The World Health Organization has raised the alarm about a possible next pandemic – one that could be spread by insects.
On Thursday, the World Health Organization launched the Global Arbovirus Initiative in an effort to implement an “integrated strategic plan to address emerging and renewable arboviruses with epidemic and pandemic potential, with a focus on risk monitoring, epidemic prevention, preparedness, detection and response, and build a partner alliance.”
The World Health Organization warns that the risks of another insect-borne outbreak are increasing.
“It is very likely that the next pandemic will be the result of the new arbovirus,” said Dr. Sylvie Briand, director of the WHO’s Global Infectious Hazards Preparedness Team, Thursday. “We also have some evidence that the risk is increasing.”
Arboviruses are also known as arthropod-borne viruses — meaning pathogens are spread by blood-feeding arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, and midges. There are said to be more than 600 known arboviruses, over 130 of which arthropod-borne viruses are known to cause disease in humans.
Include arbovir viruses pathogens such as Zika, yellow fever, chikungunya, dengue and West Nile virus infection.
Dengue virus spreads to humans through the bite of an infected person Aedes Types of mosquitoes. Center for Disease Control and Prevention Comments: Nearly half of the world’s population lives in areas where there is a risk of dengue fever. The Who is the The World Health Organization stated that “the number of dengue cases reported to WHO has increased more than 8-fold in the past two decades, from 505,430 cases in 2000 to more than 2.4 million in 2010 and 5.2. million in 2019.”
Since 2016, more than 89 countries have experienced Zika outbreaks, according to Daily Mail.
and expands It stated: “The World Health Organization estimates that there are 200,000 cases of yellow fever worldwide each year, resulting in 30,000 deaths. Yellow fever appears to be increasing internationally due to reduced immunity to infections among locals, deforestation, climate change, and high-intensity disease.”
“The frequency and magnitude of outbreaks of these arthropod-borne viruses, especially those transmitted by Aedes The World Health Organization said on Thursday that mosquitoes are on the rise worldwide, fueled by the convergence of environmental, economic and social factors.
“We’ve been through two years of the COVID-19 pandemic and learned the hard way what [it costs] At the launch of the Global Arbovirus Initiative, Briand stated that he had not prepared for high-impact events. “we had [a] With SARS in 2003 and the flu pandemic experience in 2009 – but there are still gaps in our preparedness.”
According to Telegraph, “These diseases are the diseases of our time” driven by “things of the 21st century,” said clinical scientist Dr. Jeremy Farrar, such as climate change, urbanization and globalization.
dr. Ren Mingui – deputy director general of the World Health Organization – warned: “As the urban population continues to grow, the risk of these diseases increases alarmingly. As close living conditions increase the spread of this virus, we must address these challenges to avoid a catastrophic impact on health systems in the future.
dr. Mike Ryan – head of the WHO emergency program – he said For each of these diseases, there have been gains in different aspects of surveillance response, and research and development. But sustainability is often limited to the scope, duration and scope of disease-specific projects. There is an urgent need to reassess what is available and how it can be used in different diseases to ensure effective response, evidence-based practice, equipped and trained staff and community involvement.”