Comment on proposal by several countries to add language clarifying references to MAT or VMAT on the transfer of technology or know-how is without prejudice to other measures KEI Briefing Note 2024:2A James Love Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) May 21,… Continue Reading
KEI2HHS19Sep2024 September 19, 2024 Emily Bleimund, JD, MA Director, Office of Trade and Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Steven T. Smith National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Representative, Geneva, Switzerland Dear Emily and Steven, I… Continue Reading
On Thursday, 12 September 2024, non-State actors in official relations and relevant stakeholders were invited to join a “brief open session at the beginning of the day.” In advance of Thursday’s discussions on Article 13 (Supply chain and logistics) and… Continue Reading
On Monday afternoon, 9 September 2024, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered this statement on the complementarity and coherence between the amended International Health Regulations (2005), adopted by the Seventy‑seventh World Health Assembly, and the proposal for the WHO Pandemic Agreement… Continue Reading
On Monday afternoon, 9 September 2024, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered this statement on the legal architecture of the proposal for the WHO Pandemic Agreement. KEI has an open mind regarding the appropriate nature of the instrument or instruments for… Continue Reading
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