Health
Get Ready, a WHO Pandemic Accord is in Draft
By Dana Malcolm
Staff Writer
December 9, 2022 – A historic and legally binding Pandemic Accord will be drafted by February next year after three days of consecutive meetings by UN member states this week. Designed to protect the world from future pandemics, the WHO says the “zero draft” of the pandemic accord, will be discussed by Member States in February
The organization described it as ‘a milestone in the global process to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic’
Pandemic response in 2020 was somewhat disjointed with some countries slow to implement quarantines and lockdowns and even masking protocols. In addition to that some larger countries, like the United States, hoarded vaccines nearly to the point of expiry after which they gave them to smaller states.
Vaccine inequity was a driving force of the COVID-19 pandemic according to the WHO.
The Pandemic Accord is to ‘prevent a repeat of the devastating impacts [Covid-19] has had on individuals and communities worldwide.’
Roland Driece, Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body which is overseeing the creation of the accords said
“Countries have delivered a clear message that the world must be better prepared, coordinated and supported to protect all people, everywhere, from a repeat of COVID-19,”
The details of the Accord will be ready for debate on February 27th 2023.