Epidemic puts global progress 20 years behind: Gates Foundation
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The unprecedented outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic has delayed progress in every area of the world, from health to the economy, for more than 20 years. |
The report by the Bill Gates Foundation, which has extended a helping hand to the poorest people in many parts of the world and in areas such as education and health, says the 2020 epidemic is a huge blow to people everywhere in the world.
After all, human wealth, and public health as a whole, has taken a big hit. In almost every country in the world, the gap between rich and poor is widening in a way that has not been seen in decades.
A large number of people around the world are facing extreme poverty. The set goals of improving the quality of life are falling short. Various global immunization programs have fallen to their lowest levels since the 1990s.
The Gates Foundation said in a report that progress was being made on global poverty alleviation programs, public health, human welfare, education, and other sustainable development goals, all of which were moving in the right direction.
But the Covid-19 epidemic has worsened the situation in each case. Increased inequality. This epidemic has not only halted progress but has further delayed it.
Since 2016, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been publishing its annual Goalkeepers Report, a harbinger of progress in the fight against poverty and disease in the developing world.
But the report only highlights how bad the situation has been this year, said Mark Suzman, CEO of the Gates Foundation. According to the report:
Poverty on the rise for the first time in 20 years:
After 20 years of continuous poverty eradication programs, this year, about 36 million people have become extremely poor, earning less than 1.90 a day.
This situation is not unique to poor countries. Rich countries like the United States have had income inequality in recent years. The rich got richer faster. In this year of the epidemic, the gap between rich and poor has widened and the situation is getting worse.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, one-third of Americans have difficulty paying bills due to the August epidemic. In this case, blacks and Latin Americans are suffering the most.
According to the World Bank, this is the first time since 1998 that the poverty rate has risen dramatically. The world economy is in recession.
The world is in a terrible recession after the Second World War
The Gates Foundation's report on the loss of gross domestic product (GDP) says the world has fallen into the worst recession this year since the end of World War II. GDP has more than doubled since the 2008 recession.
The last time the world economy was in recession was in 180. With the spread of the virus in this recession, the number of extremely poor people has also increased by 6 percent.
The Gates Foundation's report, citing the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) economic forecast, said ৮ 1.8 trillion had already been spent trying to boost the global economy. Even then, by the end of 2021, the world economy will have lost 1.2 trillion dollars or more - the largest loss to global GDP since World War II.
The 25-year progress in the vaccination program is dusty in 25 weeks
Covid-19 has indirectly become the leading cause of death for more women and children in the world. The epidemic is disrupting health care programs during or after childbirth. Due to which women and newborns are also a health risk.
Due to the epidemic, many children around the world are being deprived of the dose of life-saving vaccines. This is the first time in almost 30 years that children are at risk of contracting a deadly disease such as diphtheria, tetanus, or whooping cough.
According to the World Health Organization and UNICEF, the number of children completing three (DTP) immunization courses in the world has dropped significantly in the first four months of this year.
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a partner at the Gates Foundation, says the 25-year progress in vaccination programs to keep the world free of deadly diseases has been shattered in just 25 weeks of the epidemic.
The Global Fund, an organization that fights tuberculosis, AIDS, and malaria, said in a report on Monday that progress in the fight against the disease has been stagnant for decades. The death toll from AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria could double in the world next year due to the Kovid-19 epidemic.
Children at the expense of education
The coronavirus epidemic is not only having a negative impact on children's health, it is also causing extreme harm to children in education. Due to the closure of schools, the spread of the virus has decreased and some lives may be saved.
But many school children are lagging behind. Some children may never be able to make up for the loss of schooling, according to the Gates Foundation's Goalkeepers report.
That being said, this risk is especially high in the case of girl children. Data from the Ebola epidemic in West Africa show that girls are less likely to return to school after school opens at the end of the epidemic. For various reasons, they lost that opportunity.
Girls sitting at home can also be dangerous for children as the school is closed. This is because they are particularly at risk of physical and sexual abuse (such incidents have been documented during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa).
For various reasons, many may not return to school after the epidemic. In order to improve this situation, it is necessary to end the epidemic first.
Safe, effective vaccines are needed to improve the situation
A good way to get the world out of the current situation is to find an effective vaccine that everyone can use safely.
Although vaccine development is underway in the United States, its success is still uncertain. Many other countries and organizations are testing the vaccine of Covid-19 in their own way. Some people are also approving the vaccine But still need a lot of time
Once everything has been properly verified and commercial production starts, there will be many steps to be taken And in all these processes, vaccination is not limited to the hands of rich countries, but also depends on the equal access of all people around the world to return to normalcy.
After all, it could take two to three years to get the global development goal back on track, said Bill Gates. "We believe we can overcome this situation," he said.
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