World News
The world "dangerously unprepared" for future deadly pandemics─── 08:11 Wed, 28 Jan 2015
Washington - The president of the World Bank has warned that the world is "dangerously unprepared" for future deadly pandemics like the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Jim Yong Kim, speaking in Washington, said it was vital that governments, corporations, aid agencies and insurance companies worked together to prepare for future outbreaks.
He said they needed to learn lessons from the Ebola crisis. More than 8,500 people have died, most in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.
Kim said the World Bank Group has been working with the World Health Organisation (WHO), other UN agencies, academics, insurance company officials and others to work on a concept of developing a financial "pandemic facility".
He said he expected a proposal for this to be presented to leaders of developed and developing countries in the coming months.
BBC
