Question

What role did WHO play in this Covid19 pandemic?

Answer 1

Before coming to covid 19,lets see what WHO had done to help individual countries to take appropriate action in the event of a pandemic.

That is, 6 specific pandemic phases

six specific pandemic phases are designed to help countries prepare for and respond to pandemics.

Phase 1: the lowest level of pandemic alert, phase 1 indicates that an influenza-type virus either newly emerged or previously existing, is circulating among animals but where the risk of transmission to humans is low

Phase 2: isolated incidences of animal-to-human transmission of the virus are observed, indicating that the virus has pandemic potential

Phase 3: characterised by small outbreaks of disease, generally resulting from multiple cases of animal-to-human transmission, though limited capacity for human-to-human transmission may be present

Phase 4: confirmed human-to-human viral transmission that causes sustained disease in human populations. At this stage, containment of the virus is deemed impossible but a pandemic is not necessarily inevitable. The implementation of control methods to prevent further viral spread is emphasised in affected parts of the world

Phase 5: marked by human-to-human disease transmission in two countries, indicating that a pandemic is imminent and that distribution of stockpiled medicines and execution of strategies to control the disease must be carried out with a sense of urgency

Phase 6: characterised by widespread and sustained disease transmission among humans

A pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan, China was first reported to the WHO Country Office in China on 31 December 2019.

Let's see what role WHO did during this(corona) pandemic with examples.

The initial steps were;

January 1, 2020 :The WHO activated a crisis group, putting the body "on an emergency footing for dealing with the outbreak".

January 4 : The WHO on social media reported a cluster of pneumonia cases "with no deaths", in Wuhan. A day later, it published its first "Disease Outbreak News" destined for scientists and public health specialists on the new virus.

January 10 : The WHO sent "technical guidance" with advice to all countries on how to detect, test and manage potential cases. Evidence at the time suggested "no or limited human-to-human transmission", the WHO said.

January 11 :China gave the WHO the genetic sequence of COVID-19.

• WHO is working 24/7 to analyse data, provide advice, coordinate with partners, help countries prepare, increase supplies and manage expert networks.

• The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020.

• On 11 February 2020, WHO announced a name for the new coronavirus disease: COVID 19

.The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020.

In the month of Feb, an international scientific mission of experts from the United States, China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Nigeria, Russia, Singapore and Canada travelled to Wuhan.A team of experts from the WHO and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control travelled to Italy, which became the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak after China.

In the month of March, the WHO designated COVID-19 as a pandemic. At the time, 90 percent of cases were declared in just four countries, according to the WHO, with 81 countries reporting no cases at all, and 57 countries reporting up to 10 cases.

Continues services like;

WHO is doing researches on various issues that might get affected by corona outbreak, for example, they found that there is no proper vaccinations are giving to the children as well as hiv patients, this might result in several disease among children and a huge increase in the number of people with RVD.

Publishing guidlines and updating it

Spreading authenticated information through newly launched apps, short films, and articles.

Joining with other organizations and raising it's fund