Philip Kenol

The G20 health declaration, released last week following the health ministers' annual summit, encouragingly highlighted R&D as a central pillar of pandemic preparedness. However, the declaration also stopped short of providing a clear road map to translate its ambitions into concrete measures—and more action is needed.

This weekend, leaders from the G7 will come together in Cornwall, England, seeking to revive multilateralism and highlight that this forum can still play a significant role in shaping and responding to major world events. Here's a look at how G7 leaders can tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, build long-term infrastructure to prevent future health outbreaks, and seize the moment to reimagine the future of global health security. 

The 74th World Health Assembly is set to convene virtually from May 24 to June 1, exhibiting the largest agenda ever with more than 72 items. Here are the top five things GHTC is watching over the course of this year’s forum.

The 73rd World Health Assembly convened virtually November 9-14 to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as well as other key global health priorities. GHTC tracked the proceedings and worked with partners to weigh in on key agenda items. Here are our top takeaways from this year’s assembly.

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a collective failure to take pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response seriously and prioritize it appropriately, according to a report released by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board. In their recommendations, the board underscores the importance of strengthening the global health R&D ecosystem to prepare for future threats. Here we breakdown what they said.

The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated just how crucial multilateral conveners like WHO are to our collective health, prosperity, and security and the need for enhanced international cooperation and worldwide solidarity.

With the global health emergency of the novel coronavirus looming large, last week the global health community gathered in Geneva to kick off the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board (EB) meeting. GHTC was on the scene following the official agenda and delivering statements. Here are our top three takeaways from this year’s EB.