The world has a wealth of knowledge and tools to prevent, detect, and rapidly halt outbreaks. Yet the collective will to confront the inevitable and growing threat of infectious diseases is not keeping pace. Against a backdrop of weakening international cooperation, declining global health financing, unresolved inequities, and an erosion of trust, this event brings together senior leaders, scholars of geopolitics, finance, and health, and former practitioners to consider what has changed since COVID-19, what gaps remain, and how multilateral cooperation can be strengthened to prevent health emergencies and pandemics.
The conversation is especially timely during a week when world leaders meet at the UN to consider how to better tackle pandemic threats.
Speakers:
- Mauricio Cárdenas, Former Minister of Finance, Colombia; Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Columbia SIPA; Member, The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
- Rt Hon Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister, New Zealand; Cochair, The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response; Member, The Elders
- Wafaa El-Sadr, Executive Vice President, Columbia Global; Director, ICAP; Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
- Michel Kazatchkine, Member, The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response; Former IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow
- Peter Maybarduk, Director, Access to Medicines, Public Citizen
- Joe Phaahla, Deputy Minister of Health, South Africa
- Paula Reges, Advisor for International Affairs, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
- Apoorva Mandavilli, Science Correspondent, The New York Times (moderator)
Sponsors:
This event is organized by the Institute of Global Politics, ICAP Global Health, and The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response.