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WHO launches independent review of global COVID-19 response
WHO announced an independent panel to evaluate the international response to COVID-19 and identify lessons for pandemic preparedness. The panel, co-chaired by Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was established following a World Health Assembly resolution; it was scheduled to deliver an interim report in November 2020 and a substantive report in May 2021.
- WHO established an independent panel to review the COVID-19 response.
- Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will co-chair the panel.
- An interim and substantive report were scheduled for 2020 and 2021.
The World Health Organization has initiated the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) to assess the world’s response to COVID-19. The announcement followed a resolution adopted by Member States at the 73rd World Health Assembly in May 2020 calling for an independent, comprehensive evaluation of lessons from the international health response.
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will co-chair the panel. They will select its other members and an independent secretariat. WHO said the panel was expected to present an interim report at the resumed World Health Assembly in November 2020, with further discussion at the Executive Board in January 2021 and a substantive report at the World Health Assembly in May 2021.
The initiative is an institutional review, not a clinical study, and reports no patient-level findings. Its stated purpose is to support reflection on the pandemic response and strengthen preparedness for future outbreaks. The WHO’s Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for its Health Emergencies Programme was also expected to continue its existing work.
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