Building Effective Coalitions for the Pandemic Accord: Insights from the Negotiations of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

In today’s edition, we bring you a guest essay on the lessons from the negotiations on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control that could offer clues on tackling and understanding the beast we are confronted with today - the negotiations towards a Pandemic Accord. As a range of stakeholders from overworked diplomats, to resigned activists try to keep up the momentum in these crucial and important negotiations, we hope you find this contribution useful.

Leah Shipton, who works at the intersection of public health and political science, has authored this essay, distilling the past into an insightful analysis relevant for current global health negotiations, while also noting how the nature of the beast has changed over the years.