Seven days in medicine: 31 May to 6 June 2023

Covid-19WHO treaty is “being watered down”The World Health Organization’s new pandemic preparedness treaty is being watered down and stripped of the key stipulations needed to prevent another global health disaster, health experts have warned. Many elements of the accord’s “zero draft,” published in February, such as strong obligations for information sharing and the importance of having a strong health workforce and universal healthcare, have been weakened or made optional. “The text contains promising elements, such as a strong emphasis on transparency, but it is also a significant step back from where we were just a few weeks ago,” said Suerie Moon, co-director of the Global Health Centre, a research centre focusing on global health governance. (Full story doi:10.1136/bmj.p1246)Public healthNumber of young people too sick to work doublesThe number of young people aged 18 to 24 who are not working because of ill health has nearly doubled in the past 10…
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