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Pandemic Agreement negotiations remain unresolved
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Vaccines produced in a pandemic emergency allocated to the World Health Organization
Countries have yet to agree on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system needed to implement the WHO Pandemic Agreement. Negotiations continued in Geneva, with further talks planned through May 2027.
- WHO Pandemic Agreement
- World Health Organization
- Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex
- Geneva
- United States
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The World Health Organization adopted the pandemic agreement in May 2025.
“The World Health Organization adopted the pandemic agreement in May 2025”
Countries have not agreed on what the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system should look like.
“countries haven't been able to agree on what that system, known as the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex (PABS), would actually look like”
Countries held the eighth round of pandemic agreement negotiations in Geneva last week.
“Countries met last week for the eighth round of negotiations in Geneva”