The cost of preventing a pandemic is much less than the cost of responding to one.
COVID-19 🦠 alone has caused a l… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
… including
✳️ zoonotic diseases
✳️ food safety
✳️ anti-microbial resistance
✳️ climate change
Recently, Ministers of Health at our Directing Council approved a new “One Health” policy that outlines a blueprint… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The economies of many countries in the Americas 🌎 also rely heavily on agricultural production and exportation, so… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
This is especially critical in a region like our own, which has tropical zones with high potential to harbor new di… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
That’s why it’s crucial that pandemic 🦠 plans and policies reflect the expertise and recommendations of 👉🏽 public h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
As climate change impacts ecosystems and as people come into closer contact with animals via urbanization and defor… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
We have a list of emerging pathogens 🦠 that have the potential for public health risk ⚠️, and almost all of those a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Whether it’s COVID-19, Ebola, chikungunya, yellow fever, avian influenza, or Zika, we’ve seen that diseases 🦠 that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
COVID-19 🦠 has been unique in its scale and impact, but it’s not the first emerging disease to cause ripple effects… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
