PD 04 - Multilateral Public Health Partnerships during the COVID-19 Crisis

Multilateral cooperation is central in a pandemic. As the experiences in the COVID-19 pandemic show public health institutions play a central role in both preparedness and response at the national level and through their international cooperation. Over the last decade new centers for disease control have been established and existing centers have been strengthened, including at regional level. In many cases these reforms have followed on major disease outbreaks: SARS, Ebola and now COVID-19. This session will discuss the experiences gained by centers of disease control in China, Africa, the European Union, Germany and France – and how they have strengthened their cooperation to support global health and what still remains to be done.