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Kimberley Peek

Global Health at a Crossroads


The election of Trump and a Republican-majority Senate in the US have far-reaching implications for global health, risking setbacks in pandemic preparedness and response worldwide. The road ahead for global health security has become even more complex.


Our CEO, Nina Schwalbe, highlighted the challenges ahead in her recent comments to Devex, noting that even if the Pandemic Treaty is finalized this year, “there will be zero chance it will be ratified under a Trump administration with a now Republican majority Senate,” underscoring conservative resistance. She called on the Biden administration to “be bold on all equity-related provisions, with the hope that — if not now — one day there will be a Senate ready to sign the treaty into law.”



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