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“As we strive to respond to the Covid-19 epidemic, we must also intensify our efforts in preparation for the (future) epidemic,” said Tidros Adanum Gebresos, WHO Director-General, in an online news conference.
“We cannot continue to search for funding amid a state of panic,” he added from Geneva, noting that the World Health Organization, NGOs and countries are stepping up their initiatives to secure the funds necessary to develop, produce and distribute an anti-vaccine as well as to screen individuals and treat injured people.
Tedros said that the world spends 7 billion dollars annually in the health sector, or about 10 percent of the countries ’GDP, and despite this, more than 5 billion people will not receive basic health services in 2030, and this includes therapists, essential medicines and drinking water in hospitals.
He continued: “These gaps not only harm the health of individuals, families and societies, but also endanger global security and economic development,” stressing the need to establish a solid infrastructure of primary treatment mechanisms that are accessible to the population.
He said, “Prevention is not only better than recovery, but also less expensive.”
Tedros considered that the Covid-19 epidemic that has killed more than 250,000 people in the world since its emergence at the end of December in China, “highlighted the importance of building strong national and local health systems, which will be a basis for global health security and global medical coverage.”
He also said: “If we had learned something from Covid-19, it is that investing in health today will save lives tomorrow. History will not only judge us for our ability to overcome this epidemic, but also for the lessons that we have taken and the steps we have taken.”
He mentioned that if the epidemic is retreating in western Europe, then it will continue to spread in several regions of the world, especially where the health system is extremely weak and may not exist, referring especially to Africa, Southeast Asia and the eastern Mediterranean.
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“As we strive to respond to the Covid-19 epidemic, we must also intensify our efforts in preparation for the (future) epidemic,” said Tidros Adanum Gebresos, WHO Director-General, in an online news conference.
“We cannot continue to search for funding amid a state of panic,” he added from Geneva, noting that the World Health Organization, NGOs and countries are stepping up their initiatives to secure the funds necessary to develop, produce and distribute an anti-vaccine as well as to screen individuals and treat injured people.
Tedros said that the world spends 7 billion dollars annually in the health sector, or about 10 percent of the countries ’GDP, and despite this, more than 5 billion people will not receive basic health services in 2030, and this includes therapists, essential medicines and drinking water in hospitals.
He continued: “These gaps not only harm the health of individuals, families and societies, but also endanger global security and economic development,” stressing the need to establish a solid infrastructure of primary treatment mechanisms that are accessible to the population.
He said, “Prevention is not only better than recovery, but also less expensive.”
Tedros considered that the Covid-19 epidemic that has killed more than 250,000 people in the world since its emergence at the end of December in China, “highlighted the importance of building strong national and local health systems, which will be a basis for global health security and global medical coverage.”
He also said: “If we had learned something from Covid-19, it is that investing in health today will save lives tomorrow. History will not only judge us for our ability to overcome this epidemic, but also for the lessons that we have taken and the steps we have taken.”
He mentioned that if the epidemic is retreating in western Europe, then it will continue to spread in several regions of the world, especially where the health system is extremely weak and may not exist, referring especially to Africa, Southeast Asia and the eastern Mediterranean.
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