Annual Report 2021
In October 2021, the GPMB published its third annual report, ‘From Worlds Apart to a World Prepared’. The report argues that the failures of the COVID-19 pandemic were rooted in inequality and inaction and exacerbated by geopolitical division. The Board calls for a renewed global social contract and lays out six solutions for a safer world.
From Worlds Apart to a World Prepared: GPMB 2021 Annual Report
Background Papers
24 November 2021
Envisioning an International Normative Framework for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Covid-19 has made clear that substantial reforms to the global system for pandemic preparedness and response are urgently needed to mitigate the risk of...
24 November 2021
International Framework for Health Emergency Preparedness & Response and UN Summit on Global Health Security
In its report “A World in Disorder”, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) called upon the Secretary-General of the United Nations...
Roundtable Documents
In September 2021, the GPMB hosted two roundtable discussions with Board Members and guest participants.
The first discussion, held on 2 September, aimed at learning from past health emergencies and developing strategies to move from commitments to action. The second, held on 21 September focused on identifying the root causes of inequalities
in the global response to COVID-19 and charting a more equitable path forward. Civil society organizations were invited to contribute written submissions in advance of this latter roundtable. Roundtable summaries and CSO submissions are available below.
