Thread by @didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: 🇺🇸 Mobilizing the World to Address Transnational Challenges
Global Health and Pandemics
🇺🇸Only one party understands the urgency of strengthening the global public health system. 1/12

The human and economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic underscores the urgency of strengthening the global public health system—and the consequences of America’s disengagement from the world. 2/12 #globalhealth #pandemic

The Trump Administration was warned about the clear and present danger of a global pandemic. The Administration not only ignored the threat but dismantled our early warning and response mechanisms and failed to act when the pandemic began. 3/12 #globalhealth #pandemic

We owe it to all those whose lives have been shattered by this disease to learn from that fatal mistake.
#Democrats will take overdue steps to ensure our government is not caught off guard by public health threats, at home or abroad. 4/12 #globalhealth #publichealth

#Democrats will revitalize and expand the Obama-Biden Administration’s Global Health Security Agenda, and we will immediately restore the White House National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense. 5/12
#globalhealth #Biodefense

#Democrats will also mobilize allies, partners, and international institutions to develop a more robust and effective global public health system. 6/12
#globalhealth

#Democrats will work to help the United Nations improve its facilitation efforts in public health crises, and we will establish a Global Health Emergency Board to harmonize crisis response for vulnerable communities. 7/12
#UnitedNations #globalhealth

Rather than undercutting the #WHO and undermining its work on the frontlines of global pandemic response, #Democrats will ensure the United States remains its leading funder and technical partner. 8/12 #globalhealth

@Democrats will fully resource the #WHO, especially its Contingency Fund for Emergencies, while supporting fundamental reforms and mechanisms to enhance accountability and protect experts from political pressure. 9/12 #globalhealth

#Democrats support the development of a vaccine accelerator to ensure rapid, equitable, and affordable global access to vaccines, therapeutics, and supplies. Democrats know that effective global health policy saves lives at home and around the world. 10/12 #globalhealth

Beyond its immediate damage, the #COVID19 pandemic has badly disrupted routine, life-saving vaccinations, putting 80 million children around the world at greater risk of dying from preventable diseases. 11/12 #DemPartyPlatform #globalhealth

#Democrats will reaffirm our commitment to the President’s Emergency Plan for #AIDS Relief and help realize the promise of an AIDS-free generation. And we will help the world eradicate tuberculosis, malaria, and polio, as well as preventable maternal and childhood deaths. 12/12