Dear community, I hope you had nice Easter holidays with your loved ones. Here is this week’s news selection:
Countries wrangle over definition of ‘pandemic’ in race to agree treaty (Financial Times, April 5, 2023)
> Countries negotiating a crucial treaty designed to shape the world’s response to future pandemics have so far struggled to agree on key points including the basic definition of a pandemic, despite targeting a rapid timetable for a deal in 2024. https://www.ft.com/content/cbfe34be-2b76-4bf5-82cd-396e8695569d
As WHO turns 75, let’s prescribe science, solutions and solidarity for our future health (WHO, April 7, 2023)
> Turning history’s page on its deadliest conflict, countries came together in 1948 to heal a bloodied world. Following years of war, distrust and pain, nations elevated the physical and mental well-being of people to a new level, forging a global pact and purpose to safeguard and advance health for all. https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/as-who-turns-75--let-…
Climate Change Pushing an ‘Alarming’ Spread of Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika (Health Policy Watch, April 6, 2023)
> Climate change is driving the spread of mosquito-borne arboviruses – dengue, chikungunya and Zika – into new areas, thus leading the world to newer crises, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned this week. https://healthpolicy-watch.news/climate-change-pushing-an-dengue-chikun…
Holistic approach urgent for health of people, animals and environment (UN News, March 27, 2023)
> UN agency chiefs issued a call on Monday for global action to balance and optimize the health of people, animals and the environment, as part of a new “One Health” approach. https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1135057