Report Launch of CFR Independent Task Force on Preparing for the Next Pandemic

The United States and the world were unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, despite decades of warnings highlighting the inevitability of global pandemics and the need for international coordination. The crisis is not yet over, and has already exacted a heavy human and economic price. Improving Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons From COVID-19, the report of a CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force, outlines a strategy to ensure the United States and the multilateral system perform better in this crisis—and when the next one inevitably emerges. Speakers Sylvia Mathews Burwell President, American University; Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Barack Obama (2014–2017); Task Force…