As advocates warn of glaring inadequacies in a draft of the global pandemic treaty under negotiation at the World Health Organization, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday urged the country's lead negotiator 'to push for the inclusion of strong reasonable pricing, technology sharing, and access standards' in the agreement. 'Now is the time to negotiate strong global standards that put public health over profits,' Sanders wrote in a letter to Ambassador Pamela Hamamoto, U.S.
We need real international cooperation and commitment to ensuring equitable access to pandemic products.' 'Our goal should be to make tests, treatments, and vaccines for the next public health outbreak available to every man, woman, and child who needs them as soon as possible,' he added.