December 27, 2024
As exemplified by the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic major infectious diseases and epidemics have devastating impacts on human lives, wreaking havoc on long-term social and economic development. Global health crises threaten to overwhelm already overstretched health systems, disrupt global supply chains and cause disproportionate devastation of the livelihoods of people, including women and children, and the economies of the poorest and most vulnerable countries.
There is an urgent need to have resilient and robust health systems, reaching those who are vulnerable or in vulnerable situations. (United Nations) Businesses and the wider community are also affected by epidemics. Planning to avoid, mitigate the affects of and to work safely in such circumstances is crucial to every nation on the planet. For more details, please follow the link below: UN website https://www.un.org/en/observances/epidemic-preparedness-day
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