**Registration: This event is an in-person meeting with a capacity limit. To register, please email us at secretariat@gphcpanel.org before Tuesday, 12 September. We will confirm your registration via email, subject to availability.

The Panel for a Global Public Health Convention, together with the Government of Malaysia, is pleased to invite you to a Panel discussion, Preventing the Next Pandemic: Are We Ready to Take Responsibility? during the 78th UN General Assembly on September 18, 2023, from 5:00 - 7:00 PM EST.

Join us for a panel discussion on how to deliver accountability for the future Pandemic Accord, International Health Regulations, and upcoming UN Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness & Response.

Speakers include:

Opening remarks by Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan, Director-General of Health, Malaysia
Laura Chinchilla Miranda, Vice-President, World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid & Former President of Costa Rica
Jane Halton, Chair, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
Barbara Stocking, Chair, Panel for a Global Public Health Convention
Ricardo Baptista Leite, President, UNITE Global Parliamentarians Network to End Infectious Diseases & CEO, The International Digital Health and AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR)
Jorge Saavedra, Executive Director, AHF Global Public Health Institute
Jackline Kiarie, Regional Programme Manager, Amref & former Board Member at the Pandemic Fund
Speaker from Brazil

The Panel will discuss:

How to leverage the lessons learned from past health emergencies, like COVID-19 and Ebola, to stop future outbreaks from becoming pandemics.
The governance and accountability mechanisms needed to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.
Ways to ensure the UN Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response is translated into action.

We hope you are able to join us!