control contract in 2003.
The contract is likely to determine the global response The next crisis is SanitriaFuture epidemics are not the subject of “yes”, but as experts say “when”. “It is very difficult to change the contracts,” said Moon. “I think, at least one generation, what we have is going to be with us.”
