World Bank President Warns That the World is Dangerously Unprepared for Pandemics

Kim said, "A mix of international organizations like his own, governments, businesses, non-governmental groups and donors need to put more efforts into planning for future possible pandemics, by building stronger health systems, improved surveillance and chains of supply and transportation, and fast-acting medical response teams. We must learn the lessons from the Ebola outbreak because there is no doubt we will be faced with other pandemics in the years to come. The World Bank and other multilateral groups are working on a concept financial facility aimed partly at encouraging countries to prepare better for disease outbreaks and partly to indemnify them. This could work like insurance policies that people understand, like fire insurance."