Medical Xpress April 4, 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) is on the verge of adopting the world’s first binding international agreement focused on pandemic prevention. This landmark development, schedule for potential ratification at the 78th World Health Assembly in May 2025, adopts a crucial One Health approach, emphasizing the global need to curb pandemic risks at the human-animal-environment interface. Dr. Raina Plowright, Rudolf J. and Katharine L. Steffen Professor of Veterinary Medicine, along with colleagues on The Lancet Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover, published their comment piece on the agreement in The Lancet on April 3.
“Pandemics are collective action problems that can only be addressed through multilateral cooperation,” the authors write. “Adopting the Agreement at the World Health Assembly in May 2025...
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