Our partners, the Pandemic Action Network, recently published a report detailing the consequences that the global shortage of PPE has had on frontline workers during the pandemic, and how our fund helped identify real solutions to address the global crisis.
Together with Community Health Acceleration Partnership, Community Health Impact Coalition, Direct Relief and VillageReach, these five organizations make up the Fund’s Oversight Committee.
As a part of the Fund’s Oversight Committee, the Pandemic Action Network brings a desire to ensure U.S. philanthropic capital is given to the COVID response in Africa and goes toward a pooled fund focused on the highest needs, and also provides advocacy for improvements in the supply chain for pandemic supplies. Read more.
Pandemic Action Network: The Next Pandemic Won’t Wait:What World Leaders Can Do to Improve Frontline Access to Essential Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
“Despite a hyper-connected global marketplace, the COVID-19 pandemic is straining every part of the global supply chain. Nowhere has this been more evident than in the massive, persistent shortages and delays in getting personal protective equipment (PPE) to frontline health workers. Essential PPE, defined as surgical masks, gloves, face shields, gowns, and N95 masks, are critical tools for an effective pandemic response. Relative to therapeutics, diagnostics, and vaccines, essential PPE is easy to manufacture, does not face the same regulatory hurdles, and has flexible storage considerations. Moreover, essential PPE is disease-agnostic, so should and must be easily available and equitably distributed for any outbreak.” Read more.