Role of WHO in COVID 19 pandemic

WHO AND COVID 19

WHO stands for World Health Organization. WHO was established after world war 2 with the vote of 51 countries of the United Nations. Before WHO there were so many health organizations but after world war 2 all organizations merged into WHO. WHO has eradicated so many viral diseases from the world and the top of them is Small Pox. WHO has consultants and workers in almost all countries of the world.

The basic goals of WHO are to promote health across the whole world and keep it safe and sound. WHO has a great history of helping mankind from dangerous and fatal diseases. WHO has a very prominent role in developing vaccines against viral diseases such as, Small Pox, Measles, Polio. (Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to prevent diseases).WHO has almost eradicated these diseases from the world.

WHO has a great history in helping mankind against viral diseases and their epidemics and pandemics such as Swine Flu, Ebola virus. We are facing a similar situation these days in the shape of COVID 19!

COVID 19 is a viral infection and it has spread almost in the whole world. It causes pulmonary distress syndrome. It has the same symptoms as pneumonia-like high fever, cough, body pain. This virus originated from Chinese city Wuhan in December 2019 and now it has taken the shape of a pandemic by spreading all over the world, infecting millions of peoples. Its mode of transmission is humans like, it spreads by body contacts.

WHO played a part in letting the world know about this virus at the very beginning of it. Some countries followed the precautions and have completely gotten rid of Corona but some didn't and now those countries are having a massive outbreak.

The current COVID 19 pandemic is unprecedented, but the global response draws on the lessons learned from other diseases outbreaks over the past several decades.

WHO is playing a great role in developing vaccines and therapeutics for this novel corona virus. WHO arranged the meeting for world scientists to share the knowledge of this virus. In this meeting, it was being decided that acceleration of research to help contain the spread of the epidemic and support research priorities that contribute to global research platforms in hopes of learning from the current pandemic response and for better prepare for the next unseen epidemic. here a video link if given to avoid yourself from this pandemic.

https://youtu.be/8c_UJwLq8PI

There are 100 plus vaccines which are being prepared in the world right now for this novel corona virus, but all these vaccines are still in the trial and yet to be proved effective against this COVID 19. It will almost take 12 to 18 months for effective vaccine manufacturing and its distribution all over the world!