The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate says the world must urgently strengthen financing mechanisms for pandemic preparedness and response.
At the G-20 High-Level Independent Panel session held in New York on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly, Professor Pate stresses the need for financing that can be deployed when and where it is needed.
The Coordinating Minister highlights mechanisms including the Global Fund, Gavi and the Pandemic Fund, while calling for existing financing tools to be better prepared and coordinated to support countries with diagnostics, test kits, therapeutics and other medical countermeasures during outbreaks.
Director-General of the World Trade Organisation Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, calls for sustainable financing to strengthen regional manufacturing capacity and resilient global supply chains.
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