The red zone book ebola5/8/2023 ![]() ![]() This report is available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic below. The next pandemic could be just around the corner: if the experience of COVID-19 won’t quicken our steps toward preparedness, what will? We can save lives simply by being prepared. Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come by Richard Preston 4.41 Rating details 5,050 ratings 743 reviews The 20132014 Ebola epidemic was the deadliest everbut the outbreaks continue. In other words, preparedness is an ongoing, continuous process. ![]() Being truly prepared therefore means being ready to respond, to recover, and to learn lessons for next time. Our World Disasters Report 2022 focuses on the coronavirus pandemic and preparedness: both the ways preparedness ahead of COVID-19 was inadequate, and how the world can prepare more effectively for future public health emergencies.įor the IFRC, preparedness encompasses preventing, responding to, and recovering from an emergency. The COVID-19 pandemic has been the biggest disaster in living memory, on almost any measure.Over 6.5 million people are confirmed to have died in less than 3 years, and the pandemic’s indirect impacts have touched the lives of virtually every community on the planet. ![]()
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