The Global Accountability Platform to Fight COVID-19

The COVID Global Accountability Platform (COVID GAP) is an independent initiative that aims to build collaborations around the world and provide evidence-based tracking, insights, and recommendations that collectively help hold the world to account to meet pressing needs, deliver on commitments, and accelerate the end of the pandemic.

Recent COVID GAP Reports

COVID GAP Accountability Report Issue 24

April 19, 2023: COVID Global Accountability Platform’s (COVID GAP’s) Accountability Reports highlight and analyze recent developments, track progress toward national, regional, and global targets, and identify high-priority recommendations for a more effective, efficient, and equitable pandemic response and preparedness. Drawing on data across many sources, our team tracks important measures of progress on commitments and remaining gaps, helping to hold leaders and organizations to account on these actions.

COVID GAP Accountability Report Issue 23

April 6, 2023: COVID Global Accountability Platform’s (COVID GAP’s) Accountability Reports highlight and analyze recent developments, track progress toward national, regional, and global targets, and identify high-priority recommendations for a more effective, efficient, and equitable pandemic response and preparedness. Drawing on data across many sources, our team tracks important measures of progress on commitments and remaining gaps, helping to hold leaders and organizations to account on these actions.

COVID GAP Accountability Report Issue 22

March 22, 2023: COVID Global Accountability Platform’s (COVID GAP’s) Accountability Reports highlight and analyze recent developments, track progress toward national, regional, and global targets, and identify high-priority recommendations for a more effective, efficient, and equitable pandemic response and preparedness. Drawing on data across many sources, our team tracks important measures of progress on commitments and remaining gaps, helping to hold leaders and organizations to account on these actions.

The COVID GAP Blog

The global situation with COVID-19 is ever-evolving. The COVID GAP blog aims to provide thoughtful, timely analysis and insights on important news and developments, guided by our ongoing research, analysis, and stakeholder engagement. Visit our COVID GAP blog page to access all of our blogs.

COVID-19 Anguish Channeled into Survivor Support, Push for Better Pandemic Policies

March 30, 2023: While many might want to move on from COVID-19, families suffering through lost loved ones and lingering disability will long bear the scars. Their stories provide the lived experience and passion necessary to ensure survivors receive the financial and emotional support they need. They also provide real life reminders to lawmakers of the need to urgently enact pandemic preparedness policies that will protect constituents from similar suffering in the future.

UN High Level Pandemic Meeting Should Be Only the Beginning

March 9, 2023: The fear and disruption brought on by COVID-19 are already fading into memory. But pandemic risks remain and are in fact increasing. While the HLM will refocus attention on the actions needed to prepare, longer term solutions are required to ensure continued progress. For the HLM to have concrete, lasting impact, participants should commit to a high-level standing body like the Global Health Threats Council that will marshal the attention and resources needed to protect the world from the threats to come.

African Leaders Commit to Tackling Pandemic Fueled Routine Immunization Deficits

February 23, 2023: In the face of falling routine immunization rates and recent spikes in some vaccine preventable diseases, African leaders pledged this week to “reignite the political will” to prioritize universal access to immunization through a declaration endorsed by African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government February 19.

Fatal Lack of Oxygen During Pandemic Peaks Spurs Action to End Enduring Shortages

February 10, 2023: Access to medical oxygen literally has been a matter of life and death during COVID-19 peaks and shortages have had devastating effects in many countries around the world. Yet despite its life saving potential, the oxygen production and supply chain has long been inadequate, leaving many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in dire circumstances.

Communicators Require New Approaches to Build Trust in Science and Public Health

January 25, 2023: Trust in science and public health institutions is considered one of the key pillars of health emergency preparedness. Yet many metrics indicate trust decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of changing circumstances during a fast moving outbreak, ineffective messaging, and a torrent of misinformation and purposeful disinformation promulgated on social media. Advances are being made in some technological approaches to pandemic preparedness, including quicker, more geographically dispersed vaccine manufacturing. Building trust, especially in politically polarized societies, may be an even more daunting task, but equally important to successful outbreak mitigation.

High Level Health Emergency Council Proposed for WHO Executive Board Review

January 12, 2023: As health security improvement efforts continue at all governmental levels, World Health Organization (WHO) is advancing ten proposals aimed at strengthening its role and effectiveness in health emergency preparedness and response.

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