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Of cultivation and sovereignty…
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20.07.2022

Of cultivation and sovereignty…

Negotiating a pandemic treaty (part II). By Thomas Schwarz

Medicus Mundi International "Some reflections related to section IV of the “working draft, on the basis of progress achieved, of a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response” (INB document A/INB2/3) discussed by the INB on 19 July 2022. As stated various times in yesterday’s INB deliberations, the “Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response” (INB) is still very much in a compilation and “cultivation” mode, and not yet properly negotiating."

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On the COVID-19 pandemic and health worker shortages & mobility
Frontline. Inspired by images of exhausted doctors and nurses. Image created by Kevin Kobsic. Submitted for United Nations Global Call Out To Creatives - help stop the spread of COVID-19.
12.11.2020

On the COVID-19 pandemic and health worker shortages & mobility

Human resources for health team

Wemos Reflections on the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel.

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Statements by non-State actors in official relations with WHO at the WHO governing bodies meetings
Photo: United States Mission Geneva/flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0
10.11.2020

Statements by non-State actors in official relations with WHO at the WHO governing bodies meetings

Seventy-third World Health Assembly 9-14 November 2020 (resumed)

Medicus Mundi International (MMI) "The WHO digital health strategy is highly needed. Digital technologies have the potential to transform many fields of human activity, including healthcare."

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A civil society guide to the resumed session of the 73rd World Health Assembly
Photo: G2H2
11. November 2020 – Virtual

A civil society guide to the resumed session of the 73rd World Health Assembly

9-14 November 2020

Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) The World Health Assembly at a glance: - WHA73 website (landing page with live webstream) - WHA73 documentation - Provisional agenda: Document A73/1 Rev.1 (15 October) - Working hours: 10:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 17:00 CET. There shall be no evening sessions. Twitter: #WHA73

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Was ist zu tun? Was ist wirklich zu tun?
MMS Bulletin #146

Oktober 2020

Was ist zu tun? Was ist wirklich zu tun?

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Calling for a new international economic order
MMS Bulletin #149

Oktober 2020

Calling for a new international economic order

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