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25 Jan
To make sure that the world is prepared for the next pandemic, Disease X, which could be 20 times deadlier than COVID-19, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for a world pandemic treaty. 
16 Nov
• Scientists claim deaths from killer viruses in animals will soar due to climate change • Monkeypox virus evolving to be better at infecting people, analysis finds • WHO warns dengue fever, painful mosquito-borne disease will become major threat this decade Scientists have warned that the next pandemic could be the most contagious deadliest disease…
2 Nov
• Global team of experts to design action plan for stopping next contagion before it starts Worried about the risk of a new pandemic after COVID-19, a global team of experts has been set up to design an action plan for stopping the next contagion before it starts. Until now, governments have largely erased pandemic…
26 Oct
Worried about the risk of a new pandemic after COVID-19, a global team of experts has been set up to design an action plan for stopping the next contagion before it starts.
1 Oct 2023
One of the major resolutions of the just concluded 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States, is historic commitment shown by global leaders to strengthen international cooperation, coordination, governance and investment needed to prevent a repeat of the devastating health and socioeconomic impact caused by COVID-19, make the world better prepared…
6 Jun 2023
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has said that the country needs a peacetime health system to be better prepared for the next pandemic.

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