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FT Health: Communicable Diseases

Unlearnt lessons of Covid; deficient world diagnostics; vaccine cold storage in the global south; stronger health surveillance systems needed; medical waste unmasked; doctors’ pay and the fight against disease; book review of the four decades since Aids

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Bird flu and mpox show little learnt from Covid about future pandemics
More aggressive actions and better co-ordinated responses needed to contain viruses, say public health experts
Inadequate diagnostics increase chances of another pandemic
Early warning system requires roll out of latest testing techniques, Covid levels of co-operation and greater regulatory harmonisation
Public health in global south faces vaccine cold storage challenge
Issue hampers effort to exploit mRNA technology’s promise in tackling deadly viral outbreaks
We must strengthen public health surveillance to stop disease outbreaks
Flying blind is dangerous. Technology can build on the basics of local and national data collection
Healthcare industry cannot mask its sustainability problem
Waste treatment specialists among those who hope to help hospitals cut reliance on non-recyclable disposable items
Medical pay inequality weakens fight against infectious diseases
Lower earnings for doctors specialising in communicable disease make it harder to recruit and retain workers

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