COVID-19: CPA TOOLKIT FOR COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTS
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GLOBAL POLICY RESPONSES A number of key measures that can both protect the public from the spread of a global pandemic as well as mitigate from the direct and indirect, social and economic effects can and have been employed by national governments and advocated by the international community. Commonwealth Parliamentarians can focus their activities on these policy areas during their scrutiny of the Executive and to ensure that parliamentary scrutiny continues. These key policy areas can also continue to be scrutinised following a global pandemic as part of the response and planning for similar events in the future.
The global response so far has largely been shaped by three focuses: public health policy; monetary and fiscal policy; and international cooperation.
At the centre of the global COVID-19 pandemic response: World Health Organisation (WHO) Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
