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Governments agree to continue their steady progress on proposed pandemic agreement ahead of the World Health Assembly

WHO / Christopher Black

The resumed ninth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) for a WHO instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response took place at WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, from 29 April to 10 May 2024.

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Governments of the world today agreed to continue working on a proposed pandemic agreement, and to further refine the draft, ahead of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly that starts 27 May 2024.

Governments meeting at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva agreed to resume hybrid and in-person discussions over coming weeks to advance work on critical issues, including around a proposed new global system for pathogen access and benefits sharing (i.e.…