Global pandemic treaty to help fight future threats

Precious Matsoso, an academic and treaty negotiator at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, was appointed co-chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body, which was established after governments decided to develop an international pandemic agreement. She has more than 25 years of executive management experience in health matters, both nationally and internationally. She tells Nadine Dreyer of The Conversation Africa about the complexities of drafting the accord and why she is optimistic about getting the deal done.