Third World Network, together with AIS Peru, People’s Health Movement and Innovarte, invite to the Briefing: Critical Issues before INB 11 for a fair pandemic treaty on August 29th at 9.00 am Chilean time.
Negotiations on the text of an Agreement on Pandemics will resume on September 9, amid increasing pressure from the surge of MPOX across continents, the emergence of more severe strains, and the persistent lack of access to treatments.
While vaccines and other health products are stockpiled in developed countries, these inequities highlight continuing structural challenges that the Pandemic Instrument and proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations must address: concentrated manufacturing, regulatory bottlenecks, and access to virus sequencing data without benefit-sharing obligations.
As the 11th Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) approaches, several pressing questions arise:
What specific aspects need to be clearly articulated, particularly in relation to Article 12 on the pathogen access and benefit-sharing system and the “One Health” instrument?
More importantly, with the adoption of the amendments to the International Health Regulations, what leverage can developing countries exert in the Pandemic Agreement negotiations to ensure greater equity?
We will try to answer these questions:
When?
🗓️ Thursday, August 29th
🇲🇽 7 am
🇵🇪 8 am
🇨🇱 9 am
🇧🇷 10 am
Speakers:
K.M. Gopakumar, Third World Network.
Nithin Ramakrishnan, Third World Network
Lauren Paremoer, People’s Health Movement
Javier Llamoza, Acción Internacional para la Salud-Perú
Luis Villarroel, Innovarte NGO
Register https://shorturl.at/U8m0X
