{"id":15188,"date":"2025-04-25T10:48:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T08:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saludporderecho.org\/?p=15188"},"modified":"2025-04-25T14:56:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:56:58","slug":"pandemic-treaty-a-leap-forward-and-some-steps-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saludporderecho.org\/en\/pandemic-treaty-a-leap-forward-and-some-steps-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Treaty: A leap Forward, and some steps back"},"content":{"rendered":"

After more than three years of negotiations, the World Health Organization has finalized the negotiation process for a Pandemic Accord, and it is now pending approval at the World Health Assembly in May. Amid rising challenges to multilateralism, increasing nationalism, and shrinking development assistance for health budgets, the adoption of this agreement should be seen as a significant achievement. Yet the road to this point also reveals missed opportunities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Salud por Derecho has followed closely the negotiation process<\/span><\/b>, particularly in its final year. We became the first Spanish NGO recognized as a relevant stakeholder, contributing with evidence and concrete proposals to the deliberations. We advocated for binding commitments, equity-driven governance, and transparency mechanisms that would ensure no one is left behind in the next health emergency.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout this journey, we have published position statements urging the Spanish government and the European Union to defend public interest over private monopolies and to strengthen global solidarity. Our key interventions and analyses can be found here:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Salud por Derecho contributions to the Pandemic Treaty negotiations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Statements delivered at WHO EB and INB Feb 2025 session<\/a><\/td>\n26\/02\/2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A call for Europe to protect people, not industry<\/a><\/td>\n07\/04\/2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Our analysis of equitable access systems<\/a><\/td>\n04\/11\/2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Our position on benefit-sharing<\/a><\/td>\n04\/11\/2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Written Comment Re: Implications of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Commitments\/Regimes and Other Proposed Commitments in the WHO Pandemic Agreement<\/a><\/td>\n31\/01\/2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The new pandemic prevention and preparedness agreement is inadequate | Salud por Derecho<\/a><\/td>\n30\/10\/2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salud por Derecho\u2019s statement on the new text of the Pandemic Treaty | Salud por Derecho<\/a><\/td>\n16\/06\/2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Our call to the Spanish Government to prioritize equity and transparency<\/a><\/td>\n27\/09\/2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pandemic Treaty Zero draft positioning | Salud por Derecho<\/a><\/td>\n27\/02\/2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medicines: access, affordability and fair incentives: Global proposals, to Europe and to the Spanish Medicines Act<\/a><\/td>\n01\/11\/2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
INB Public Consultation:\u00a0 ‘Based on your experience with the COVID-19 pandemic, what do you believe should be addressed at the international level to better protect against future pandemics?’:<\/a><\/td>\n13\/09\/2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

To showcase where progress has been made since the pre-covid scenario (base scenario) and the comparison between the first draft published by the INB Bureau (Zero Draft), we have conducted a comparative analysis, examining five policy areas (Research and Development, Multilateral PABS System, Supply & Distribution, Technology and Knowledge Transfer and Diversified Regional Production). We assessed each scenario according to its <\/span>level of ambition towards achieving equitable access<\/span><\/b>, <\/span>legal strength<\/span><\/b>, and <\/span>feasibility<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n