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Madam Vice President, distinguished participants, as a Co-Chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, I thank you and President Biden for your decision to host this summit, which I hope will serve as a global rallying cry to put words into action. Covid-19 remains an international disaster, and the burden has fallen […]

New York – The former Co-Chairs of the Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR), Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia, and Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, have expressed their deep concern at the slow pace of redistribution of COVID-19 vaccines from high income to low-income countries. “The Independent Panel

On the 17th of August 2021, the governments of the United States of America and Norway convened an intergovernmental roundtable. These host countries invited Co-Chair Helen Clark to share remarks on the Independent Panel’s findings and recommendations in regards to the need for of political leadership in pandemic preparedness and response, including background on the Independent Panel’s proposal for a Global Health Threats Council.

The Panel sets Terms of Reference to enable it to distill lessons learned and make recommendations aimed at ensuring better protection of human health and economic and social wellbeing.