Opinion - When the next health crisis strikes, will we be ready in 100 days?
Last updated on 03 March 2026
Dr Rebecca Grais
Executive director of the Pasteur Network
Pr Mona Nemer
Chief Science Adviser to Canada and Chair of the International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat (IPPS)
Pr Yazdan Yazdanpanah
Director of the ANRS Emerging Infectious Diseases
Six years since COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency of international concern, science has never been more dynamic. Innovation has accelerated, sequencing technologies are more accessible, artificial intelligence is transforming biomedical research, and the World Health Organization Pandemic Agreement has laid the foundations for a long-awaited multilateral framework.
Yet one uncomfortable truth remains: the world still cannot guarantee that safe and effective diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines will be available and equitably deployed within the first 100 days of a new pandemic threat.
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