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#AWorldatRisk: The world is not prepared for a fast-moving global respiratory #pandemic that could kill up to 80 million people, devastate economies and create social chaos: Global Preparedness Monitoring Board's first report bit.ly/GPMBreport2019

A global respiratory pathogen #pandemic could:
😷spread across the 🌎 in 36 hours
⚰️killing as many as 80 million people
💵wiping out 5% of the world economy

Once an outbreak has occurred, it is too late to prepare ourselves.

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Disease outbreaks and epidemic-prone diseases - from influenza to Ebola, are increasingly more difficult to manage in ever-more complex social and political environments and in a 🌎 where modern air travel ✈️ and migration are fueling the spread of disease

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Countries’ health systems are only as strong as its weakest part, and currently these weaknesses threaten us all.

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For too long, we have allowed a cycle of panic and neglect when it comes to #pandemics: we ramp up efforts when there’s a serious threat, then forget about them when the threat subsides.
This is extremely costly, in terms of lives, financial cost, lost progress
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@As_SyIFRC @VictorDzau @JeremyFarrar @unicefchief @DianeGashumba @SigridKaag @IlonaKickbusch @jeanvegamorales @kvijayraghavan @DrTedros The great majority of national health systems would be unable to handle a large-scale outbreak, with the poorest and most fragile communities facing the greatest risk.

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