Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 09:16 Carmen Gomez

CARMEN GOMEZ DIARY

One hundred and thirty four countries signed up for the WHO’s “health for all by the year 2000;” but didn’t deliver. Now the WHO declares health threats for all; and with extraordinary foresight, made 2019 “the year of preparedness for global health emergencies;” but who was listening.

Not the big one
Now I read that Mike Ryan their head of emergencies, says that the covid-19 pandemic is not necessarily the big one. This coronavirus pandemic which has claimed over three million lives so far, is just a wake-up call; and adds, ‘We need to get our act together!’