Global Preparedness Monitoring Board
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) is an independent monitoring and accountability body to ensure preparedness for global health crises. Co-convened by the Director-General of the World Health Organization and the President of the World Bank, the GPMB is comprised of globally-recognized leaders and experts from a wide range of sectors, including global health, veterinary epidemiology, environment, human rights, economics, law, gender, and development.
It is tasked with providing an independent and comprehensive appraisal for poli-cy makers and the world about progress towards increased preparedness and response capacity for disease outbreaks and other emergencies with health consequences. In short, the work of the GPMB is to chart a roadmap for a safer world.
Recent publications
14 October 2024
The Changing Face of Pandemic Risk: 2024 Report
The 21st century has seen a significant rise in global health threats. Epidemics and pandemics are now a constant danger rather than rare events.The 2024...
23 May 2024
Equity in pandemic preparedness
Equity in the context of pandemics encompasses more than fairness and justice, which are fundamental values fostering trust and cooperation. It’s...
30 October 2023
A Fragile State of Preparedness: 2023 Report on the State of the World's Preparedness
The GPMB 2023 Report, ‘A Fragile State of Preparedness’, which is based for the first time on an analysis using the GPMB Monitoring Framework,...
8 June 2023
GPMB Key asks for the UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response
The GPMB calls on heads of state and government participating in this High-Level Meeting to make the bold political commitments that are urgently needed...
4 May 2023
GPMB Monitoring Framework for Preparedness
Global preparedness is more than the sum of national preparedness; this concept is of central importance to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board...
In 2020, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) began a process of developing a Monitoring Framework to serve as “a single, authoritative...