Outbreakobservatory.org April 8, 2021
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, national leaders, academic experts, and policymakers have stressed the need for a coordinated, international effort to mitigate the harmful health and economic consequences of the deadly virus. In an open letter world leaders joined WHO to call for an international treaty regarding pandemic response based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. It describes the goals of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A), a program created to instill equitable access to COVID-19 diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines. The treaty would also take into consideration leadership and expertise from other global health organizations. The goal of the treaty is to create a sustainable “all-of-society” approach to improving pandemic response capacity and international resilience. They described specific objectives of the treaty outline in the call to action. The goals are Improving National, Regional, and Local Capacities, Data Sharing & Collection, International Health Regulations (IHRs)… read more.