STAT October 14, 2021
The White House Covid Summit recently convened world leaders, multilateral organizations, global health experts, and the private sector to address the pandemic. We were privileged to be among the stakeholders as representatives of Seed Global Health, which partners with governments to strengthen health workforces in countries with critical shortages.
The Summit’s main call was for collective action to heal from the Covid-19 pandemic and protect against future global health threats. To this end, we heard dialogue focused on global vaccine equity; on improving global manufacturing capacity for Covid-19 vaccines, personal protective equipment, diagnostics, and treatments, including oxygen; and on financial commitments to ensure global health security and preparedness.
What we didn’t hear was much discussion about the one factor essential...