Author name: Christine McNab

 Express grave concern the opportunity is being wasted 9 July 2023 We write, with bluntness and urgency, as we are gravely concerned that the opportunity presented by the High-Level Meeting and the expected Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response is being squandered. The current draft of the political declaration, to be the focus […]

Leaders’ actions between health emergencies have direct impact on response to next pandemic threat 18 May 2023 As G7 leaders meet in the coming days, we call on leaders at the Summit to make specific commitments to pandemic preparedness and response which will sustain political momentum between health emergencies.  Past experience suggests that the world quickly forgets

9 May 2023 Good morning.   My name is Dr. Joanne  Liu. In September 2014, here at the UN I appealed for a global response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Médecins Sans Frontière’s Ebola Centres  were so overwhelmed, we barely could offer end-of-life care. Help finally came. The UN Secretary-General mobilized a coordinated

A Statement from H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the Rt Hon. Helen Clark on the end of COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern The COVID-19 global emergency has been declared over, and has been a global catastrophe. COVID-19 has led to the deaths of some twenty million people, caused long-lasting physical and mental

We must act on the lessons of our collective failure to stop the threat of COVID-19 from becoming a pandemic. We need the political will, globally, to do this.  When the very future of the planet and its people are imperilled, leaders have a responsibility to step up and act, and I hope they will.

We must act on the lessons of our collective failure to stop the threat of COVID-19 from becoming a pandemic. We need the political will, globally, to do this.  When the very future of the planet and its people are imperilled, leaders have a responsibility to step up and act, and I hope they will.

We must act on the lessons of our collective failure to stop the threat of COVID-19 from becoming a pandemic. We need the political will, globally, to do this.  When the very future of the planet and its people are imperilled, leaders have a responsibility to step up and act, and I hope they will.

Co-Chairs of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response say UNGA political declaration is required to help bring necessary cohesion to system transformation  2 September 2022 We welcome the resolution adopted by Member States at the United Nations General Assembly today, calling for a high-level meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.  The Independent

Submitted to the World Bank FIF White Paper consultation process by the Co-Chairs and former members of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response and its Secretariat 1 June 2022 As members of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response we are encouraged to see the commitment to establish a Financial Intermediary Fund