Former Health Secretary Preeti Sudan appointed to WHO’s Panel For Pandemic Preparedness

Former Health Secretary of India, Preeti Sudan has been appointed as a member of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response of the World Health Organisation.
The global panel will evaluate international response to the Covid-19 pandemic and submit a report by May 2021 to the World Health Assembly.
The panel, which has 11 panellists from across the world, will hold its first meeting on 17 September 2020.
Preeti Sudan, a 1983-batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, had retired as the Union health secretary in July 2020.