GENEVA: The Red Cross issued a warning on Monday that all nations remain "dangerously unprepared" for the subsequent pandemic, stating that future health crises could also collide with increasingly likely disasters related to climate change. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) stated that strong preparedness systems are "severely lacking" despite the "brutal" three years of the Covid-19 pandemic. Building trust, equity, and local action networks, according to the largest humanitarian network in the world, is essential for preparing for the next crisis. The IFRC stated that governments were no better prepared than in 2019 and that "all countries remain dangerously unprepared for future outbreaks." It said that nations needed to be ready for "multiple hazards, not just one," and that societies could only become truly resilient if they planned for multiple kinds of disasters because they can happen at the same time. Covid-19 was just one of many climate-related disasters and disease outbreaks this century that the IFRC cited. It stated that "our ability to merely respond to them is limited" as extreme weather events increased in intensity and frequency. On the third anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the virus a global public health emergency, the IFRC issued two reports with recommendations for preventing similar disasters in the future. "The Covid-19 epidemic should be a wake-up call for the world community to prepare now for the next health calamity," says IFRC secretary general Jagan Chapagain. "The next pandemic might not be far away; If the Covid-19 experience does not accelerate our preparations, what will? According to the report, major hazards cause the most harm to those who are already at risk, and exposing the poorest was "self-defeating" because a disease can recur in a more dangerous form. Absence of trust The IFRC stated that vaccinations and public health measures would be accepted if people trusted safety messages. However, the organization urged persistent cultivation over time and stated that crisis responders "cannot wait until the next time to build trust." Breakdown of trust The IFRC asserted that if trust was shaky, public health would become political and individualized, affecting the Covid response. Poor sanitation, overcrowding, a lack of access to health and social services, and malnutrition all contributed to the conditions in which the coronavirus pandemic thrived, according to the report. It advised, "The world must address inequitable health and socioeconomic vulnerabilities far before the next crisis." Because that is where pandemics begin and end, the organization also stated that local communities should be utilized to perform life-saving work. Pandemic response products that are less expensive and easier to store and administer should be developed, according to the IFRC. It stated that countries should increase global health finance by at least $15 billion annually and domestic health finance by 1% of GDP by 2025. During the Covid pandemic, the IFRC claimed that its network had reached more than 1.1 billion individuals over the past three years.
GENEVA: The Red Cross issued a warning on Monday that all nations remain “dangerously unprepared” for the subsequent pandemic, stating that future health crises could also collide with increasingly likely disasters related to climate change.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) stated that strong preparedness systems are “severely lacking” despite the “brutal” three years of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Building trust, equity, and local action networks, according to the largest humanitarian network in the world, is essential for preparing for the next crisis.
The IFRC stated that governments were no better prepared than in 2019 and that “all countries remain dangerously unprepared for future outbreaks.”
It said that nations needed to be ready for “multiple hazards, not just one,” and that societies could only become truly resilient if they planned for multiple kinds of disasters because they can happen at the same time.
Covid-19 was just one of many climate-related disasters and disease outbreaks this century that the IFRC cited.
It stated that “our ability to merely respond to them is limited” as extreme weather events increased in intensity and frequency.
On the third anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the virus a global public health emergency, the IFRC issued two reports with recommendations for preventing similar disasters in the future.
“The Covid-19 epidemic should be a wake-up call for the world community to prepare now for the next health calamity,” says IFRC secretary general Jagan Chapagain.
“The next pandemic might not be far away; If the Covid-19 experience does not accelerate our preparations, what will?
According to the report, major hazards cause the most harm to those who are already at risk, and exposing the poorest was “self-defeating” because a disease can recur in a more dangerous form.
Absence of trust The IFRC stated that vaccinations and public health measures would be accepted if people trusted safety messages.
However, the organization urged persistent cultivation over time and stated that crisis responders “cannot wait until the next time to build trust.”
Breakdown of trust
The IFRC asserted that if trust was shaky, public health would become political and individualized, affecting the Covid response.
Poor sanitation, overcrowding, a lack of access to health and social services, and malnutrition all contributed to the conditions in which the coronavirus pandemic thrived, according to the report.
It advised, “The world must address inequitable health and socioeconomic vulnerabilities far before the next crisis.”
Because that is where pandemics begin and end, the organization also stated that local communities should be utilized to perform life-saving work.
Pandemic response products that are less expensive and easier to store and administer should be developed, according to the IFRC.
It stated that countries should increase global health finance by at least $15 billion annually and domestic health finance by 1% of GDP by 2025.
During the Covid pandemic, the IFRC claimed that its network had reached more than 1.1 billion individuals over the past three years.
