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One of our partner organizations, Stand For Health Freedom is developing a petition to the White House, Congress, and the Office of Global Affairs in the US Department of Health and Human Services. (This Office manages the US-WHO interface.). The petition will request that the US add a ‘reservation’ to the proposed International Health Regulations Amendments.
