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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, director of the World Health Organization, declared that the coronavirus crisis will not be the last epidemic and that attempts to improve human health will “fail” without addressing climate change.
He also condemned the “dangerously short-sighted” activities of investing cash to stop outbreaks but doing nothing to prepare for the next, in a video message released Sunday to mark the first International Outbreak Preparedness Day.
The WHO chief said it is time to learn from the coronavirus epidemic, saying: “For a long time, the world has been operating in a cycle of panic and neglect.”
“We invest money in an epidemic, and when it ends, we forget it and do nothing to prevent the next one. It is dangerously short-sighted and frankly difficult to understand.” used expressions.
“The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board’s September 2019 annual report on preparing the world for health emergencies, released a few months before the coronavirus outbreak, said the planet was sadly unprepared for outbreaks. Unfortunately, this report was ignored. “
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“History tells us that this will not be the last epidemic, and epidemics are a reality,” Tedros said. said.
“Any effort to improve human health is doomed unless it addresses the human-animal relationship and the existential threat of climate change that makes our world less livable,” he said.
Tedros also said: “Our world has been turned upside down in the last 12 months. The effects of the pandemic have gone far beyond the disease, creating far-reaching devastating effects on societies and economies.” He used their expressions.
Tedros, who previously served as Ethiopia’s health ministry, said that given the warnings made in 2019, the coronavirus crisis “should not come as a surprise.”
“We should all learn the lessons the epidemic taught us.” said.
Tedros said that all countries must invest in preparedness capacities to prevent, detect and mitigate any emergency and called for stronger primary health care.
With investments in public health, “we can ensure that our children and their children inherit a safer, more resilient and more sustainable world,” said the director of the UN health agency.
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