Please note that this session has now been postponed. A new date will be announced in due course. During public health crises, such as the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 - 2016, essential women’s reproductive health services can be deprioritised, while the health service focuses on halting transmission of the infectious disease. This can result in entirely preventable morbidity and mortality, and can traumatise families and health workers.
COVID-19 has demonstrated the limits of current global governance mechanisms for pandemic preparedness and response. The International Health Regulations (2005), the key tool for international cooperation in the area of health security, has widely been shown to have failed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and ensure a meaningful response. As a consequence, multiple processes have begun to strengthen global efforts to prepare, prevent, detect and respond to epidemic events. This includes:
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