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LIVE with @DrTedros: Launch of the @TheGPMB 3rd report on pandemic preparedness at #WHS2021 twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

@DrTedros @TheGPMB "The new @TheGPMB report is brave, the kind that could only be produced by veterans in the field. It takes courage & experience to say we do not need new recommendations, because the previous recommendations out there were good ones & they still have not been fulfilled"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @TheGPMB "Of course, we did not know when the next global crisis would arise, or what it would be. But we knew it would come eventually, and that the world was not ready, and urgent action was needed"-@DrTedros #WHS2021

@DrTedros @TheGPMB "The first GPMB report, released in September 2019, months before the #COVID19 pandemic hit, presciently identified many of the challenges that we faced during the last two years"-@DrTedros #WHS2021

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1175855463637966856?s=20

@DrTedros @TheGPMB "These included the areas of political leadership and commitment; health system readiness; trust with communities; and international cooperation"-@DrTedros #WHS2021

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1452905209076797441?s=20

@DrTedros @TheGPMB "The 2nd GPMB report, released in the midst of the pandemic in 2020, incorporated hard-won insights, with calls for predictable & sustained financing; equitable access for vaccines & other life-saving tools; & global governance for preparedness"-@DrTedros

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1305493963755761664?s=20

@DrTedros @TheGPMB "Now, as this 3rd report is released, in some countries, there appears to be a view that the #COVID29 pandemic is over. It’s not"-@DrTedros #WHS2021
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@DrTedros @TheGPMB "If we do not continue to suppress #COVID19 transmission and equitably distribute vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics, the pandemic will be drawn out even further, bringing needless suffering and death"-@DrTedros #WHS2021

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1452905949375705089?s=20

@DrTedros @TheGPMB "During one of the first GPMB meetings, I mentioned the old saying, the time to fix the roof is before the rain comes. For the same reason you establish a fire department or an emergency room, we cannot wait until the next emergency before we act"-@DrTedros #WHS2021

@DrTedros @TheGPMB "@TheGPMB asks if:
-we have learned the lessons of this pandemic
-the 🌍 is even less prepared now than it was before #COVID19?
We must take a hard look at our:
-weakened health systems
-fragmented 🌍 health architecture
-the crisis of trust in scientific institutions"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @TheGPMB "This is important not only for this pandemic, but for the threats of the future. And as this new report makes clear, it is crucial not only that we act, but that we act in a coherent, coordinated matter"-@DrTedros #WHS2021

@DrTedros @TheGPMB "There is no room for narrow self-interest and short-term political considerations when it comes to emergency preparedness"-@DrTedros #WHS2021

@DrTedros @TheGPMB "@TheGPMB report lays out concrete actions:
- an intl. agreement on preparedness & response
-a strengthened WHO with sustainable funding
- better information sharing
-a collective financing mechanism
-community engagement
-mutual accountability"-@DrTedros #WHS2021

@DrTedros @TheGPMB "I’ll leave you with two requests: let’s listen and let’s act. It is within our power to do things differently this time, by coming together to take the smart, coherent, and long-term actions that will keep us all safer"-@DrTedros #WHS2021