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How to end the pandemic -- and prepare for the next | Maria Van Kerkhove

Dec 7, 2021

Maria Van Kerkhove, the COVID-19 Technical Lead at WHO, shares her expert insights on navigating the ongoing pandemic and the Omicron variant. She emphasizes the importance of collective action and vigilance as keys to ending the pandemic. Van Kerkhove discusses the need for global vaccination efforts and proper preparedness for future health crises. She also calls for accountability from governments and highlights the significance of personal responsibility in managing public health effectively.

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Intro

5min

Understanding the Omicron Variant

5min

Navigating the Pandemic: Insights from WHO Leadership

11min

Holding Governments Accountable in the Pandemic Response

3min

Gratitude for Connection and Unique Gift Recommendations

3min

We will get out of this pandemic, says Maria Van Kerkhove, the COVID-19 Technical Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO). The question is how fast -- and if we’ll take what we’ve learned from the past two years and apply it to the next emerging pathogen. In conversation with TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, Van Kerkhove provides insights on the Omicron variant, details a pandemic preparedness protocol under development at WHO and shares what we all can do to bring the pandemic to a speedy end. “Remain vigilant,” Van Kerkhove says. “Everything you do ... will either get us closer to ending this pandemic -- or it will prolong it.” (This conversation was recorded on December 3, 2021.)

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