Global accord aims to avoid the damage caused during Covid-19 and ensure vaccines and medical equipment are distributed equally to all
Covid-19 caught the world unprepared; the scramble it prompted for treatments, tests, protective equipment and vaccines favoured the world’s richest nations. To avoid the same thing happening in future pandemics, a group of world leaders has proposed a pandemic treaty, which is being negotiated in a series of international meetings hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The draft treaty is aimed at ensuring equity in distributing all that is needed to handle a future pandemic, instead of the coronavirus free-for-all.
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