‘The next pandemic will not wait’: Lula and WHO director in urgent plea for leaders to finalise agreement

WHO and Brazil urge world leaders to finalise Pandemic Agreement to prevent future global health crises

WHO and Brazil urge completing Pandemic Agreement's PABS annex by July 17. COVID-19 cost 20M lives and $13 trillion; 25% pandemic risk looms next decade. PABS framework enables rapid pathogen-data sharing for vaccine development—critical infrastructure preventing costly outbreak escalation.