The World is not ready to deal with a Pandemic

According to a report from the Global Health Security (GHS) Index, none of the 195 countries is fully prepared

Despite some major breakthroughs in treating deadly diseases like Cancer and controlling pandemics like Ebola & HIV/AIDS, the problem is still at large as we saw with the last Ebola epidemic which killed thousands in West Africa between 2014–16. Others like SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) & MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) also provided a wake-up call for health authorities around the World. While many countries took steps to bolster their preparedness in response to these outbreaks, the steps were more reactionary than precautionary.

It is pretty evident that not enough is being done to battle pandemics like Ebola & HIV/AIDS, which have taken millions of lives since their discovery about four decades ago. Even more chilling is the revelation by a recent report from the Global Health Security (GHS) Index that concluded that not even a single country out of the 195 nations assessed was ready to effectively respond or ward off any of the existing or future pandemic threats.

What is GHS Index?

The GHS Index assessed countries' health security and capabilities across 6 different…