The world’s best chance of preventing the next pandemic lies in a global treaty. But deep divisions over funding and the sharing of vaccines and treatments have so far prevented an agreement.
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Articles on International Health Regulations
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The WHO’s International Health Regulations are the world’s only existing international legal agreement focused exclusively on preventing and addressing infectious disease outbreaks across borders.
Despite demands for an urgent ‘reservation’ and ‘national interest test’ over new WHO regulations, New Zealand’s sovereignty is not at risk from international agreements or treaties.
Warnings about major disease outbreaks are supposed to come from national and international medical intelligence and surveillance agencies that most Americans have never heard of.
Timing is everything when it comes to making a decision about declaring a disease outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Principal Visiting Fellow & Former Deputy Director, International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH), United Nations University
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Associate Professor of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
