Equity in the pandemic treaty: access and benefit-sharing as a policy device or a rhetorical device?

Abbie-Rose Hampton; Mark Eccleston-Turner; Michelle  Rourke; Stephanie Switzer

doi:10.1017/jme.2023.59

Equity in the pandemic treaty: access and benefit-sharing as a policy device or a rhetorical device?

Abbie-Rose Hampton, Mark Eccleston-Turner, Michelle Rourke, Stephanie Switzer

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Abstract

Equity is a foundational concept for the new World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Treaty. WHO Member States are currently negotiating to turn this undefined concept into tangible outcomes by borrowing a policy mechanism from international environmental law: "access and benefit-sharing" (ABS).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	217-220
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
Volume	51
Issue number	1
Early online date	25 May 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2023.59
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 25 May 2023

Keywords

pandemic treaty
access and benefit sharing (ABS)
World Health Organization (WHO)
equity
public health

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