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The new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic will not be the last, warns the head of the World Health Organization.
Efforts to improve human health are “doomed to fail” if humanity does not address climate change head-on and take care of the animal kingdom, WHO leader Tantros Antanom Gebregesus said today, condemning the “dangerous” policy of many. leaders, who must spend recklessly when an epidemic strikes while doing nothing to prepare their countries for the next.
Put the warning in a prerecorded message for today’s Epidemic Preparedness Day.
For the Director General of the Organization, which is part of the UN system, it is time to learn from the new coronavirus pandemic.
“For a long time, people worked making the circle from panic to indifference“He is stressed.” We give money to an epidemic and when it ends, we forget it and do nothing to prevent the next one. “
The first annual report of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), released in September 2019, examined how well prepared humanity was to face health crises, a few months before the outbreak of the new forensic epidemic. concluded that the planet was terribly ill-prepared for potentially catastrophic pandemics.
“History tells us that this will not be the last pandemic,” since “epidemics are a reality of life,” Gebreses said in a statement. “The pandemic has shown how closely related the health of humans, animals and the planet is,” he added.
For the former Ethiopian Minister of Health, the crisis caused by the new coronavirus should not surprise anyone, as there have been repeated warnings.
In the opinion of the director of the World Health Organization, All countries must invest in capacity to prevent, detect and cope with epidemics. or emergencies of any kind. This does not simply mean hiring a few healthcare professionals whose business card will have an impressive title, he cautions: a different approach is needed, including “all of government and all of society” in each country.
By investing in public health, says Tandos Antanom Gebreses, “we will ensure that our children and their own children inherit a world that is safer, more resilient and more sustainable.”
With information from ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
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