Rejecting monopoly power over public health

The World Council for Health has released an important document on the proposed IHR (2005) amendments and WHO Pandemic Treaty.

From the introduction:

“Officially, the IHR amendments and the pandemic treaty are presented as instruments to increase international collaboration, efficient sharing of information and equity in the case of another global health crisis. De facto, they can turn into instruments to replace international collaboration with centralized dictates, to encourage the stifling of dissent and to legitimize a cartel that imposes on populations interest-driven health products that generate profits over those that work better but are less profitable.”

Below you can read or download the full document. If you can’t manage the full document, the introduction and conclusion alone are worth reading thoroughly. It is very informative, and a complete wake-up call.

>> See also our post, Stop the WHO Power Grab.