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The lack of international
coordination and response to COVID-19 is
considered a global failure that undermined social
and economic well-being and exposed inequality
around the world. Together with Geneva Health
Forum, this has prompted us to extend our efforts
to bridge the climate, biodiversity and health
agendas and help establish a public-private
dialogue beyond the health sector on how to
prevent future
pandemics.
The recently
released Global Risk
Report emphasised gaps in
resilience and the impact that global pandemic can
have on the increased climate, environmental and
social risks. At the same time,
governments are calling for a
stronger international framework that will allow
dealing with future health crises in a more
efficient, inclusive and transparent
way.
As a response to this call,
the WHO is initiating the
development of a comprehensive pandemic treaty to
help build a global framework for pandemic
prevention, preparedness and response on a
national, regional and global level, planned to be
presented at the 76th World Health
Assembly.
This year, we
are hosting the inaugural World Resilience
Summit – Partnerships to Prevent Future
Pandemics in collaboration with Geneva
Health Forum on 24 May in Geneva,
Switzerland alongside the 76th World Health
Assembly, the main governing body for global
health. It is an advocacy-based event of our
upcoming World Health Network and will focus on
prevention, preparedness and risk management
measures complementing the pandemic treaty's
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The Summit will convene
high-level stakeholders across government leaders,
experts from multilateral organisations,
academics, private sector experts, technology and
project developers, representatives of
international organisations and establish a
Scientific Committee. The Commitee will be
responsible for defining recommendations for
prevention, preparedness and risk management
actions against pandemics and other health
security risks.
After a day programme of
panel and keynote sessions, the evening
programme of the Summit will bring forward
recommendations on the role of public-private
partnerships in pandemic prevention and
preparedness to high-level guests from government,
permanent missions, WHO and other relevant thought
leaders. | |
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World Health
Network is a developing initiative by the
World Climate Foundation.
It will support public-private
partnerships and plans of action to find solutions
to prevent future pandemics. It engages
stakeholders across public and private sectors to
facilitate collective action for a globally
coordinated response under a One Health approach.
The cross-sectoral network will help
guide adequate policies, innovations and
investments in the prevention,
preparedness and risk management of
future pandemics.
In 2023, the
roadmap of World Health Network will
include a combination of in-person and
digital activities throughout the year that will
focus on the economic and political aspects of
climate and health in the context of
globalisation. | |
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The
Pandemic Fund Announces First Round of Funding
to Help Countries Build Resilience to Future
Pandemics
The Pandemic
Fund Governing Board approved $300 million
in financing for its first round of funding to
help developing countries better prepare for and
respond to future pandemics.
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The world needs a
COP-like process for pandemic
preparedness
Without an
internationally recognised process aimed at
driving and monitoring progress, there is a very
real danger that we slip back into a dangerous
cycle of neglecting the signs, panicking and
tacking action only after disaster
strikes.
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Governing Pandemics
Snapshot
A briefing series on the
status of moves to reform the global system of
pandemic preparedness and response provides an
update on the progress so far in the WHO-led
negotiations over a new pandemic
treaty.
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PREZODE - Joining
forces to escape the era of
pandemics
The PREZODE (Preventing
ZOonotic Disease Emergence) organised a
conference on global health issues, brining
scientific, operational and political
stakeholders
together.
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more
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One Health and planetary
health research: leveraging differences to grow
together
Catherine Machalaba,
Principal Scientist of Eco-health Alliance for
The Lancet, co-published a research explaining a
geographical overlap between One Health and
planetary health
research.
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and investments in sustainable solutions. Our
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climate and sustainability commitments are
transformed via actions into impact that align
with the required outcomes of the Paris
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