SCIENCE ADVICE FOR POLICY
BY EUROPEAN ACADEMIES

Advisors provide joint opinion on pandemic preparedness and management

The European Commission’s independent Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) and Peter Piot, special advisor to the President Ursula von der Leyen on the response to COVID-19, published a joint Opinion on Improving pandemic preparedness and management.

Opinion on Improving pandemic preparedness and management.

Experts nominated by SAPEA supported the advisors, the EGE and Professor Peter Piot with their development of the Opinion.

The set of recommendations  will help to prevent and pre-empt the emerging infectious diseases globally, enhance coordination across EU Member States and internationally and strengthen systems of preparedness and management. The advisors look at how we can best uphold fundamental rights and social justice in times of a pandemic. Finally, they advise the Commission to address systemic issues linked to health crises, most notably in the fields of sustainability and social justice.

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