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Health leaders bow to conservative nations

Nations appeased conservatives with a new strategy for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections that omits a glossary of sexual health terms.

World Health Assembly diplomats meeting in Geneva
World Health Assembly diplomats meeting in Geneva (AN/J. Heilprin)

GENEVA (AN) — After a marathon weeklong session, the World Health Assembly adopted a new strategy for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections that appeases socially conservative nations by omitting a standard glossary of sexual health terms for discussing treatment and care.

Leaders at the global health talks also approved a U.S.-led process for reforming the legally binding international rules that nations must follow when responding to global health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic.

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