The global health system is unable to handle another mass epidemic like the Ebola outbreak in West Africa,
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a Medical Charity Organisation has said. In a statement by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the organisation founded by medical practitioners, urged wealthy nations to develop coordinated response plans and drugs to fight neglected diseases. “Late and slow international response, the absence of solid leadership as well as the lack of treatments and vaccines are a recurrent scenario in many of today’s health emergencies and are not unique to the Ebola epidemic. “If a global pandemic were to strike tomorrow, there is still no well-resourced, coordinated international response in place to kick in,’’ it quoted Joanne Liu, the international president of MSF as saying. “The Ebola epidemic was detected in Guinea more than a year ago and spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone, killing more than 11,000 people. “While Liberia was recently declared Ebola-free, a spike in new cases in Guinea has stoked concerns the virus could spread again,’’ the statement said. - See more at vanguard news
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