High Level Independent Panel Calls for Urgent Action From G20 and Other Nations to Close the Global Pandemic Financing Gap

High Level Independent Panel Calls for Urgent Action From G20 and Other Nations to Close the Global Pandemic Financing Gap

Four years after its landmark report A Global Deal for Our Pandemic Age, the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, recently reconvened by the South African G20 Presidency, has found that the world remains dangerously underprepared for future pandemics and must take urgent, coordinated action to…

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High Level Independent Panel Calls for Urgent Action From G20 and Other Nations to Close the Global Pandemic Financing Gap

Africa: G20 Task Force Urges Formation of Global Panel to Tackle ‘Inequality Emergency’

The establishment of such a panel ‘would be a permanent legacy’ of South Africa’s G20 presidency, says the G20 Inequality Committee. The establishment of such a panel ‘would be a permanent legacy’ of South Africa’s G20 presidency, says the G20 Inequality Committee. The G20 Inequality Committee, appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, has urged the formation…

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Kennedy-appointed CDC vaccine panel says it will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule

Kennedy-appointed CDC vaccine panel says it will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule

A federal vaccine advisory committee plans to review the childhood vaccination schedule and scrutinize vaccines that have been approved for decades, fueling concerns that the panel may consider changes to long-standing vaccine recommendations. On Wednesday, the newly appointed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices convened for the first time. Earlier this month, Health Secretary Robert F….

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Africa: Keynote Address H.E. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on the Occasion of the Panel Discussion on “Women In Leadership: Driving Innovation, Catalyzing Investments and Shaping Policy”.

Africa: Keynote Address H.E. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on the Occasion of the Panel Discussion on “Women In Leadership: Driving Innovation, Catalyzing Investments and Shaping Policy”.

Luanda — I thank you for the opportunity to attend and share my views at this vital and timely conversation. The theme of this plenary, “Women in Leadership: Driving Innovation, Catalyzing Investments, and Shaping Policy”, echoes throughout the halls of power and boardrooms across Africa, the United States and across the world. It is relevant…

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