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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5877/T8.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='How WHO Could Deal with Future Pandemics' data-article-id='6483'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10083'>Officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) are negotiating new rules for dealing with pandemics.</span> <span data-start-time='10083' data-end-time='21021'>The U.N. health agency's 194 member countries have set a target date of May 2024 for a legal agreement.</span> <span data-start-time='21021' data-end-time='29250'>A new agreement is a top goal for WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. </span> <span data-start-time='29250' data-end-time='40063'>He called it a generational commitment that we will not go back to the old cycle of panic at the U.N. agency's yearly meeting.</span> <span data-start-time='40063' data-end-time='47208'>The agreement seeks to improve the world's defenses against new viruses. </span> <span data-start-time='47208' data-end-time='57083'>The effort follows the worldwide spread of COVID-19, which is blamed for killing nearly 7 million people.</span> <span data-start-time='57083' data-end-time='66542'>The WHO already has rules known as the International Health Regulations, passed in 2005. </span> <span data-start-time='66542' data-end-time='76729'>The rules explain countries’ responsibilities when diseases and other public health events threaten to cross borders. </span> <span data-start-time='76729' data-end-time='86188'>WHO members approved the rules after the SARS outbreak in 2002 to 2003.</span> <span data-start-time='86188' data-end-time='94979'>These rules are still considered good enough for local epidemics, like Ebola, but not for a pandemic. </span> <span data-start-time='94979' data-end-time='101104'>The rules are also being reconsidered after COVID-19.</span> <span data-start-time='101104' data-end-time='110771'>Member nations have agreed that the new agreement should have legal force like a treaty does.</span> <span data-start-time='110771' data-end-time='120604'>It would be only the second such health agreement after the 2003 Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. </span> <span data-start-time='120604' data-end-time='129771'>That treaty aims to reduce smoking through taxation and rules on labeling and advertising.</span> <span data-start-time='129771' data-end-time='138042'>However, critics have voiced their opposition to the proposed treaty on social media.</span> <span data-start-time='138042' data-end-time='147250'>Opponents say approval could lead countries to give too much power to the WHO. </span> <span data-start-time='147250' data-end-time='156792'>The WHO says governments are leading the negotiations and are free to reject the agreement.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5877/T8.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=19486 data-hint-location='86188' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5877/these_rules_are_still_considered_good_enough_for_local_epidemics_like_ebola_but_not_for_a__blank__.wav'>These rules are still considered good enough for local epidemics, like Ebola, but not for a <span class='blank'>pandemic</span>. </div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='pandemic'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5877/pandemic.wav'><span>pandemic</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5877/pancake.wav'><span>pancake</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5877/landlocked.wav'><span>landlocked</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5877/dektop.wav'><span>dektop</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=19487 data-hint-location='40063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5877/what_is_the_main_purpose_of_the_new_agreement_being_negotiated_by_the_world_health_organization_who_mentioned_in_the_article.wav'>What is the main purpose of the new agreement being negotiated by the World Health Organization (WHO) mentioned in the article?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Improving the world's defenses against new viruses'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5877/strengthening_entertainment_infrastructure_in_developing_nations.wav'><span>Strengthening entertainment infrastructure in developing nations</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5877/facilitating_international_trade_agreements.wav'><span>Facilitating international trade agreements</span></div><div 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