When is the next time? We don't have a time frame. I suspect it will likely to be November, if history is anything to go by.

Time is of the essence. We must act now if we are to have the maximum possible opportunity to contain a pandemic.

For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour.

That was a time when we were really working together as an international community of academics, politicians, public health experts. Everybody really was so focused,

Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers.

At a time of multiple calamities in the world, we cannot allow the loss of essential antimicrobials, essential cures for many millions of people, to become the next global crisis.