COVID-19 tested the world’s ability to monitor and respond to an outbreak of a deadly infectious disease. The results were mixed at best. To avoid a repeat, we estimate that the world’s public-health agencies could invest $357 billion over the next decade. That’s about $5 per person, per year.
To read the article, see “Not the last pandemic: Investing now to reimagine public-health systems,” May 21, 2021.