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Mar 12, 2023 · During a brief closure for this new pandemic, states should use the billions of unspent Covid-19 funds and recent Covid-19 systems and contracts to immediately improve indoor air...
The United States must fundamentally transform its ability to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to pandemics and high consequence biological threats.
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May 11, 2021 · Refocusing and investing in the extension system and on household level pandemic preparation could substantially reduce the toll of the next pandemic.
- How Do We Monitor For The Next Outbreak?
- What Is The Current Pandemic Prevention Strategy?
- How Do We Prepare For The Next Pandemic?
- Are We Better Prepared For The Next Pandemic?
The most important task for all countries is to strengthen their capacity to identify and respond to outbreaks where and when they occur. This includes genetic sequencing of pathogens and sharing of sequence data in global databases. To ensure the best possible health security for the human population, industrialized nations should support lower- a...
Individual countries have their own plans for managing pandemics. There is also a global governance mechanism – the International Health Regulations (IHR) – which attempts to bring countries together with common strategies and policies during major outbreaks and pandemics. The regulations are currently being assessed to identify weaknesses exposed ...
The success of any preparations for the next pandemic relies on the strength of countries’ systems for detecting and responding to outbreaks. But at the same time countries must better cooperate to ensure more equitable distribution of the tools needed for preparedness and response. COVID-19 saw wealthy nations prioritize their own populations over...
The world is better prepared for the next large outbreak or pandemic because of technologies developed for vaccines, diagnostic tests, and therapeutics. These technologies have built on years of investment in research and the COVID-19 pandemic has massively accelerated their development. If there is another influenza or coronavirus pandemic, the sa...
Feb 15, 2023 · Animals carry millions of pathogens. So it's a daunting task to find the one with the greatest potential to spark a pandemic. Now scientists are rethinking the way they hunt for that next new...
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Mar 8, 2021 · Here are five strategies that will give the world a head start – and maybe even help prevent the next outbreak or epidemic from blowing up into a pandemic.
1) Higher public trust of institutions like the CDC, FDA and WHO can establish behavioral norms like wearing masks; 2) Early alert systems like airport screening and temperature checks; 3) Real...
