India’s proposed amendments to IHR demand greater equity in access to healthcare, accountability of WHO

Country sought intermediate public health alert for outbreaks yet to be declared public health emergency

World Health Assembly: bogged down by slow decisions

Crucial decisions, like those on curbing antimicrobial resistance and tackling air pollution and its health effects, are yet to be taken

Accountability, equity: Experts suggest what WHO’s first-ever pandemic treaty should encapsulate

The first round of public hearings for the treaty is currently underway though it will be drafted only by 2024  

Pandemic treaty draft negotiations to begin in February 2023

Ensuring equity and solidarity, promoting preparedness while respecting sovereignty will form the crux of this document

Governments discuss over 300 proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations

This is the 2nd meeting where countries worldwide came together to strengthen the mechanism in place to mitigate public health threats

WHO expresses concern over MERS, urges countries to act

A considerable number of pilgrims travel from India to Mecca-Madina for Haj every year and get exposed to the deadly virus

WHO’s Ebola response did ‘tremendous damage’ to its reputation

Adam Kamradt-Scott is a senior lecturer at the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, Australia. In …

WHO raises alarm over new cases of cross-border transmission of poliovirus from Pakistan

Additional travel restrictions may be placed on Pakistan if present recommendations are not implemented fully, says expert panel of global health …

WHO publishes zero-draft of pandemic treaty: Equity, IPR take centre stage

Many believe draft unlikely to survive in current form due to Big Pharma, particularly in EU

Most Central Asian countries have broken food safety control systems, finds paper

Severe food safety challenges in CAREC member countries; overlaps in mandates and institutional conflicts in China

Zika virus declared ‘Public Health Emergency’ by WHO

The virus has been related to microcephaly and other neurological disorders in newborns