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World 'dangerously' unprepared for another pandemic, panel concludes

The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board urged more trust-building to boost monitoring, accountability and financing.

Experts warn the world is unprepared for another pandemic.
Experts warn the world is unprepared for another pandemic. (AN/Gabriella Clare Marino/Unsplash

A high-level panel finds too little progress is being made to prepare the world for another pandemic, but there's a fix for that: cultivating trust.

"The trust deficit between and within countries is a key barrier to improving preparedness," the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board concluded in a new report launched in Geneva on Monday.

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