WHO Global Preparedness Monitoring Board


The WHO Global Preparedness Monitoring Board is a joint arm of the WHO and the World Bank.

Synopsis

The GPMB are concerned that "at any time, an emerging, lethal, and highly transmissible pathogen might pose a risk of being spread globally because of the interconnectedness of the global population."

Membership

As of September 2019 the GPMB listed its members as:
In April 2020, Boyd, Baker and Wilson remarked that the "WHO Global Preparedness Monitoring Board Report 2019 repeatedly notes widespread lack of preparedness for a significant pandemic".

Selected publications

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