Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2022-05-16 11:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Fran\u00e7oise Vanni",
        "fr": "Mme Fran\u00e7oise Vanni"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7279283\" data-originallang=\"en\">That is an excellent question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7279284\" data-originallang=\"en\">At the moment, we continue to deliver our COVID-19 response. Thanks to Canada's support, and other donors, we have been able to deploy an additional $4.3 billion to countries to help them fight COVID-19. That is ongoing.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7279285\" data-originallang=\"en\">Funding needs, by the way, are not covered for the COVID-19 response coordinated by the ACT-Accelerator coalition, as I mentioned.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7279286\" data-originallang=\"en\">When it comes to the Global Fund's long-term intent, the common strategy remains to focus on AIDS, TB and malaria, because that is our mandate. That is why we were created, and we really need to meet our commitment there. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7279287\" data-originallang=\"en\">However, it also includes the recognition of the Global Fund's role in pandemic preparedness. It's beyond COVID, in a way, recognizing that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the very same infrastructure and systems and networks that the Global Fund has been able to support in countries to fight AIDS, TB and malaria were the ones that countries used to respond to COVID\u2014exactly the same community of workers, labs, supply chains, data systems and so on.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7279288\" data-originallang=\"en\">In that sense, the decision made by our board was not so much, let's continue with COVID, because it isn't something that we can foresee. We will, if needed, but it is isn't something that we can foresee scientifically.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7279289\" data-originallang=\"en\">However, the board has agreed that we should play a more deliberate role in helping the world get better prepared for future pandemics\u2014leveraging our investments in health systems. In that sense, the $18 billion target that I mentioned includes an investment of an estimated $6 billion in health system strengthening, which means essentially helping those countries get better prepared for pandemics. That is what health systems do: respond to the current pandemic battles and prepare better for what may come.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7279283\" data-originallang=\"en\">Excellente question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7279284\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour l'instant, nous continuons de prendre des mesures contre la COVID\u201119. Gr\u00e2ce au soutien du Canada et d'autres donateurs, nous avons pu distribuer 4,3 milliards de dollars suppl\u00e9mentaires pour aider des pays \u00e0 lutter contre la COVID\u201119. C'est donc en cours.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7279285\" data-originallang=\"en\">Soit dit en passant, les besoins financiers li\u00e9s aux mesures coordonn\u00e9es prises par la coalition de l'Acc\u00e9l\u00e9rateur ACT pour lutter contre la COVID\u201119 ne sont pas couverts.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7279286\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quant \u00e0 la vision \u00e0 long terme du Fonds mondial, la strat\u00e9gie commune est toujours de mettre l'accent sur la lutte contre le sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme, car c'est notre mandat. C'est la raison d'\u00eatre du fonds, et nous devons vraiment respecter notre engagement \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7279287\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mais nous assumons aussi un r\u00f4le dans la pr\u00e9paration aux pand\u00e9mies. Cela va au\u2011del\u00e0 de la COVID, d'une certaine fa\u00e7on, puisque, pendant la pand\u00e9mie, ce sont l'infrastructure, les syst\u00e8mes et les r\u00e9seaux du Fonds de lutte contre le sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme qui ont servi \u00e0 lutter contre la COVID\u201119 \u2014 c'est\u2011\u00e0\u2011dire les m\u00eames travailleurs, les m\u00eames laboratoires, les m\u00eames cha\u00eenes d'approvisionnement, les m\u00eames syst\u00e8mes de donn\u00e9es, et ainsi de suite.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7279288\" data-originallang=\"en\">En ce sens, la d\u00e9cision prise par notre conseil d'administration n'\u00e9tait pas tant de continuer de lutter contre la COVID, puisque c'est impossible \u00e0 pr\u00e9voir. Nous le ferons au besoin, mais nous ne pouvons pas le pr\u00e9voir scientifiquement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7279289\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le conseil a cependant estim\u00e9 qu'il fallait jouer un r\u00f4le plus d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9 pour aider le monde \u00e0 mieux se pr\u00e9parer aux pand\u00e9mies \u00e0 venir en tirant parti de nos investissements dans les syst\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9. En ce sens, l'objectif de 18 milliards de dollars comprend un investissement estim\u00e9 \u00e0 6 milliards de dollars pour consolider les syst\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9 et ainsi aider ces pays \u00e0 mieux se pr\u00e9parer aux pand\u00e9mies. C'est ce que font les syst\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9: r\u00e9agir aux pand\u00e9mies en cours et mieux se pr\u00e9parer \u00e0 ce qui pourrait arriver.</p>"
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