The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria has called on World Health Organization member states to adopt a legally binding Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) Annex before the resumption of the sixth Intergovernmental Working Group meeting in Geneva. The meeting is set to take place from April 27 to May, though the end date is not specified in the source. AHF Nigeria emphasized the need for equity in access to vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics during future pandemics. The organization stressed that the PABS Annex must ensure fair distribution and technology transfer to low- and middle-income countries. Scholastica Hir reported from Makurdi on the advocacy push ahead of the global health negotiations.
AHF Nigeria is pushing for binding equity in pandemic responses while Nigerian health facilities still lack basic supplies named individuals rely on. If the foundation's concerns about global access gaps are valid, then the same inequities likely affect patients in Makurdi today. The call for international action rings hollow if its domestic implications are ignored.
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