From Promise To Practice: Delivering On The WHO Pandemic Agreement Xiaoshun Li Lawrence O. Gostin Nicole Hassoun October 3, 2025

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/promise-practice-delivering-pandemic-agreement The world stands at a crossroads. In May 2025, the 78th World Health Assembly adopted the World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, an ambitious yet fragile step for global cooperation. It comes at a moment when nationalism, underfunding, and weakened multilateralism threaten collective health security.