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The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (abbreviated GPMB) is a joint arm of the WHO [1] and the World Bank. [2] It was created by both organizations in response to the Western African Ebola virus epidemic. [3]
On 18 September, the Director-General presented the second report of the WHO and World Bank-backed Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, A World in Disorder, which recommends developing "muscle memory", i.e., repetition, as a "key to pandemic response". [132]
From 2018 to 2022, Kaag served on the joint World Bank–WHO Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), co-chaired by Elhadj As Sy and Gro Harlem Brundtland. [18] [19] In 2019, she joined the World Economic Forum High-Level Group on Humanitarian Investing, co-chaired by Børge Brende, Kristalina Georgieva and Peter Maurer. [20]
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank warned about the risk of pandemics throughout the 2000s and the 2010s, especially after the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak. Several scientific reports also pointed out to this likely evolution. [10] [11] The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board released its first report in late 2019. [1]
The WHO Director-General presented the second report of the WHO and World Bank-backed Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, A World in Disorder, which recommends developing “muscle memory”, i.e., repetition, as a “key to pandemic response”. [15]
The 194 World Health Organization (WHO) member states agreed in December 2021 to begin negotiations on a global pandemic treaty, aiming for a draft agreement to be finalized by May 2024 for consideration by the 77th World Health Assembly. [1] [2] [3] The central principle for the instrument is equity. [4]
In May 2021, the panel presented its findings and recommendations to curb the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and prevent future pandemics. [1] [2] The report called the existing system "unfit for purpose", calling for a pandemic treaty that establishes legal obligations for WHO member states and international organizations during pandemics.
At the annual meetings, the governors of the World Bank and IMF also meet in plenary sessions. Until the 2008 financial crisis, both the spring and annual meetings were preceded by meetings of the G7 finance ministers. Amid an unfolding global financial crisis, for the first time the 2008 annual meetings included a meeting of G20 finance ...