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General Info[74]
Health Issues[89]
Publications[52]
Right to Health[72]
Health & Development[29]
Projects[24]
Sanitation[15]
Vaccination[22]
Global Health Concepts[7]
WHO Pandemic Treaty[56]
International Health Regulations - IHR[35]
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WHO Pandemic Treaty

The WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty is set to be the first global effort to ensure public health security, financing, disease surveillance, and vaccine equity. In preparation for the next pandemic, we await to see if global collaboration and transparency can be achieved amongst rising criticism. Analysis of the draft accord here.

WHO Pandemic Treaty

Front page of the International Health Regulations Third Edition by WHO. The cover is blue, orange, and green with white writing

International Health Regulations (IHR)

The IHR are a legal framework that outlines the rights and obligations for countries when dealing with public health risks. First adopted by WHO in 1969, WHO member states agreed to implement the regulations ‘to prevent, protect against, control and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease.’ Alongside the creation of the new WHO Pandemic Treaty reforms have been proposed for the IHR as a new collective strategy for global health security, financing, disease surveillance, vaccine equity, global collaboration, and transparency.

International Health Regulations (IHR)

Sanitation

2.6 billion people in the world continue to lack adequate sanitation leading to important negative health impacts. See how organizations play a role in improving sanitation through policy development and the implementation of sanitation programmes.

Sanitation

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