Global Leaders Call for Urgent Pandemic Pact as Ebola Outbreaks Highlight Preventable Risk

An open letter from former leaders and health experts argues that recent Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks show a preventable pandemic risk and urges finalizing the WHO pandemic agreement, including rapid data and pathogen sample sharing, fair access to vaccines and financing, and stronger global health cooperation; negotiations have stalled over data sharing, with a Geneva meeting planned ahead of the UN General Assembly.