{"id":9351,"date":"2022-09-08T10:28:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T09:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foretiafoundation.org\/events\/preparing-for-the-next-pandemic-lessons-from-covid-19-for-africa\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T10:28:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T09:28:45","slug":"preparing-for-the-next-pandemic-lessons-from-covid-19-for-africa","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/www.foretiafoundation.org\/staging\/event\/preparing-for-the-next-pandemic-lessons-from-covid-19-for-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for the Next Pandemic \u2013 Lessons from COVID-19 for Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Date & Time:\u00a0<\/strong>April 13, 2021 at 10AM \u2013 11AM EST (3PM \u2013 4PM Cameroon)
\nVenue:<\/strong>\u00a0Zoom Platform (Register Here<\/em><\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

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1. Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

The world was caught unprepared by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in the loss of 2.4million lives worldwide and poses an unparalleled threat to public health, food supply, and economic systems. The economic and social disruptions caused by the pandemic have devastated large and small countries alike. Even prosperous nations with well-equipped and managed healthcare systems were not spared.<\/p>\n

Despite growing calls for pandemic preparedness and biodefense from leaders including Bill Gates and the US first Secretary for Homeland Security Tom Ridge, COVID-19 revealed how ill-prepared the world is to combat a pandemic. It is not too early to draw lessons from this lack of preparation and global coordination. Not only will doing so aid current recovery efforts, but it would also increase readiness for the next communicable or vector-borne disease to threaten the world.
\nQuestions such as how the world will prepare for the next inevitable pandemic and what needs to be done to reduce the likelihood of future pandemics are at the forefront of many people\u2019s minds. The Nkafu Policy Institute, a think tank at the Denis and Lenora Foretia Foundation, intends to deliberate on how to prepare for the next pandemic with a focus on lessons learned from COVID-19 in this wide-ranging conversation with key public health experts.<\/p>\n

2. Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This conversation\u2019s main objective is to distil lessons from this painful experience so that the world is better positioned to cope with potential future waves of the current pandemic and avoid disaster when the next one strikes. This event will<\/p>\n