Africa has serious concerns about lack of global agreement on pandemics in the future

The Weekend View

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has issued a dire warning about the current draft of the World Health Organization Pandemic Agreement. With the final negotiations imminent, AHF is concerned about the document's glaring oversite of equity and transparency. AHF says the consequences of passing this agreement are unimaginable and that the African continent is at risk of entering the next global health crisis blindfolded, with hands tied and again at the mercy of wealthy nations. The pandemic agreement is a potential international agreement currently being negotiated by the 194 member states of the WHO, including the U.S. Many governments and WHO leadership felt it was necessary to develop a new agreement to address some of the weaknesses in capacities and lack of international cooperation that occurred during the global response to COVID-19. For more Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Ngaa Murombedzi, Regional Advocacy Policy and Marketing Manager at AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF)