Global Pandemic Prevention
Pandemics are preventable.
The world has clear models for how to identify infectious diseases, respond quickly, and prevent pandemics from emerging.
They require political will and deep cooperation to execute and fund their development.
Such funding is a tiny fraction of the cost: the G20 High-Level Independent Panel (HLIP) calculated that global pandemic prevention could be accomplished with an investment of an initial $75 billion and a standing cost of $15 billion a year. Based on this assessment, the cost of COVID-19 could have paid for 823 years of prevention.
We have the extraordinary opportunity, with lessons freshly learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, to move immediately to prevent a more devastating pandemic-prone disease from emerging and spreading. PAX sapiens is working to promote better global and local systems for pandemic prevention.
Pandemics Prevention funding is a fraction of the cost of COVID-19 relief.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused approximately 6.9 million lives deaths globally, and will cost an estimated $12.4 trillion by 2024.
The risk of a pathogen emerging from zoonotic sources is increasing this century due to climate change, habitat loss converges with a growing population, and increased international travel.
Nefarious actors with access to dangerous pathogens pose additional threats to health and security of the 8 billion people on earth.
Our Focus
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A Call for Engaged Philanthropy
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Pandemic Philanthropy Guide
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Poll on Funding for Pandemic Preparedness