WHO launches initiative to prevent future health emergencies

launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) Emerging Threat Preparedness and Resilience Initiative (PRET) with the aim of helping countries better prepare for future epidemics. This is an initiative that provides guidance on integrated response planning for any respiratory pathogens such as: Influenza, coronavirus, RSV and hitherto unknown pathogens.

In this sense, PRET integrates the latest tools and approaches for shared learning and teamwork created during COVID-19 pandemic And Other recent public health emergencies.

Epidemics are, by definition, global events PRET is designed to enhance cooperation between countries. But it is also designed to enhance cross-sector collaboration. As COVID-19 has shown, the pandemic is not just a health crisis, it affects economies, education, trade, travel, and food and raw material supply systems,” he explained at a press conference. Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusAnd Director-General of the World Health Organization.

The first unit of the PRET initiative focuses on: Respiratory pathogens, including influenza, coronaviruses, and RSV. Given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and potential threat of avian influenza, this module – according to the World Health Organization – will allow countries to critically review, test and update Planning respiratory pandemic efforts to ensure they have the capabilities and functional capabilities in place.

For its part, the World Health Organization reports that a process is underway to identify the following group of pathogens, such as arboviruseswhich will be addressed within the framework of this initiative.

PRET’s initiative marks a start A new era of pandemic preparedness It represents an evolution of the core activities of the World Health Organization to support all Member States in strengthening capacities and capacities for preparedness, prevention and response to health emergencies,” the organization indicated in a statement. The initiative could also serve to implement the objectives and provisions of the pandemic control agreement, which is currently being negotiated. by member states of the World Health Organization.