COVID-19 exposes "deep-rooted vulnerabilities" in public health infrastructure
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed "deep-rooted vulnerabilities" in public health infrastructure and supply chains.
That was the conclusion of the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori at the online event hosted by the Delhi-based Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) yesterday.
"There is a serious job of work ahead to identify all the issues which have led to the overburdening of the health infrastructure and supply chain not only of developing countries but also of highly developed ones," she said.
She congratulated the CDRI Secretariat on opening a debate on the subject and said that the insights and recommendations resulting from the wide-ranging discussion and the follow-up "will be an essential part of the recovery and preparation for the next pandemic."