Are we doing enough to prevent future pandemics?

May 23, 2022

To predict, detect and prevent future pandemics from potentially escalating, we need a global step change in surveillance. Image: World Health Organization / Blink Media/Fabeha Monir

Jeremy Farrar

Chief Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO)

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