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COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic

COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic

The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness & Response: The COVID-19 pandemic is a sign of how vulnerable and fragile our world is. The virus has upended societies, put the world’s population in grave danger and exposed deep inequalities.

#57 The G|O Briefing, May 19, 2021

A stronger WHO? Easier said than done! - Is Biden's foreign policy creating an ideological fault line? - A woman at the top of UNCTAD, The G|O hears

#56 The G|O Briefing, May 12, 2021

A major victory for civil society - Independent panel says Covid pandemic was preventable - The Bergamo files: Ranieri Guerra presents its defence

In a U-turn, the Biden administration backs waiving patents on COVID-19 patents

The Biden administration backs waiving WTO intellectual property protections for COVID-19 Vaccines. The surprise move by the White House lauded by advocacy groups is expected to break a six months stalemate in the talks on the initiative led by India and South Africa. "That's a shock. This

WHO’s Work in Health Emergencies

WHO’s Work in Health Emergencies

The Review Committee on the Functioning of the International Health Regulations (2005) during the COVID-19 Response was convened by the WHO Director-General on 8 September 2020.

The role of IP in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic

The role of IP in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic

On October 2, India and South Africa circulated a waiver proposal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) regarding COVID-19 and intellectual property (IP).

ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the World of Work. Seventh edition

ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the World of Work. Seventh edition

The share of workers living in countries with COVID-19‐related restrictions has remained high, with 93 per cent of the world’s workers residing in countries with some form of workplace closure measures in place in early January 2021.

Rethinking Resilience in Business

Keryn James and Peter Bakker | The pandemic has revealed vulnerabilities in public-health systems and social safety nets. Clearly, our societies and economies are not nearly as resilient as we had believed.

Concerns the COVID-19 economic shock could trigger a crisis in the global financial system

This is an onsite edited excerpt of the G|O Briefing newsletter “A financial crisis is a bank run writ large, a run on the entire financial system. People lose confidence that their money is safe—whether they’re stockholders or bondholders, institutional investors, or elderly widows—so they pull

#11 The G|O Briefing, September 10, 2020

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