Dr. Paola Vesco, VIEWS Deputy Director of VIEWS and Senior Researcher at PRIO, served as an expert at the technical consultation on political drivers of epidemics and pandemics on June 11th. The consultation was organized by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), an independent monitoring and accountability body co-convened by the World Health Organisation and the World Bank to ensure preparedness in global health crisis.

The technical consultation sought to solicit expert insights to help analyze and contextualize data for the GPMB 2024 Pandemic Risk Report, which is set to be released in September 2024.