A coalition of Africa scientists fears that the agreement could see nations plunged into lockdown at the whim of the UN agency.
The WHO — heavily criticised for how it handled Covid — is considering up to 300 amendments to its legally-binding rulebook.
But one measure floated by the UN agency, the group worries, opens the door for member states to be made to comply with advice issued during future pandemics, such as enforcing vaccine passports and border closures.
The Pan-African Epidemic and Pandemic Working Group argued lockdowns were a 'class-based and unscientific instrument'.
It said they caused 'significant harm' to low-income nations.
Instead, African nations should be able to prioritise tackling their own major health needs, including diseases like cholera, yellow fever, malaria, the group said.
The coalition, which has backed shamed MP Andrew Bridgen for his work into Covid vaccine injuries, said the plans threaten 'health sovereignty' and 'economic independence'.
Specifically, the group is calling for a review of the amended agreement, which empowers the WHO to declare a disease is a public health emergency of international concern, or a pandemic.
They said: 'These new powers should not be considered.
Instead, an Africa sensitive approach should replace the increasingly colonialist approach of those who now control WHO’s agenda.
'The lockdown regulations, which were imposed during Covid and which are still being reinforced in the draft instruments, were a class-based and unscientific instrument, causing significant collateral harm to lower-income people and useless for crowded informal settings as in urban parts of Africa.'...<<<Read More>>>...