Equitable access to pathogens and countermeasures: is the pandemic agreement's pathogen access and benefit-sharing system the answer to Africa's future health security?

2026/07/01 by Adebisi Adenipekun, Janet Wesonga, Charles Shey Wiysonge +18 · 1 voice
Computer Science · Medicine · #COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing #Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research #Zoonotic diseases and public health

paper · doi:10.1016/j.lanafr.2026.100111

openalex publication_date 2026/07/01 · openalex created_date 2026/07/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/11

Abstract

The Intergovernmental Working Group, established under the WHO Pandemic Agreement resolution 78.1, led negotiations towards the provisions and implementation pathway for the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing System (PABS) Annex ahead of the 79th World Health Assembly,1 with a decision to extend negotiations for another year.2 The PABS system aims to provide a governance structure that enables a two-way pathway for rapidly sharing genetic sequence data on pathogens with pandemic potential and reciprocity in the distribution of the resulting benefits from using the data.

Discussions

• 𝗔𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗸𝘂𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲) 𝗮𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮'𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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