Justin we want to thank the panel is for joining us here today and thank the audience were attending or watching online or on he spent and join us upstairs for sandwiches and cokes. Thank you all very much. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2024] this subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic will come to order. I want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection, the chair may declare a recess at any time. I now recognize myself, with the purpose of making an opening statement. Today, this subcommittee is holding a hearing to examine the future of the World Health Organization, and our relationship, as the United States, with the w. H. O. The World Health Organization is supposed to be the preeminent organization that governs just that, the worlds health. It played a key role in eradicating smallpox, and significantly
Ank you so much. In the last the world has persevered through a deadly pandemic that has claimed nearly 7 million lives across now, as we reflect on the International Response to this Public Health crisis to the future, we must do so with a commitment to advancing Global Health security. There is no International Organization as central to this work, as the World Health Organization. Which, has contributed to monumental advancements in healthcare access, improvements in Population Health outcomes, and the defeat of deadly diseases, even in the furthest corners of the world. The w. H. O. s continued surveillance of Global Health threats have helped prevent outbreaks of deadly diseases, such as measles from arriving on our shores. The w. H. O. s global vaccination programs have helped contribute to an overall 54 increase in global Life Expectancy in the last 70 years, and put us on track to prevent 51 Million Deaths from measles, and hepatitis b around the world. So, i want the time to e
This subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic will come to order. I want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection, the chair may declare a recess at any time. I now recognize myself, with the purpose of making an opening statement. Today, this subcommittee is holding a hearing to examine the future of the World Health Organization, and our relationship, as the United States, with the w. H. O. The World Health Organization is supposed to be the preeminent organization that governs just that, the worlds health. It played a key role in eradicating smallpox, and significantly reducing the cases of polio around the globe. Yet, when the world was faced with the outbreak of covid19, the pandemic, we saw that the w. H. O. Does not always serve all of its members equally. We saw it is not an organization that serves all of humankind, but instead perhaps an organization that became beholden to, or are trapped in, politics. When it was most essential that the w. H. O. Be able to step up
The hearing was held amid ongoing concerns from u. S. Lawmakers w. H. O. It was was impy influenced by china through the covid19 pandemic. This is about two and half hours. It was not. [background noises] these select a subcommittee of the coronavirus pandemic will come to order but want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection the chairman to clear recess at any time. I now recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. Today the select subcommittee is holding a hearing to examine the future of the World Health Organization. And our relationship with the w. H. O. The World Health Organization is supposed to be the preeminent organization that governs just that, the worlds health. Played a key role in eradicating smallpox and is significantly reduced in the cases of polio around the globe. And yet when the world was faced with the outbreak of covid19 and the pandemic we saw w. H. O. Does not always serve all of its members equally. We saw its not an organizat
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