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For example, in a study published by Bloomberg, New Zealand is cited as a model of a successful national response, with Taiwan coming in second. The evaluation was conducted based on resilience, morbidity, death rates and vaccine availability.
Global health systems were not ready to serve massive populations becoming simultaneously infected by a virus, particularly since COVID-19 lacks a modern peer or predecessor. Without a template or a robust, organised response, countries have struggled to both contain the virus and provide effective health care.
The alarming infection rates and death tolls from continent to continent pose sobering questions about the readiness of current healthcare infrastructures to fight a pandemic, even in the world’s most developed and wealthy nations. Nationally and collectively, a focus on preparedness will be essential as we face future pandemics and catastrophes.
January 01, 2021
Headquarters of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea Bissau, Uniogbis, in this file courtesy photo.
NEW YORK United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reaffirmed the Organization’s commitment to the people of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday, the final day of operations for the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the West African country (UNIOGBIS).
In a statement, Guterres noted the closure of the Office, which has completed its mandate in keeping with Security Council resolution 2512 and extended his appreciation to the Government and the people of Guinea-Bissau for their strong partnership with UNIOGBIS and the broader United Nations system.
COVID-19 Recovery: Policy Brief
INTRODUCTION
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern for the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on January 30, 2020. Since the disease was first recognized in December of 2019, it has spread to almost every country, infected millions of people and killed hundreds of thousands. But this pandemic is much more than a public health crisis. In addition to causing the greatest global economic downturn in almost a century, it is threatening to reverse decades of development gains. It is pushing hundreds of millions of people into a state of food insecurity, magnifying national and regional instability, disrupting global supply chains, and much more (Sly, 2020). United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called COVID-19 a human crisis, stressing that, “its unprecedented scale demands an unprecedented response” (United Nations, 2020a).