I slutningen af 2019 blev USA vurderet til at være det bedst forberedte land i verden til at håndtere en pandemi. Vurderingen og udarbejdelsen af Global Health Security Index blev foretaget fra 2018 til 2019 af Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) og Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (JHCHS) med vejledning fra et internationalt panel af eksperter fra 13 lande og Economist Intelligence Unit.
Mere end 100 forskere brugte et år på at indsamle og validere offentligt tilgængelige data. Rapporten bemærker, at selvom USA samlet set ligger på 1. pladsen, er pandemi-forberedelserne ikke perfekte, og faktorer, der kan påvirke vurderingen, inkluderer ”risikoen for social uro og terrorisme og lav offentlig tillid til regeringen”.
Rapporten er gravet frem igen som led i det politiske slagsmål mellem Demokrater og Republikanere, hvor præsident Trumps kritikere har påstået, at administrationens passivitet skulle have gjort USA sårbart over for den igangværende coronavirus-pandemi.
Den gennemsnitlige samlede GHS-indeks score er 40,2 ud af en mulig 100. Mens OECD-lande med høj indkomst opnår en gennemsnitlig score på 51,9, viser indekset, at den samlede internationale beredskab for epidemier og pandemier samlet er meget svag.
Danmark nr. 8
Danmark ligger pænt i en international sammenligning. Med en index-score på 70.4 ligger Danmark som nr. 8 af de 195 lande.
Det bemærkes dog, at Danmark kun ligger på en 19. plads i kategorien “RAPID RESPONSE TO AND MITIGATION OF THE SPREAD OF AN EPIDEMIC”, og helt nede som nr. 28 i kategorien ”COMMITMENTS TO IMPROVING NATIONAL CAPACITY, FINANCING AND ADHERENCE TO NORMS”.
2012 - Independent Professional
2003 - 2012 Minister Counsellor FAO at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, Rome
2000 - 2003 Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Denmark
1995 - 2000 Director General, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Denmark
1991 - 1995 Permanent Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy Denmark
1990 - 1991 Chef du Cabinet, Prime Ministers Office Denmark
1983 - 1990 Personal Assistant to the Prime Minister, Prime Ministers Office Denmark
1979 - 1983 Head of section, Prime Ministers Office Denmark
1978 - 1979 Military Service, Representative of drafted army personel
1976 - 1978 National Bureau of Statstics Denmark
- Chair EU Working Party on FAO Coordination
- Chair of various Intra Ministerial Committees on Energy taxation
- Member of FAO Finance Committee
- Danish Representative to various missions to Eastern European countries, Burundi, Mozambique, Thailand and Cambodia.
- Head of Danish Negotiation Team for the Voluntary Guidelines to support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security
- Head of Danish Negotiation Team for the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
- Responsible for Danish EU Presidency 1993, 2002 and 2012 regarding FAO matters.
- Head of Danish delegations to meetings in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Co-Chair of Budget Committee of the International treaty on Plant genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Co-Chair of Danish-India Commission on Bilateral Energy Cooperation
Head of Danish delegations to meeting in International Energy Cooperation (IEA, CEM, MEF ect)
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