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The Mothership: The World Health Organization (WHO)
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The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical gaps in global health preparedness. This chapter traces the virus's spread from China and analyzes global response strategies, highlighting both achievements and failures. Despite the revised International Health Regulations (IHR 2005), responses remained reactive, delaying containment and allowing widespread transmission. The chapter discusses the virus's evolving strains, vaccination efforts, and the need for continued research. It critiques delays in early reporting, inadequate surveillance, and weaknesses in the responses of the WHO and national governments. Emphasis is placed on the necessity of overhauling global health frameworks, particularly improving multinational electronic health record interoperability and strengthening core health system capacities. The pandemic serves as a warning and a catalyst for reform.
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