Public Interest Groups Submit Comments to HHS on WHO Pandemic Accord

On December 22, 2023, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department Office for Global Affairs requested comments “on the Implications of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Commitments/Regimes and Other Proposed Commitments Being Considered Under a WHO Convention, Agreement or Other International Instrument on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response.”

See comments submitted by Public Citizen and civil society below:

• Public Citizen
• AIDS Healthcare Foundation
• Boston University Global Development Policy Center
• Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi)
• Health Global Access Project
• Knowledge Ecology International
• Medicines Law & Policy
• O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law, Georgetown University
• People’s Vaccine Alliance
• Professors David S. Levine and Joshua D. Sarnoff (Attachment 1, Attachment 2)
• Salud por Derecho

Additional resources:

• People’s Health Movement comment on WHO Executive Board Item 14: WHO’s work in health emergencies