The global community remains inadequately prepared for the possibility of a new health crisis or pandemic, according to a global analysis of preparedness prepared by an independent organization and released today.

In a report assessing global preparedness for pandemics and other health emergencies, the Global Readiness Monitoring Council warned that the global capacity to deal with a potential new pandemic remains inadequate.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank established the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board in 2018 in response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

The mission of this observatory is to analyze the level of preparedness for health crises around the world and to make recommendations.

As he points out, work has been done in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, but some countries have scaled back their immediate response preparations for similar health crises, while others have made little progress.

What should be done

The Council has made several recommendations to improve global preparedness for health crises.

Countries should strengthen them monitoring mechanisms them to be able to detect new diseases at an early stage, the report states.

In addition, it should be improved data collection and the ability to analyze them.

Poorer countries need financial aid and suspending debt repayments in order to provide resources.

The Council recommends the urgent disbursement of the planned $10 billion package for pandemic preparedness and prevention.

Furthermore, the research and the development of new drugs it should be focused on a few countries, as was the case with the covid pandemic, while civil society should be better involved in all preparations.

Co-chair of the Organization and former president of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic said that the lack of trust between countries and between citizens and authorities makes it difficult to properly prepare to deal with a pandemic.

“We call on leaders to overcome these divisions and forge a new path based on a shared recognition that our future security depends on meaningful reform and a higher level of political commitment to health crisis preparedness,” Grabar said. Kitarovic.