Season 2, Episode 7: SPECIAL EDITION: The COVID-19 Lancet Commission Report

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In this special episode, join Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Ms. María
Fernanda Espinosa, and Professor K. Srinath Reddy for their
discussion of The Lancet Commission Report on lessons for the
future from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Together, they discuss the background to the Commission and the
key findings after two years of research. They discuss the
possible origins of the virus that causes Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2;
including the possibilities that the virus emerged from
laboratory research or from an infected animal in the
marketplace. They discuss failures of international cooperation
and national public-health policy-making - failures that have
contributed to 18 million deaths worldwide from Covid-19. 
Most importantly, they discuss the Commission’s recommendations
for the future on how to prevent or confront future global health
emergencies, most importantly by strengthening WHO as the core
pillar of global policy.

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Academy, the flagship education initiative of the UN Sustainable
Development Solutions Network. Learn more and get involved at
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