About the Authors

Christine McNab

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ChristineMcNab@Gmail.com

Affiliations Independent Consultant, Toronto, Canada, Former Member of The Independent Panel’s Secretariat, Toronto, Canada

Els Torreele

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Independent Researcher and Advisor, Geneva, Switzerland

Ayoade Alakija

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation FIND and Special Envoy to ACT-A and Co-Chair of the ACT-A Principals, Abuja, Nigeria

Aggrey Aluso

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Resilience Action Network Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

Mauricio Cárdenas

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Former Minister of Finance of Colombia and Member of The Independent Panel, Bogota Colombia

Brendan Crabb

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Mark Dybul

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Diplomat, Physician and Medical Researcher, Member of The Independent Panel, Washington, United States of America

Patricia J. Garcia

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Former Minister of Health of Peru and Member of the PGPHC, Lima, Peru

Lawrence O. Gostin

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Professor and Chair in Global Health Law and Member of the PGPHC, Washington, United States of America

Angel Gurría

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Member of the PGPHC, Mexico City, Mexico

Jane Halton

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Member of the PGPHC, Canberra, Australia

Adam Kamradt-Scott

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cummings Foundation Professor of One Health Diplomacy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, United States of America

Michel Kazatchkine

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, Member of The Independent Panel, Geneva, Switzerland

Helena Legido-Quigley

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Professor in Health Systems, George Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Joanne Liu

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Doctors Without Borders, Member of The Independent Panel, Montreal, Canada

Suman Majumdar

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Chief Health Officer - COVID and Emergencies, Deputy Program Director, Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Henry E. Mark

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Independent Consultant, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Rosemary McCarney

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, Toronto, Canada

David Miliband

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Member of The Independent Panel, New York, United States of America

Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Former WHO Assistant Director General, Member of the PGPHC, Chêne-Bougeries, Switzerland

Selina Namchee Lo

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Australian Global Health Alliance, Melbourne, Australia

Anders Nordström

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Former Global Health Ambassador for Sweden, Former Head of Secretariat of The Independent Panel, Stockholm, Sweden

Raj Panjabi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Former White House Senior Director for Global Health Security and Biodefense, Former Advisor to The Independent Panel, Springfield, United States of America

Jorge Saavedra

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation AHF Global Public Health Institute, Member of the PGPHC, Miami, United States of America

Nina Schwalbe

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Spark Street Advisors, New York, United States of America

Barbara M. Stocking

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, Chair of the PGPHC, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Eloise Todd

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pandemic Action Network, Brussels, Belgium

Clare Wenham

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Associate Professor of Global Health Policy, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Former President of Liberia, Member of The Elders, Co-Chair of The Independent Panel, Monrovia, Liberia

Helen Clark

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Member of The Elders, Co-Chair of The Independent Panel, Auckland, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.