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The entire world remains unprepared for the next pandemic and most countries are unprepared for even small outbreaks of disease, researchers reported Wednesday.
Not a single country scored well on the Global Health Security Index, a measure of preparedness for various health emergencies and problems produced by the Nuclear Threat Initiative and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The world has the tools to end the coronavirus pandemic.
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“The GHS 2021 index continues to show that all countries still lack some critical capabilities, hampering their ability to respond effectively to COVID-19 and reducing their preparedness for future epidemic and pandemic threats.
The average score of a country in 2021 was 38.9 out of 100, which has practically not changed compared to 2019, ”the report reads.
The highest overall score was just under 76, achieved by the US.
The worst staging area is preventing the emergence of new pathogens such as the virus that has caused the current pandemic. "The global average for the prevention of the appearance or release of pathogens is 28.4 out of 100, which makes it the category with the lowest score in the GHS Index," the report reads. 113 countries were found to "pay little or no attention" to diseases transmitted from animals to humans.
"Leaders now have a choice," said Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, principal investigator at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
“They can make dedicated and sustainable investments in the new capabilities created during the COVID-19 response to prepare their countries for the long term, or they can slip back into the decades-long cycle of panic and neglect that will put the world at serious risk. of future unavoidable threats to public health. "
The report found that 155 of the 195 countries in the research have not invested in preparing for a pandemic or epidemic in the past three years, and 70% have not invested in clinics, hospitals and community health centers.
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"Political and security risks have increased in almost all countries, and countries with the fewest resources have the highest risk and the largest readiness gaps," the group said in a statement.
It found that the populations of 161 countries have low to moderate levels of public trust in their governments.
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The United States was the number one example of this, according to the report.
"With more reported cases and more deaths than any other country, the poor response of the United States to the covid-19 pandemic shocked the world," the report reads.
"How could a country with such capacity at the beginning of the pandemic have had such a wrong answer?" The report asks.
He found several reasons. “Most significant: it scored the lowest possible score on public trust in government, a factor that has been identified as key among countries with high numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths. Such a lack of trust can undermine public adherence to disease control measures, such as wearing masks or adhering to stay-at-home recommendations or vaccination protocols, which have been reported among current challenges to response. covid-19 from the US, "he added.
“For nearly two years, US politicians have questioned the motives and messages of health officials and debated the severity of the virus and the efficacy and safety of vaccines.
The result: in many areas of the country, people have been unwilling to comply with public health recommendations that would delay the spread of the virus. "
Other weaknesses included limited access to healthcare without cost barriers, and fewer healthcare personnel and hospital beds per capita than many other high-income countries.
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