From Mpox to Marburg: How The Pandemic Fund helps protect every life at risk

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Impact Story | September 3, 2025
From Mpox to Marburg: How The Pandemic Fund helps protect every life at risk

Receiving a diagnosis of Marburg hemorrhagic disease can be a death sentence, with a case fatality rate as high as 88 percent.  But Rwanda bucked that outcome in its Marburg outbreak response, achieving the lowest fatality rate ever recorded, thanks to swift action by the Government of Rwanda and timely support from the Pandemic Fund and other partners.

Last Updated: September 5, 2025

High-level Event hosted by the Pandemic Fund on the margins of the 78th World Health Assembly

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High-level event hosted by the Pandemic Fund on the Margins of the 78th World Health Assembly

 Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | 4:15-5:45 pm CEST
Geneva, Switzerland
 

This high-level event brought together health ministers, as well as leaders from multilateral development banks, other international organizations, the private sector, philanthropies, and civil society to discuss the needs and gaps in pandemic prevention, preparedn

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Medical Doctor, graduated in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague Public Health Specialist 

Director of the International Relations Coordination Services, Secretariat-General of the Ministry of Health
Served as Head of the Health Cooperation Division in the International Relations Coordination Services at the Secretariat-General of the Ministry of Health since October
Appointed National Focal Point for the G20 Health Working Group under the Presidency of the Federative Republic of Brazil 

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