01.12.2023
- A new version of the International Health Regulations is under development at WHO.
- As a result, there is misinformation regarding the expiry of the deadline for submitting objections to the version of the International Health Regulations currently under development.
- Some commentators indicate that the new version of the Regulations would come into force as early as 1 December.
06.11.2023
· The World Health Organisation has published another draft of the so-called 'Anti-Pandemic Treaty', which is intended to be the organisation's primary tool for countering the international spread of infectious diseases.
· The treaty has been widely commented on because of its proposed wording, including the transfer of powers to the WHO to centrally manage health policy.
· A meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals, in which Poland, among others, participates, is taking place in New York.
· The subject of its deliberations will be some of the goals set out in the Agenda 2030 framework.
· The Agenda 2030 program has been the subject of much controversy due to, among other things, the pushing of so-called reproductive and sexual rights.
27.06.2023
- A plenary session of the General Assembly of the Council of Europe took place in Strasbourg in recent days.
- During one of the sessions, the General Assembly debated the state of the public health emergency and the need for a holistic approach to health care.
- The Assembly stressed that new threats to public health, perhaps worse than Covid-19, are to be expected. These are to be related to climate change, among other things.
07.02.2023
The World Health Organization is continuing work on the so-called "anti-pandemic treaty. The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body - INB, appointed for this purpose, has published another draft of the document, to take the form of a convention, agreement or other WHO international instrument in the future, with the aim of pandemic prevention and preparedness. Although the draft is still only a prototype for a future agreement and many gaps have been left, already in this form it proposes solutions worth noting.
20.12.2022
The WHO's Intergovernmental Negotiating Body is continuing work on a draft of the so-called "anti-pandemic treaty. The next draft replicates the document's previously stated goals, such as establishing a central role for WHO in coordinating health policy and coordinating scientific information. During discussions, the need to take into account so-called reproductive rights was emphasized.