What lessons can the world learn from Africa’s response to previous epidemics/pandemics including Ebola and HIV/AIDS and the current COVID-19 pandemic? What is the role of global cooperation between Africa-Asia, and China-India-Africa in particular? Is the COVID-19 crisis and response, including vaccine development and distribution, an opportunity for a new era of global cooperation?

May 18-19, 2021, Africa-Asia Roundtable -- Pandemics: Surveillance, Preparedness, and Responseou was held online. Over two days, the meeting convened four panels, further explored questions around vaccines and vaccine development, technology transfer, capacity building, and global cooperation strategies for combating pandemics.