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Broken DNA of Global Health Security: And Why This Will Not Be the Last Pandemic

Broken DNA of Global Health Security: And Why This Will Not Be the Last Pandemic

Rajiv Kumar Pathni
Copyright: © 2021 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 14
ISSN: 2767-3820|EISSN: 2767-3839|EISBN13: 9781799884712|DOI: 10.4018/JHMS.2021010103
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Pathni, Rajiv Kumar. "Broken DNA of Global Health Security: And Why This Will Not Be the Last Pandemic." JHMS vol.1, no.1 2021: pp.30-43. http://doi.org/10.4018/JHMS.2021010103

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Pathni, R. K. (2021). Broken DNA of Global Health Security: And Why This Will Not Be the Last Pandemic. Journal of Healthcare Management Standards (JHMS), 1(1), 30-43. http://doi.org/10.4018/JHMS.2021010103

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Pathni, Rajiv Kumar. "Broken DNA of Global Health Security: And Why This Will Not Be the Last Pandemic," Journal of Healthcare Management Standards (JHMS) 1, no.1: 30-43. http://doi.org/10.4018/JHMS.2021010103

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the globe causing massive disruptions to life, liberty, and livelihoods. With more than 3.7 million deaths and a projected cumulative output loss of 28 trillion USD through 2025, it is evident that the extant global health security infrastructure is grossly inadequate. The current crisis has uncovered critical deficiencies in preparedness and response to epidemics and the predictive inability of current indices, underscoring the need for new framework and metrics. This paper argues for the global community to treat pandemics as a threat to global security to ensure mustering of political will and financial resources and to organize appropriate, rapid, and sustained domestic and international responses. A public-health-only approach without commensurate national and global security measures will continue to fail to prevent local outbreaks from becoming global catastrophes. A values-based geopolitical order with resolute global leadership, political will, sustainable financing, and solidarity is critical for the world's future.

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