{"id":398,"date":"2023-10-27T18:54:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T18:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahfinstitute.org\/?p=398"},"modified":"2024-12-10T19:27:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T19:27:06","slug":"pandemic-prevention-leaders-make-big-promises-to-pandemic-proof-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahfinstitute.org\/es\/pandemic-prevention-leaders-make-big-promises-to-pandemic-proof-the-world","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Prevention: Leaders Make Big Promises to Pandemic-Proof the World\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Last month, the much-anticipated United Nations high-level meeting (HLM) on on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) resulted in a\u00a0political declaration<\/a>. This declaration outlines a call to action, ambitiously encompassing 36 points. However, it remains unclear how the wording of commitment and \u201cstrong resolve<\/em>\u201d to scale up efforts to strengthen PPPR will translate into actual actions. These actions should take place on local, national, regional, and international levels that would secure the necessary funding.<\/p> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe declaration has received mixed reviews globally. The\u00a0WHO Director-General<\/a>\u00a0hails it as historic. In contrast, some, such as the\u00a0Pandemic Action Network<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res<\/a>, express disappointment. They believe the declaration lacks ambitious commitments, and this disappointment stems from much disagreement between countries over the wording of previous drafts in the summer.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Decoding the UN Pandemic Declaration: Ambitions and Realities\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWithout accountability mechanisms or an action plan, the declaration appears unrealistic and ironic regarding its call to action. The text repeatedly addresses PPPR financing, including the following wording:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00a0\u2026ensure sustainable and adequate financing to implement and evaluate high-impact policies to protect people from pandemics and other health emergencies\u2026\u00a0<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStrengthen international cooperation and coordination and financial and investment commitments to support efforts to build, strengthen and sustain capacity\u2026 including through enhanced official development assistance and adequate surge financing for future responses, and other means of innovative financing while recognizing that all people should be able to receive high-quality health care without financial hardship<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2026to mobilize additional timely, reliable, flexible, equitable, predictable and sustainable funding for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, as well as funding for rapid surge financing for responses in the event of a public health emergency of international concern, strengthening financing mechanisms for global health and other relevant sectors\u2026<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Global Health Funding Challenges: Bridging the Pandemic Prevention Gap\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioning\u00a0financing and funding<\/a>, a global PPPR funding gap of $10 billion per year exists. Countries haven\u2019t committed to fill this gap with their budgets. Pandemic prevention is far less costly in both economic and human terms than another COVID-19-like pandemic. Yet, a global declaration was needed to state the obvious, despite no adequate investment in sight.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDuring an event on September 20th, hosted by the Elders and the Pandemic Action Network, Juan Manuel Santos, former President of Colombia and Nobel Peace Laureate, recalled African delegates during the formation of the World Trade Organization who said, \u201cdon\u2019t put money over life<\/em>.\u201d He asked, \u201chow do you show love through the budget? Where is the money?<\/em>\u201c\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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From Words to Deeds: Implementing the UN\u2019s Pandemic Call to Action\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOne point in the call to action concerns universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services by 2030. Achieving this relies on nations lifting conservative policies governing reproductive rights. Recent developments, such as the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States, now allowing U.S. states to ban abortion, cast doubt. In numerous countries, not only sexual and reproductive health care but overall healthcare faces significant challenges. These words can seem like a mere list of empty notions that governments pay lip service to.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMoving ahead, the declaration explicitly calls for a report by the UN-Secretary General. This report will offer implementation recommendations. It will be presented at another high-level meeting in 2026, initiating a comprehensive review of the declaration\u2019s implementation. This meeting would commence\u00a0\u201ca comprehensive review of the implementation of the present declaration.\u201d<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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International Pandemic Conventions and Negotiations\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe declaration supports alignment with the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), currently drafting a pandemic convention. It also aligns with the Working Group on the 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR), negotiating revisions to the IHR. Both processes aim to conclude with consensus texts by May 2024. However, negotiations have proven challenging due to disagreements among countries, especially regarding equitable access to pandemic products and intellectual property.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOn October 16th, an\u00a0INB draft<\/a>\u00a0included the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system. This system facilitates sharing genetic material of pathogens in exchange for countries sharing emerging benefits. This includes at least 20% of pandemic products to be distributed by the World Health Organization. PABS sparks controversy between the Global South, where pathogenic outbreaks often originate, and the Global North, the primary producers of pandemic products developed from shared pathogens.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Navigating the Future: Pandemic Prevention in the Post-2023 Landscape\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn the months leading to the May 2024 World Health Assembly and the years beyond, the world will witness whether countries honor their commitments. Global health law has limits in enforcing compliance, even with the proposed member states-led \u201cimplementation and compliance committee\u201d linked to PPPR. All we can do is hope that countries genuinely grasp the lessons of COVID-19 and fulfill their promises.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking ahead from the 2023 United Nations High-Level Meeting and Declaration for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, the global community stands at a pivotal moment, assessing the tangible actions required to bridge the gap between commitments and realities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sin-categoria","tag-ahf-institute"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t