General Article How can the world handle the next pandemic if it struggles with new variants?

Topic Selected: Global Health Book Volume: 419

A better and more modernised approach to preparing for disease outbreaks is crucial to save lives in the future.

By Professor Martin Antonio and Professor Adam Kucharski, Co-Directors of the Centre for Epidemic Preparedness & Response at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

March 2022 marks two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the rapid and wide spread of COVID-19 to be a pandemic. It was – sadly –  clear that the world wasn’t ready.

Two years and more than...

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