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Developing global norms for sharing data and results during public health emergencies

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Statement arising from a WHO consultation held on 1–2 September 2015

Leading international stakeholders from multiple sectors convened at a WHO consultation in September 2015, where they affirmed that timely and transparent pre-publication sharing of data and results during public health emergencies must become the global norm.

The consultation resulted in the development of a set of summary points representing WHO’s position with regard to data and results sharing in public health emergencies.

Read the summary points