The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (abbreviated GPMB) is a joint arm of the

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Synopsis

The GPMB are concerned that "at any time, an emerging, lethal, and highly transmissible pathogen might pose a risk of being spread globally because of the interconnectedness of the global population."

Board members

As of December 2020 the GPMB listed its board members as: *

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Gro Harlem Brundtland Gro Brundtland (; born Gro Harlem, 20 April 1939) is a Norwegian politician (Arbeiderpartiet), who served three terms as the 29th prime minister of Norway (1981, 1986–89, and 1990–96) and as the director-general of the World Health Organizati ...

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Victor Dzau Victor Joseph Dzau (; born 23 October 1945) is a Chinese-American doctor and academic. He serves as the President of the United States National Academy of Medicine (formerly the ''Institute of Medicine'') of the United States National Academy of ...

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* Anthony S. Fauci *

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George F. Gao Gao Fu (; born 15 November 1961), also known as George Fu Gao, is a Chinese virologist and immunologist. He has served as Director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention from August 2017 to July 2022 and Dean of the Sava ...

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* Ngamije M. Daniel *

Veronika Skvortsova Veroníka Ígorevna Skvortsóva (russian: Верони́ка И́горевна Скворцо́ва; born November 1, 1960, in Moscow) is a Russian neurologist and politician. She served as the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation from ...

* Yasuhiro Suzuki *

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Commentary

In April 2020, Boyd, Baker and Wilson remarked that the "WHO Global Preparedness Monitoring Board Report 2019 repeatedly notes widespread lack of preparedness for a significant pandemic".

Selected publications

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References

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