Also known as: PABS
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The Namibian
… GLOBAL IMPACT The bilateral agreement, according to the ministry, risks undermining Namibia’s position in ongoing negotiations for the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (Pabs) system under the World Health Organisation pandemic agreement, conflicting with a commitment to advanc …
US health deal faces data privacy backlash in NamibiaNew Era
… That is precisely why the WHO’s Intergovernmental Working Group is now negotiating the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system: an annex to the WHO Pandemic Agreement that will define binding rules for how pathogen materials and sequence data are shared and how providin …
Opinion – Reclaiming narrative: Why Africa must own biological futureNamibia's government has rejected a US proposal for health data and specimen-sharing worth over N$145 million per year for HIV and tuberculosis programmes, citing sovereignty and privacy violations. The US withdrew the biological specimen component in November 2025, though data-sharing negotiations continue.
31 August 2026 · The Namibian →
Namibia's government has rejected a US proposal for health data and specimen-sharing worth over N$145 million per year for HIV and tuberculosis programmes, citing sovereignty and privacy violations. The US withdrew the biological specimen component in November 2025, though data-sharing negotiations continue.
31 August 2026 · The Namibian →
An opinion piece argues that African nations, including Namibia, must resist the extraction of biological resources and pathogen data without guaranteed benefit-sharing, and instead build domestic scientific capacity to demonstrate the value of their biological wealth. The author, a NUST researcher representing Namibia in WHO negotiations on pathogen access, contends that Africa's future depends on controlling its own biological sovereignty through stronger international agreements and training scientists who understand data sovereignty and ethics.
13 February 2026 · New Era →