The 194 member states of the WHO are negotiating a pandemic accord, only the second health accord after the 2003 convention against tobacco.
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The WHO’s International Health Regulations are the world’s only existing international legal agreement focused exclusively on preventing and addressing infectious disease outbreaks across borders.
Drug-resistant microbes are a serious threat for future pandemics, but the new draft of the WHO’s international pandemic agreement may not include provisions for antimicrobial resistance.
As negotiations for an international pandemic treaty get underway, public engagement is in the best interests of Canadians. Here is how the federal government is consulting affected populations.
Top contributors
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Assistant Professor of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance; Scientific Co-Director, Bridge Research Consortium, Simon Fraser University
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Academic and treaty negotiator, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto; York University, Canada; University of Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, School of Global Health and Managing Director, AMR Policy Accelerator, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia