A CASIN FOR NATIONAL LEADERSHIP
However, the regularity and cooperation that organised management provides would still be beneficial for the rest of the world.
The agreement offers both a shared role and a significant opportunity for Singapore and Southeast Asia as a whole.
Singapore is well-positioned to contribute effectively to epidemic preparedness with its robust system, depth of experience, and established features. This includes continuing to work on the home front, promoting legal and medical assistance, and demonstrating how to fulfill agreement obligations in real time.
Singapore can collaborate attentively with ASEAN to advance coordinated efforts in health security, emergency response, and disease surveillance. This might include promoting cross-border data sharing, supporting pooled procurement of essential medical supplies, local stockpiles, and promoting shared financing mechanisms. Making local capacity-building a necessity for the success of the convention in practice.
This proposed pandemic treaty provides a framework for a more joint, fairer approach to global health emergencies, but its effect will depend on the steps taken in the months and years to come.
The earth came to a consensus regarding the terms. What happens next will really determine the outcome.
At the Duke-NUS Center for Outbreak Preparedness in Singapore, Elyssa Liu leads the team’s legal frameworks and management.