Open AccessWas the world ready to face a crisis like COVID-19?
Author(s) -
Saad Ahmed Ali Jadoo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of ideas in health :
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2645-9248
DOI - 10.47108/jidhealth.vol3.iss1.45
Subject(s) - covid-19 , face (sociological concept) , face masks , political science , global health , reading (process) , pandemic , public relations , economic growth , medicine , health care , sociology , economics , virology , law , social science , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
One of the most prominent flaws in the world revealed by COVID-19 is the lack of prior preparation to collectively face international crises. Even at the national level, preparation was meager, as demonstrated by reading the size of the budget approved for health and education versus the budget approved for armament and military actions. It seems that the world was busy preparing for wars and forgot to promote the individual, community, and global health.