The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that humankind must prepare for a new epidemic, noting that this issue will be on the agenda during the completion of the 73rd World Health Assembly annual conference.
A statement issued by the organization pointed out that the international community needs to "prepare for a new epidemic now."
The statement stressed that as the world has seen over the past year that countries with strong health infrastructure related to emergency preparedness have been able to move quickly to contain and control the (SARS-Cove-2) virus."
In the second part of the seventy-third session of the assembly, the first part of which was held in Geneva last May, a decision "on strengthening preparedness for urgent health cases" will be adopted.
The seven-page draft document calls on countries to "give priority at the highest political level" to improve emergency preparedness.
It also indicates the need to ensure an "appropriate remuneration" for health professionals, the importance of training health workers, and "strengthening the role of local medical workers."
The world organization affirms the need to ensure that "all countries are better equipped to detect and respond to (COVID-19) and other serious infectious diseases."
On the other hand, WHO believes that the global community is able to defeat the epidemic through science and solidarity.
The statement of WHO said that the Coronavirus pandemic, although it is a global crisis, “many countries have succeeded in avoiding infection and controlling its transmission by using a comprehensive and fact-based approach."
However, the European Union (EU) officials have said the WHO should implement changes quickly and gain more powers to tackle pandemics.
The officials also requested that the organization reveal the failures of its member states when dealing with health emergencies.
The statements came in a video conference of European Union health ministers held on October 30, in which they approved a document from the bloc calling for reforms in the United Nations organization specifying for the first time a set of rapid changes required to strengthen the powers and resources of the WHO.
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