Treat pandemics as a matter of national security , experts urge UK After losing more than 100,000 people so far the public will want to know, in the future, is the system fit for purpose?
4 February 2021 • 5:37pm
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Governments must treat health system resilience as a “matter of national security”, with annual assessments of pandemic preparedness.
The G20 Health and Development Partnership (HDP), a coalition of businesses, charities and academics, called for the creation of a body similar to the Office for Budget Responsibility that would be independent from government and have the power to scrutinise health security.
Speaking to the
Washington, February 2
US President Joe Biden has appointed Indian-origin Raj Panjabi to lead his Malaria Initiative, which is mainly in African and Asian countries.
“After being sworn in this
Indian-origin doctor appointed global coordinator for US President s Malaria Initiative
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Born in Liberia, Raj Panjabi and his family fled the country during its civil war and arrived in the United States as refugees in the 1990s.
Dr. Raj Panjabi
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has appointed Dr. Raj Panjabi, an Indian-origin public health professional, to lead his Malaria Initiative which aims to control and eliminate the disease in African and Asian countries.
Born in Liberia, Panjabi and his family fled the country during its civil war and arrived in the United States as refugees in the 1990s.