Swine Flu: How prepared is the world for a pandemic?
Julian F. Schweitzer, World Bank Director, Human Development Network, answers to questions on Swine Flu.
How prepared is the world for a pandemic?
Julian Schweitzer: It depends on the country. Generally rich countries will be better prepared in terms of surveillance, diagnosis, availability of treatment, social distancing than poorer countries.
What is the World Bank doing to help countries strengthen their health systems and develop pandemic preparedness plans?
JS: We are working with partners to strengthen health systems which can respond to pandemics in many low income countries and middle income countries. We have also supported improved animal and human disease surveillance systems through avian and human influenza projects in more than 50 countries and have disbursed more than $130 million for this purpose.
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