WHO Urges Immediate Reforms to Prepare for Next Pandemic

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to carry out reforms needed to prepare for the next pandemic, following their "historic" decision to accept a major budget hike at the U.N. agency's annual assembly. The WHO's 194 member states are now drafting a pandemic treaty which is up for adoption at next year's assembly. The 10-day annual World Health Assembly in Geneva is set to address global health challenges including future pandemics, eradicating polio, and supporting steps to ease Ukraine's health emergency triggered by Russia's invasion.