“Today we are facing the threat of a pandemic that could kill up to 80 million people and wipe out five percent of the global economy. The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board is doing critical work in partnership with the World Health Organization and the World Bank to ensure that more countries are prepared for global health crises.”
Trevor Mundel, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Source: Ending the Cycle of Crisis and Complacency in U.S. Global Health Security – A Report of the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security