On the Brink of Legitimizing Inequity: Negotiations at WHO for a Pandemic Instrument & Amending the IHR [Guest Essay]

Newsletter Edition #67 [Treaty Talks]

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The term “equity” has long been co-opted in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. It became a catch-all phrase that captures equity in not only access to medical products, but also health systems, financing and essentially “agency”.

The promise of equity in Pandemic Preparedness and Response was the gauntlet thrown in to draw countries into long dr…