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rani – Resilience Action Network International

Over five days at #IGWG8, @who.int Member States sought to advance the #PABS Annex – but no major breakthrough emerged. Complex discussions continued on how pathogen data would flow through the system and how benefits would be enforced. Key takeaways 🧵👇🏼

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rani – Resilience Action Network International

@rani.co

19 Sept

1️⃣ #IGWG8 opening statements revealed a shared message across #LMIC groups (Africa, SE Asia, EMRO, the Equity Group): Access and benefits must be operationalised on equal footing, with legal certainty, predictability, and meaningful benefits at the core. healthpolicy-watch.news/developing-c...

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rani – Resilience Action Network International

@rani.co

19 Sept

2️⃣ A demanding programme of work alternated between informal sessions led by co-facilitators and formal sessions chaired by the Bureau. Co-facilitators opened the week by mapping convergences and divergences from the preparatory informals. www.who.int/news-room/ev...

who.intEighth meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the WHO Pandemic AgreementThe eighth meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the WHO Pandemic Agreement will be conducted in hybrid format during 14–18 September 2026.

rani – Resilience Action Network International

@rani.co

19 Sept

3️⃣ Part of the week was spent discussing the trade-offs of the proposed #PABS data access models, with no convergence yet. The EU-backed ‘hybrid’ model would let pathogen data flow across databases; the Africa Group's ‘federated’ model would keep data with the country holding it.

rani – Resilience Action Network International

@rani.co

19 Sept

4️⃣ Attention also turned to 'downstream' measures (ie controls applied by regulatory agencies during the development & approval of viable products) as a complementary checkpoint to ensure #PABS benefits are enforced. @cepi.net & other stakeholders backed this type of measure.