As official development assistance declines, the G20 and other world leaders are doubling down to identify bold, operational, and practical solutions to accelerate financing for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPR). The Brown Pandemic Center, in partnership with the U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM), supports the High-Level Independent Panel as it turns that ambition into a concrete financing agenda.
The G20 High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) was established in 2020 to provide concrete solutions for G20 members to accelerate pandemic preparedness and response financing. More recently, the amended International Health Regulations were finalized and entered into force, negotiations on the WHO Pandemic Agreement continued following its adoption in 2025, and foreign assistance for health and development faced the potential for a steep decline. In light of these changes in the global landscape, South Africa’s G20 Presidency asked the HLIP to provide a rapid set of recommendations to accelerate national, regional, and global pandemic PPR financing, with a focus on providing timely solutions for the G20 Joint Finance and Health Task Force. Since reconvening in June 2025, the HLIP has sprinted, with experts from around the world, to more clearly identify and fill near- and medium-term gaps, recognizing declining budgets for global health and an increasing emphasis on domestic resource mobilization and regional access to medical countermeasures (MCM).
Following the release of its report, the HLIP stands ready to work with the G20 Presidency and the Joint Finance and Health Task Force to accelerate implementation of its recommendations in advance of the September 2026 UNGA High Level Meeting on Pandemic PPR.
The HLIP's report makes a case that the world can secure itself against pandemic threats affordably, and that the cost of inaction far outweighs the price of preparedness.
Brown School of Public Health