Politico November 4, 2024
For international pandemic talks, abortion rights and funding for public health efforts, they’re huge.
An agreement to set nations’ obligations when the next pandemic comes, billions in contributions to international disease control efforts, even U.S. membership in the World Health Organization: Those are the main stakes for global health in tomorrow’s election, according to health policy analysts.
Here’s how Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump differ.
On the pandemic agreement:
The WHO aims to complete negotiations on a pandemic deal that could oblige drugmakers, including U.S.-based ones, to share vaccines and drugs with the developing world. President Joe Biden has resisted firm commitments, but he’s stayed in the talks and Harris figures to keep negotiating, too.
Trump...