Leaders have not done nearly enough to prepare for pandemic threats leaving around eight billion people vulnerable, according to a new report.
In No Time to Gamble: Leaders Must Unite to Prevent Pandemics, former Co-Chairs of The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark, take stock of progress against the package of recommendations The Independent Panel made to the World Health Assembly in May 2021 following its eight-month review of the response to COVID-19.
Former Liberia President Sirleaf said in 2024, for everyone who survived COVID-19, a pandemic is a lived experience and not a theoretical threat.
She said, “Instead of taking action to prepare for the next major outbreak, leaders have turned away from pandemic preparedness. This is a gamble with our futures.”
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