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Rather than leaving research and innovation to the profit-driven global pharmaceutical industry, governments should build national health systems that will put them in a stronger position to prevent and contain outbreaks.
Moreover, the difficulty of measuring the full impact of such outbreaks makes the global economy more vulnerable.
While the precise origins of the disease remain unclear, it is hard to take a definite view on whether outbreaks of this kind could be avoided – for example, by better control over hygiene in food markets.
In the mid-fourteenth century, Venice’s population plummeted by 60%, owing to outbreaks of bubonic plague.
The third category comprises countries that, while unable to eradicate the disease, are trying hard to suppress outbreaks for as long as possible.
Future outbreaks of infectious diseases could prove far more disruptive.
The Planet After the PandemicBASEL – Scientists have little doubt: the destruction of nature makes humanity increasingly vulnerable to disease outbreaks like the COVID-19 pandemic, which has sickened millions, killed hundreds of thousands, and devastated countless livelihoods worldwide.
Moreover, unlike previous recent disease outbreaks, COVID-19 has spurred unprecedented state intervention, with governments worldwide developing and implementing comprehensive recovery strategies.
In the US, where three-quarters of agricultural workers are foreign-born, outbreaks have been legion.
According to the Imperial College, even if the peak is reached soon, reverse waves of smaller outbreaks could require repeated lockdowns, until an effective vaccine is developed, tested, manufactured, and distributed widely – a process that will take a minimum of 12-18 months.
In that case, the need to test people both for individual safety and to prevent outbreaks will be ongoing.
Tests for live virus are now non-intrusive (saliva or nasal swab) and can provide considerable reassurance – as well as the ability to detect and stop outbreaks.
The constant “drip-drip” of the crisis, amplified by nonstop social media, should force more governments to get serious about containing COVID-19 outbreaks and ramping up testing capacity, contact tracing, and production of personal protective equipment.
The government has quickly re-introduced quarantine restrictions for travelers from countries with infection spikes, and is enforcing new containment measures in towns and regions that appeared to be letting outbreaks get out of hand.
Only in late July – with his poll numbers plummeting, massive outbreaks raging in states he must win to be re-elected in November, and aides reportedly urging him “to focus on treating the virus seriously in his public comments” – did Trump endorse wearing masks (without donning one himself).
Global cooperation can play an important role here, given the imperfectly synchronized nature of national outbreaks.
Investing in Frontline Health WorkersABU DHABI – Frontline health workers provide essential services – from administering vaccinations to collecting the data needed to anticipate disease outbreaks – where they are most needed.
On their own, major economic shocks, such as natural disasters or disease outbreaks, tend to drive up the value of the affected countries’ currencies.
Poor vaccination coverage and large pockets of unvaccinated children resulted in devastating outbreaks in many parts of the world, including in countries that had high vaccination rates or had previously eliminated the disease.
Last year, the United States reported its highest number of cases in a quarter-century, while four European countries – Albania, the Czech Republic, Greece, and the United Kingdom – lost their measles-free status following protracted outbreaks.
How Gender Parity Improves Global HealthGENEVA – Since the start of the year, we have traveled from Afghanistan and Pakistan, where health workers administering the polio vaccine are battling snowstorms to reach children who need it, to North Kivu, where officials are trying to stop one of the deadliest Ebola outbreaks in history.
In the decades that followed, outbreaks of both diseases fell substantially.
Add to that limited access to health-care services, a lack of reliable information about the virus, and governments’ focus on protecting their own citizens, and the risks of devastating COVID-19 outbreaks among displaced populations are rising fast.
Yet, for all of these institutions’ success, outbreaks of infectious disease pose a unique challenge.
For “surveillance testing,” an essential part of preventing outbreaks, two highly unequal worlds are emerging.
Quickly detecting COVID outbreaks is currently the main available tool for keeping people safe and retaining any reasonable level of economic activity (and jobs).
To get ahead of the virus, policymakers and the public need to understand where outbreaks are occurring and where they are likely to occur next.
Without doubt, Ervebo could be a game changer in tackling future Ebola outbreaks.
Second, governments must invest in detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious disease outbreaks.
The five countries that have experienced Ebola outbreaks in the last six years are the DRC (with a ready score of 35%), Guinea (35%), Sierra Leone (43%), Liberia (46%), and Nigeria (46%).
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