Lancet COVID-19 Commission Statement on the occasion of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Salim S. Abdool Karim, Lara B. Aknin, Joseph R. Allen, Kirsten Brosbøl, Gabriela Cuevas Barron, Peter Daszak, María Fernanda Espinosa, Vítor Gaspar, Alejandro Gaviría, Andy Haines, Peter J. Hotez, Phoebe Koundouri, Felipe Larraín Bascuñán, Jong‐Koo Lee, Muhammad Ali Pate, Paul Polman, Srinath Reddy, Ismail Serageldin, Raj Shah, John Thwaites, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Chen Wang, Miriam Were, Lan Xue, Min Zhu, Chandrika Bahadur, María Elena Bottazzi, Yanis Ben Amor, Lauren Barredo, Özge Karadağ Çaman, Guillaume Lafortune, Emma Torres, Ismini Ethridge, Juliana G E Bartels
Abstract
The Lancet COVID-19 Commission was launched on July 9, 2020, to assist governments, civil society, and UN institutions in responding effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Commission aims to offer practical solutions to the four main global challenges posed by the pandemic: suppressing the pandemic by means of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions; overcoming humanitarian emergencies, including poverty, hunger, and mental distress, caused by the pandemic; restructuring public and private finances in the wake of the pandemic; and rebuilding the world economy in an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable way that is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. Many creative solutions are already being implemented, and a key aim of the Commission is to accelerate their adoption worldwide.