In advance of the September 2024 WHO pandemic negotiations (INB 11), Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), Innovarte, and Medicines Law & Policy (ML&P) will convene a virtual panel entitled, “Reflections on the IP & Technology Transfer provisions of the WHO Pandemic… Continue Reading
On Tuesday, 28 May 2024, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered this constituency statement on behalf of KEI, Health Action International, Oxfam, World Blind Union, and the World Council of Churches on the following topic: Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and… Continue Reading
In advance of the 77th World Health Assembly (27 May 2024 to 1 June 2024), the World Health Organization (WHO) published a document (A77/INF./2)on 9 May 2024 entitled, “Voluntary contributions by fund and by contributor, 2023.” Total voluntary contributions to… Continue Reading
On Friday, 26 April 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) circulated the 72-page annotated on-screen Bureau text of the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (WGIHR)to Member States. Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) has obtained a copy… Continue Reading
On 17 April 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the Proposed Bureau’s text in advance of the 8th meeting of the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (WGIHR) which meets from 22–26 April 2024. Accompanying… Continue Reading
On Wednesday, 17 April 2024 at 15:25 CEST, the WHO secretariat circulated an advance, unedited English version of the proposed draft WHO Pandemic Agreement; the WHO secretariat also circulated the accompanying draft resolution, WHA77.1 WHO Pandemic Agreement. For KEI’s analysis… Continue Reading
On Friday, 19 April 2024, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) published these comments on the 16 April 2024 draft of the WHO Pandemic agreement. KEIcomment16April2024draftWHOpandemictreaty The 16 April 2024 text (A/INB/9R/3, Proposal for the WHO Pandemic Agreement) can be found here:… Continue Reading
On 15 April 2024, the World Trade Organization (WTO) published a document, IP/C/W/712, entitled, Review of the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement: Article 71.1; this date marks 30 years after the establishment of the WTO. Colombia’s proposal can be found… Continue Reading
On Monday, 15 April 2024, Ambassador Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota (Permanent Representative of Brazil to the World Trade Organization and other economic organizations based in Geneva) delivered the following opening statement (in Brazil’s national capacity) at the 45th session of… Continue Reading
On Tuesday, 2 April 2024, Politico published the onscreen text WHO pandemic treaty text of Wednesday, 27 March 2024; the time stamp of this 110 page text is 12:44 CET. Article 11 of the proposed agreement contains provisions on transfer… Continue Reading