As H5N1 avian influenza surges in mammal populations and causes new human infections, and mpox is leading to deaths of children, the former Co-Chairs of The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response warn that leaders have not done nearly enough to prepare for pandemic threats, leaving some eight billion people vulnerable.
WHO Member States must now maintain the momentum and adopt an effective pandemic agreement as soon as possible 1 June 2024 The former Co-Chairs, active members and advisors to The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response applaud WHO Member States on the adoption of amended International Health Regulations (IHRs). “These amended International Health Regulations,
Co-Chairs and members of former The Independent Panel call also for amended International Health Regulations to be adopted this week; and for immediate investment today to make the world safer 26 May 2024 The former Co-Chairs and active members and advisors to The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response call for more time for
Relevant Stakeholder under “Annex E” and Co-Chair of The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and ResponseOn the draft Negotiating Text presented for INB9 (March 18 – 28 2024) As WHO Member States aim to finalise a pandemic agreement for discussion at the 77th World Health Assembly, I wish to convey the following urgent message, based
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Access to countermeasures, finance, and independent monitoring are essential for success Signed by Former Co-Chairs and Members of The Independent Panel, the Chair and Members of The Elders, principals of the Panel for a Global Public Health Convention, Pandemic Action Network and Spark Street Advisors As eyes now focus on the Geneva processes to negotiate
Helen Clark spoke in the opening segment as an eminent high-level champion 20 September 2023 Excellencies, Let me congratulate the General Assembly on coming together in this High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response. Your leadership on these issues is important. You meet knowing that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an estimated 24 million excess
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
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