Toward a Common Secure Future: Four Global Commissions in the Wake of Ebola

Lawrence Gostin and colleagues offer a set of priorities for global health preparedness and response for future infectious disease threats

Recommendations from the Four Global Commissions Concerning National Health Systems—Core Capacity Financing and Incentives.

<p>Recommendations from the Four Global Commissions Concerning National Health Systems—Core Capacity Financing and Incentives.</p

Recommendations of the WHO Advisory Group.

<p>Recommendations of the WHO Advisory Group.</p

Recommendations from the Four Global Commissions Concerning Global Governance—International Coordination.

<p>Recommendations from the Four Global Commissions Concerning Global Governance—International Coordination.</p

Recommendations from the Four Global Commissions Concerning Research and Development—R&D Acceleration.

<p>Recommendations from the Four Global Commissions Concerning Research and Development—R&D Acceleration.</p

Recommendations from the Four Global Commissions Concerning Research and Development—Financing.

<p>Recommendations from the Four Global Commissions Concerning Research and Development—Financing.</p

Accountability frameworks proposed by the four commissions during inter-emergencies period.

<p>(A) Commission on a Global Health Risk Framework for the Future, (B) Harvard-London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine’s Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola, (C) United Nations High-Level Panel on the Global Response to Health Crises, (D) World Health Organization Ebola Interim Assessment Panel. * denotes individual/body with responsibility for declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). CEPR = Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, DG = Director-General, ED = Executive Director, PPDC = Pandemic Product Development Committee, SG = Secretary-General, UN = United Nations, WHA = World Health Assembly, WHO = World Health Organization.</p

Changes to the accountability frameworks during a PHEIC that has turned into a humanitarian crisis.

<p>(A) Commission on a Global Health Risk Framework for the Future, (B) Harvard-London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine’s Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola, (C) United Nations High-Level Panel on the Global Response to Health Crises, (D) World Health Organization Ebola Interim Assessment Panel. CEPR = Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, DG = Director-General, ED = Executive Director, ERC = Emergency Response Coordinator, OCHA = Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, SG = Secretary-General, UN = United Nations, WHO = World Health Organization.</p