Report of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response: making COVID-19 the last pandemic

The declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the WHO Director-General on Jan 30, 2020, was not followed by forceful and immediate responses in most countries, despite the mounting evidence that a contagious new pathogen was spreading around the world. [...]major vaccine-p...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) 2021-07, Vol.398 (10295), p.101-103
Main Authors:	Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson, Clark, Helen
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Comment Communicable Disease Control - organization & administration Community Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 vaccines Disaster Planning Disease transmission Epidemics Global Health Humans Intellectual property Leadership Licensing (technology) Low income groups Organizational Innovation Pandemics Pandemics - prevention & control Pathogens Property rights Public health SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Technology transfer Vaccines
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Summary:	The declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the WHO Director-General on Jan 30, 2020, was not followed by forceful and immediate responses in most countries, despite the mounting evidence that a contagious new pathogen was spreading around the world. [...]major vaccine-producing countries and manufacturers should convene, under the joint auspices of WHO and the World Trade Organization, to agree to voluntary licensing and technology transfer with intellectual property rights to be waived immediately if voluntary action, including action on the required technology transfer, does not occur within 3 months. [...]the G7 should immediately commit to 60% of the US$19 billion required for the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator in 2021 for vaccines, diagnostics, therapeutics, and strengthening of health systems, and a burden sharing formula should be adopted to fund such global public goods on a continual basis.
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X