World Health Launches New Global Influenza Strategy

WHO has launched a global influenza strategy for the period 2019-2030 to protect the population of all countries from the risk of influenza.

The strategy aims to achieve the goal of preventing seasonal flu and fighting its transmission from animal to human and preparing for the next pandemic.

"The risk of pandemic influenza is always constant, and the risk that a new virus will spread from one animal to another and causes its appearance is a serious threat," said the Dr. Tidros Adhanum Gibressus K, Director General of the World Health Organization. "The challenge is not to face our new But at the time of its appearance, we must be vigilant and ready because the cost of hatching one of the largest pandemic far exceeds the price of prevention.

Influenza remains one of the biggest public health problems in the world, with an estimated annual incidence of one billion people worldwide, of which 3 to 5 million lead to the death of respiratory diseases caused by respiratory diseases. The incidence of influenza is between 290,000 and 650,000 deaths. WHO recommends annual influenza vaccination as one of the most effective means of prevention, a particularly important vaccine for people at high risk of serious complications and for health personnel.

The new strategy is one of the most comprehensive and comprehensive WHO's influenza strategies. It briefly outlines the annual protection of population groups and helps to prepare for pandemics by strengthening routine immunization programs against them, with the aim of achieving the following two broad objectives:, namely, to strengthen the capacity of countries to surveillance, intervention, prevention, control and disease preparedness. To this end, the strategy calls on each country to develop an influenza control program specifically designed to contribute to national and global preparedness and safety, as well as better prevention, detection, control and surveillance tools. flu treatment, such as the preparation of vaccines, drugs and antiretroviral therapy more effective. Make it available to all countries at the end.

"The world is better prepared than ever to face the next major epidemics, as we have constantly established partnerships and conducted business in different countries over the years, but we are still not ready to deal with them," he said. said Dr. Tidros. Internship, because it is essentially the development of health systems that must be prepared to deal with shocks, which can only be achieved if these systems are robust and solid in themselves.

The new influenza strategy builds on the success and benefits of FAO's programs. The global influenza surveillance and control system of the WHO collaborating centers and national influenza centers has been working with these centers for more than 65 years to monitor seasonal trends in influenza. influenza virus In the event of a pandemic pandemic, a system that constitutes the backbone of the global influenza virus warning system.

The continuation of the pandemic influenza preparedness framework is critical to this strategy, as it is a unique system of access and benefit-sharing that facilitates the exchange of potentially pandemic viruses and provides access to vaccines and rescue treatments for outbreaks and supports developing countries. Strengthen their ability to prepare for pandemics through industry's contribution to partnerships.

The strategy fulfills one of the Organization's tasks of improving basic public health capabilities and increasing preparedness globally, since is a strategy developed through a consultative process involving Member States, the academic community, civil society groups, business and internal and external experts.

Supporting countries to strengthen their influenza-fighting capacity will have other benefits in detecting their overall infections, as they will be better able to identify other infectious diseases, such as the Ebola virus or the virus. Corona, which causes the respiratory syndrome in the Middle East.

By implementing WHO's new Global Influenza Strategy, the world will be able to reduce the impact of influenza on people every year and increase pandemic preparedness and other public health emergencies.