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"In late May, the latest version of the draft Pandemic Instrument, also
referred to as the “pandemic treaty,” was shared with Member States at the
World Health Assembly. The text was made available online via
Health Policy
Watch and it quickly became apparent that all mentions of addressing
antimicrobial resistance in the Pandemic Instrument were at risk of removal.
Work on the Pandemic Instrument began in December 2021 after the World Health
Assembly agreed to a global process to draft and negotiate an international
instrument — under the Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) — to
protect nations and communities from future pandemic emergencies.
Since the beginning of negotiations on the Pandemic Instrument, there have been
calls from civil society and leading experts, including the Global Leaders
Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, to include the so-called “silent” pandemic
of antimicrobial resistance in the instrument.
Just three years after the onset of a global pandemic, it is understandable why
Member States negotiating the Pandemic Instrument have focused on preventing
pandemics that resemble COVID-19. But not all pandemics in the past have been
caused by viruses and not all pandemics in the future will be caused by
viruses. Devastating past pandemics of bacterial diseases have included plague
and cholera. The next pandemic could be caused by bacteria or other microbes."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
