Pandemic Treaty negotiations: Will the Global North prevail over international solidarity?
Channel: Peoples Dispatch
Date: 2024-02-13

Join KM Gopakumar, legal advisor at Third World Network, and Jyotsna Singh from the People’s Health Movement as they delve into the ongoing negotiations surrounding the Pandemic Treaty. Over the past two years, World Health Organization members have been discussing a new document aimed at strengthening global pandemic response, drawing from lessons learned during the COVID-19 crisis. However, with the deadline for submitting a draft text to the World Health Assembly approaching in May 2024, high-income countries seem poised to obstruct efforts by those in the Global South to foster solidarity and collaboration in pandemic response.