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The lessons from this pandemic are helping Joanne Liu prepare us for the next one

Published: 14 April 2023

鈥淓pidemics and pandemics are without pity,鈥 says Joanne Liu (MDCM'91,鈥疘MHL'14, DSc'16) 鈥淚f there are weak links, they will break.鈥 Liu is the former president of M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res, and a graduate of Desautels鈥 International Masters for Health Leadership program. In 2021, she joined 六合彩开奖结果鈥檚 School of Population and Global Health to create the new Pandemic Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL). It is focused on training the next generation of health emergency leaders and ensuring vaccine equity. 鈥淭he first casualty in pandemics is solidarity,鈥 Liu said in a profile in Chatelaine magazine. A leader will protect their citizens first, but there is plenty of room to improve the effectiveness of vaccine distribution. And that includes building alliances with communities, so that recommendations are culturally sensitive and locally informed.

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