What is it about?
The World Health Organization was born in 1948 as a normative organization. Yet 75 years later it had negotiated and adopted only two treaties: the International Health Regulations (IHR) and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. This year, it is set to adopt two bold new international instruments, a revised IHR and a new Pandemic Treaty.
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Why is it important?
This is the most important moment in global public health since WHO would founded 75 years ago.
Perspectives
I have worked closely with WHO throughout my career including as director of the WHO Center on Global Health Law and a member of the IHR Review Committee. And I have been closely involved in the drafting of the Pandemic Treaty
Distinguished University Professor Lawrence Gostin
Georgetown University
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This page is a summary of: The World Health Organization was born as a normative agency: Seventy-five years of global health law under WHO governance, PLOS Global Public Health, April 2024, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002928.
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