From Panic and Neglect to Investing in Health Security : Financing Pandemic Preparedness at a National Level

Deadly infectious pandemics will mark humanity's future, as they have shaped its past. Neither individual governments nor the global community can entirely prevent the emergence of infectious threats. But we can be much better prepared. This report by the International Working Group on Financin...

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Main Author:	International Working Group on Financing Preparedness
Other Authors:	Sands, Peter
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	Health Pandemics Preparedness Health security financing
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/979591495652724770/From-panic-and-neglect-to-investing-in-health-security-financing-pandemic-preparedness-at-a-national-level http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26761

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spelling	okr-10986-267612021-06-18T09:02:29Z From Panic and Neglect to Investing in Health Security : Financing Pandemic Preparedness at a National Level International Working Group on Financing Preparedness Sands, Peter Health Pandemics Preparedness Health security financing Deadly infectious pandemics will mark humanity's future, as they have shaped its past. Neither individual governments nor the global community can entirely prevent the emergence of infectious threats. But we can be much better prepared. This report by the International Working Group on Financing Preparedness (IWG) proposes ways in which national governments and development partners can finance investments in country and regional preparedness and response capacities for pandemics and other health emergencies. Preparedness for pandemics refers to health and non-health interventions, capabilities, and capacities at community, country, regional, and global levels. Their purpose is to prevent, detect, contain and respond to the spread of disease and other hazards, mitigating social disruptions and limiting risks to international travel and trade. 2017-05-25T15:38:50Z 2017-05-25T15:38:50Z 2017-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/979591495652724770/From-panic-and-neglect-to-investing-in-health-security-financing-pandemic-preparedness-at-a-national-level http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26761 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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description	Deadly infectious pandemics will mark humanity's future, as they have shaped its past. Neither individual governments nor the global community can entirely prevent the emergence of infectious threats. But we can be much better prepared. This report by the International Working Group on Financing Preparedness (IWG) proposes ways in which national governments and development partners can finance investments in country and regional preparedness and response capacities for pandemics and other health emergencies. Preparedness for pandemics refers to health and non-health interventions, capabilities, and capacities at community, country, regional, and global levels. Their purpose is to prevent, detect, contain and respond to the spread of disease and other hazards, mitigating social disruptions and limiting risks to international travel and trade.
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title	From Panic and Neglect to Investing in Health Security : Financing Pandemic Preparedness at a National Level
title_short	From Panic and Neglect to Investing in Health Security : Financing Pandemic Preparedness at a National Level
title_full	From Panic and Neglect to Investing in Health Security : Financing Pandemic Preparedness at a National Level
title_fullStr	From Panic and Neglect to Investing in Health Security : Financing Pandemic Preparedness at a National Level
title_full_unstemmed	From Panic and Neglect to Investing in Health Security : Financing Pandemic Preparedness at a National Level
title_sort	from panic and neglect to investing in health security : financing pandemic preparedness at a national level
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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From Panic and Neglect to Investing in Health Security : Financing Pandemic Preparedness at a National Level

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