Recommendation
The COVID-19 pandemic, which killed millions and created worldwide economic havoc, was entirely preventable, according to the independent World Health Organization Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response. The Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, former prime minister of New Zealand, and Nobelist Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia, headed the panel. A virus caused the illness, but poor planning and weak decision-making caused the crisis, the panel found. The panel’s report explains how society can and must act now to prevent the next virus that emerges from wreaking similar havoc.
Summary
About the Authors
Rt. Hon. Helen Clark is former prime minister of New Zealand, and H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is former president of Liberia and a Nobel laureate. They are co-chairs of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response.
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