COVID-19: Make It the Last Pandemic

Publications - Released in 2021
COVID-19: Make It the Last Pandemic

COVID-19 is the 21st century’s Chernobyl moment — not because a disease outbreak is like a nuclear accident, but because it has shown so clearly the gravity of the threat to our health and well-being. It has caused a crisis so deep and wide that presidents, prime ministers and heads of international and regional bodies must now urgently accept their responsibility to transform the way in which the world prepares for and responds to global health threats. If not now, then when?

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 The Main report(5.04 MB)
 Summary of the main report (1.03 MB)
 The companion evidence-based narrative(6.53 MB)
 Background Paper 1: Building on the past(934.18 KB)
 Background Paper 2a: The authoritative chronology(673.29 KB)
 Background Paper 3: From science to policy(1.69 MB)
 Background Paper 6: Scaling up vaccination, legal aspects(599.65 KB)
 Background Paper 7: Access to essential supplies(1.23 MB)
 Background Paper 8: Impact on essential health(1.09 MB)
 Background Paper 9: Social impact(1.45 MB)
 Background Paper 11: Human rights(922.33 KB)
 Background Paper 13: Economic impact(1.37 MB)
 Background Paper 14: Financing pandemic preparedness and response(1.57 MB)
 Background Paper 15: WHO institutional review(1.4 MB)
 Background Paper 16: International treaties (993.49 KB)

Organizations

  • The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response