World Health Organization member countries on Tuesday approved an agreement to better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics in the wake of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus.

Accord aims to prevent repeat of disjointed response and international disarray that surrounded COVID-19 pandemic.

The Agreement is watered down with qualifiers, lacks enforcement mechanisms and specifies no penalties for failures to meet ...

The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement by the World Health Assembly on 20 May 2025 was a landmark moment in global health ...

Members of the World Health Organization adopted an agreement on Tuesday intended to improve preparedness for future ...

May 20 (UPI) --The World Health Organization announced Tuesday it has officially adopted the first-ever "Pandemic Agreement" to prevent future pandemics. The member states voted 124-0 in favor of ...

The Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), Dr Armstrong Alexis, says the formal adoption of the ...

The first global agreement to make the world safer from future pandemics was adopted, in addition to an increase in financial ...

Surprised murmurs transformed into a prolonged standing ovation among delegates at the World Health Assembly on the evening of May 19, 2025, when they realised that no member state would oppose the ...

This significant international treaty, supported by 124 member states on 20 May 2025, is only the second international health ...

Following the formal adoption of the Pandemic Agreement by the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May 2025, the Caribbean ...

The stark lessons of the COVID-19 crisis fuelled our collective resolve to forge a more robust and equitable framework,” said ...