Thread by @kakape

COVAX did not fail because it was badly designed says @DrMikeRyan at #WHS2022:
"We failed because of the greed of the north. We failed because of the greed of the pharmaceutical industry. We failed because of self-interest in certain member states, who were not prepared to share"

@DrMikeRyan "The view of the independent panel was not that @WHO failed the world. No, member states failed the WHO. This is clear. The WHO does need more powers to deal with pandemics", says @HelenClarkNZ at #WHS2022.

@DrMikeRyan @WHO @HelenClarkNZ "Isn't there something ridiculous about the fact that @iaeaorg can go into a war zone and inspect what's happening in a nuclear power plant and @WHO doesn't have an absolute right to get visas to go to the site of any outbreak anywhere in the world?", asks @HelenClarkNZ. #WHS2022

@DrMikeRyan @WHO @HelenClarkNZ @iaeaorg "We need to share scientific information much more expeditiously and kindly and without self-interest. And we need to transfer technology so that low and middle income countries are empowered ... to make their own medical resources", says @LawrenceGostin. #WHS2022

@DrMikeRyan @WHO @HelenClarkNZ @iaeaorg @LawrenceGostin "If you can't get global agreement on health, which is so fundamental for every single human being, what on earth can you get agreement on?"
@HelenClarkNZ at #WHS2022

@DrMikeRyan @WHO @HelenClarkNZ @iaeaorg @LawrenceGostin "There's always going to be some national self-interest, some sovereignty that comes into it and people will put their countries first", says @LawrenceGostin. "But we have to break down the kind of stubborn sovereignty where it really can interfere with what we need in the world"

@DrMikeRyan @WHO @HelenClarkNZ @iaeaorg @LawrenceGostin "We can have all the sovereignty in the world, as long as sovereign governments are responsible. Because sovereign responsible governments will actually seek cooperation in order to meet their commitments to their own population", says @DrMikeRyan
#WHS2022

Link to the recording here:

https://twitter.com/jocalynclark/status/1582015892593922049