World Health Organization (WHO) member countries on Tuesday approved the adoption of its pandemic treaty.
The agreement was adopted at the 78th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
“The world is safer today thanks to the leadership, collaboration and commitment of our Member States to adopt the historic WHO Pandemic Agreement,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, according to NPR.
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“The Agreement is a victory for public health, science and multilateral action. It will ensure we, collectively, can better protect the world from future pandemic threats. It is also a recognition by the international community that our citizens, societies and economies must not be left vulnerable to again suffer losses like those endured during COVID-19,” he added.
Notably, the United States did not
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