TWN Info Service on Health Issues (2026)

• WHO PABS: Developing Countries Rally Behind Equal Footing, Contracts and Federated Model
  by Rajnia de Vito (17 Sep 26)
• WHO: EU, Norway & allies’ PABS positions breach human rights, warn health and legal experts
  by Sangeeta Shashikant & Rajnia de Vito (15 Sep 26)
• UN: Unilateral sanctions expand amid eroding multilateralism
  by Kanaga Raja (11 Sep 26)
• Indonesia's Constitutional Court Restores Safeguards Against Pharmaceutical Patent Evergreening
  by TWN (31 Aug 26)
• WHO: Draft ToR of IHR Implementation Committee Risks Compromising States Parties' Oversight
  by Nithin Ramakrishnan & K M Gopakumar (31 Aug 26)
• UN Security Council Straw Polls Narrow Secretary-General Race
  by D Ravi Kanth (22 Aug 26)
• Expert Committee recommends local clinical trial waivers for generic lenacapavir
  by Chetali Rao (22 Aug 26)
• UN: Hard-won HIV gains in jeopardy amid renewed funding pressures
  by Kanaga Raja (31 Jul 26)
• UN: One-third of humanity priced out of healthy diets, warns report
  by Kanaga Raja (28 Jul 26)
• WHO: Working group considers conceptual design of PABS system
  by Nithin Ramakrishnan & Sangeeta Shashikant (23 Jul 26)
• WHO: User identification and Contracts indispensable for PABS says developing countries
  by Nithin Ramakrishnan & Sangeeta Shashikant (17 Jul 26)
• WHO: Reforming Global Health Architecture on Whose Terms?
  by Dian Maria Blandina (13 Jul 26)
• WHO launches blueprint to strengthen response to fungal diseases and antifungal resistance
  (06 Jul 26)
• WHO: WHA79 Documents reveal fragmented nature of the WHO's Work in Health Emergencies
  by Nithin Ramakrishnan (04 Jun 26)
• New consensus document on AMR education positions children as agents of change
  (21 May 26)
• WHA79: PABS negotiations extended; legal certainty stressed by developing countries
  by Rajnia Rodrigues & Nithin Ramakrishnan (20 May 26)
• EU to restrict Brazilian beef and animal imports over antimicrobial use rules from September 2026
  (14 May 26)
• WHO: World Health Assembly to Adopt Strategy on Economics of Health for All
  by Dian Maria Blandina (12 May 26)
• WHO: IGWG recommends extension of PABS negotiations to WHA79
  by Nithin Ramakrishnan (07 May 26)
• WHO: Member States propose extending PABS Negotiations beyond WHA79
  by TWN (30 Apr 26)
• WHO: EU proposes burdensome "Blended model" - access to pathogen samples and sequence data without benefit sharing contracts (French)
  by Sangeeta Shashikant & Nithin Ramakrishnan (29 Apr 26)
• WHO: MSF calls on EU not to decouple access from benefit sharing in PABS System
  by TWN (29 Apr 26)
• WHO: Director-General steps up efforts for a compromise on PABS System
  by TWN (28 Apr 26)
• WHO: PABS negotiation set to resume, consensus elusive during 'informals'
  by TWN (27 Apr 26)
• Antibiotic-resistant genes detected in newborns within days of birth
  (23 Apr 26)
• WHO: Developing countries seek actions on inequities in international recruitment of health workers
  by Lauren Paremoer & Nithin Ramakrishnan (20 Apr 26)
• WHO: IGWG6 suspended, EU and other developed countries refused to accept equitable PABS System
  by Nithin Ramakrishnan (13 Apr 26)
• WHO: Public Services International call on North to not institutionalize data extraction and biopiracy
  by TWN (31 Mar 26)
• WHO: Efforts Intensify to Find a Compromise Framework on PABS
  by Nithin Ramakrishnan (28 Mar 26)
• WHO: Civil society calls on WHO DG to adhere to access and benefit sharing norms
  by K M Gopakumar (26 Mar 26)
• WHO: Developing countries should not be forced to accept unbalanced PABS system
  by Lauren Paremoer (25 Mar 26)
• WHO: Developing countries reject Bureau's text as negotiation basis (French)
  by Lauren Paremoer & Rajnia de Vito (24 Mar 26)
• WHO: Bureau PABS Text Only Accommodates EU's Unreasonable Demands, Promoting Biopiracy (French)
  by Sangeeta Shashikant & Nithin Ramakrishnan (12 Mar 26)
• Health: CSOs rally against Trump’s trade tactics threatening access to drugs
  by Kanaga Raja (24 Feb 26)
• WHO: EU Backtracks on Pandemic Agreement commitments, Ignores Evidence & Precedents
  by Nithin Ramakrishnan & Sangeeta Shashikant (20 Feb 26)
• WHO: Document reveals questionable practices in pathogen-sharing arrangements in WHO-managed networks
  by K.M. Gopakumar, Lauren Paremoer & Sangeeta Shashikant (13 Feb 26)
• PABS: South seeks stronger text on contracts, data governance, benefit sharing
  by Rajnia di Vito (13 Feb 26)
• UN: Deep funding cuts disrupting global health services, warns WHO
  by Kanaga Raja (04 Feb 26)
• Rights: MSF sounds alarm on catastrophic impact of US aid cuts
  by Kanaga Raja (23 Jan 26)
• Will PABS Bureau Sideline South's Proposals for Standard Contracts?
  by Sangeeta Shashikant & Nithin Ramakrishnan (06 Jan 26)