Disease Control

Radiation and viruses are another terrible threat to human civilization for now and in near future.
As the planet warms and the ice thaws, scientists warn we could see the re-emergence of ancient pathogens currently unknown to science. These viruses, which have laid dormant and locked away in glaciers and permafrost—permanently frozen soil—for hundreds if not thousands of years, could "wake up," researchers have said.

One of the obvious lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic is that technological and medical progress has not eliminated the fact that humans remain extremely vulnerable to as yet unknown pathogenic agents.
While researchers are still trying to find the exact origin of SARS-CoV-2, researchers from around the world are warning that a new potential health threat could be hiding not in animals or laboratories, but under the ice.
In the future, we will increasingly be faced with epidemics. And yet people will live longer than they do today.
What will the medicine of the future look like? What does healthcare provision need to focus on?

In tomorrow’s world and beyond, people will be living closer together. According to UN forecasts, there will be nine billion people living on the planet in 2050. More than two thirds of the global population will be living at close quarters in towns and cities. As people’s mobility will also increase, the threat posed by epidemics is an important issue for the medicine of the future.
Even today, more and more bacteria are becoming resistant to one or several antibiotics.
Worryingly, bacteria such as streptococci are capable of learning. Once resistance has been developed, it cannot be lost again. Scientists fear that the common germs of today could develop into dangerous health risks in the future.
People’s health is also under threat from global warming. It is not just the impact of heat waves and natural disasters that put a strain on us. Experts believe that the quality of drinking water will decline.
As a consequence of high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the ground becomes dry and cracked and loses its capacity to act as a filter. The outcome is that more germs can find their way into the drinking water and trigger epidemics such as cholera. In the temperate zones, the mild winters also increase the chances of survival of rodents and insects, both of which can transmit dangerous diseases.
So of course we have to think about it and take different steps like:

• 1. Elevating health in the climate debate
• 2. Delivering health in conflict and crisis
• 3. Making healthcare fairer
• 4. Expanding access to medicines
• 5. Stopping infectious diseases
• 6. Preparing for epidemics
• 7. Protecting people from dangerous products
• 8. Investing in the people who defend our health
• 9. Keeping adolescents safe
• 10. Earning public trust and creating mass awareness