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> If this is signed by 196 countries in May 2024, there may be new funding for research. Significant new funding? To a first approximation new drug development

> If this is signed by 196 countries in May 2024, there may be new funding for research. Significant new funding? To a first approximation new drug development is funded by the US because they don’t have price controls on drugs so there are large profits to be made. To a second approximation by the G7 and EU since they do high impact research. Outside the G20 there’s just not enough resources in terms of GDP to make a meaningful impact.

walterbell 4y ago
If all countries are mandated to follow new WHO policy, that's a large market to justify funding increases by the research-oriented countries.
- barry-cotter 4y ago
  How are the WHO going to mandate anyone to do anything? To paraphrase a great monster “How many legions has the UN?”
  - walterbell 4y ago
    That's an excellent question. The draft text above is for a new treaty, so in theory every country signing the treaty would be agreeing to enforce the provisions, since they would have spent 2021-2024 negotiating for the treaty to meet their goals. In theory, each country would enact national legislation to enforce the terms of the treaty. The WHO INB website has videos of the meetings, where you can see the health ministers of every country participating in the process. More problematic are the proposed WHO amendments to the 2005 International Health Regulations, which are to be voted upon in May 2023, need only a majority to pass, and allegedly will not require national legislation/debate by the 196 countries which have implemented IHR. The report of the review committee includes their reaction to the removal of IHR text on human rights, along with other concerns, https://apps.who.int/gb/wgihr/pdf_files/wgihr2/A_WGIHR2_5-en.pdf https://apps.who.int/gb/wgihr/pdf_files/wgihr2/A_WGIHR2_5-en... > The Committee strongly recommends the retention of the existing text "full respect for the dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons” as an overarching principle in the first paragraph, and notes that the concepts of human rights, dignity and fundamental freedoms are clearly defined within the framework of treaties to which many of the States Parties to the Regulations have adhered. While enforcement is yet unknown, contracts usually have consequences.

walterbell 4y ago

If all countries are mandated to follow new WHO policy, that's a large market to justify funding increases by the research-oriented countries.

barry-cotter 4y ago
How are the WHO going to mandate anyone to do anything? To paraphrase a great monster “How many legions has the UN?”
- walterbell 4y ago
  That's an excellent question. The draft text above is for a new treaty, so in theory every country signing the treaty would be agreeing to enforce the provisions, since they would have spent 2021-2024 negotiating for the treaty to meet their goals. In theory, each country would enact national legislation to enforce the terms of the treaty. The WHO INB website has videos of the meetings, where you can see the health ministers of every country participating in the process. More problematic are the proposed WHO amendments to the 2005 International Health Regulations, which are to be voted upon in May 2023, need only a majority to pass, and allegedly will not require national legislation/debate by the 196 countries which have implemented IHR. The report of the review committee includes their reaction to the removal of IHR text on human rights, along with other concerns, https://apps.who.int/gb/wgihr/pdf_files/wgihr2/A_WGIHR2_5-en.pdf https://apps.who.int/gb/wgihr/pdf_files/wgihr2/A_WGIHR2_5-en... > The Committee strongly recommends the retention of the existing text "full respect for the dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons” as an overarching principle in the first paragraph, and notes that the concepts of human rights, dignity and fundamental freedoms are clearly defined within the framework of treaties to which many of the States Parties to the Regulations have adhered. While enforcement is yet unknown, contracts usually have consequences.