The document discusses how to prevent future pandemics. It defines a pandemic as an epidemic that spreads across large regions or worldwide. Major past pandemics are identified such as the 1918 Spanish Flu. The causes of pandemics include deforestation, wildlife trade, farmed animal spillover, and climate change. Methods for prevention include reducing deforestation, controlling wildlife trade and farmed animal spillover, and early detection and control. The conclusion states that addressing drivers like deforestation, land conversion, and wildlife trade can help reduce future pandemic risks.

1. HOW TO PREVENT
FUTURE PANDEMICS
Course : 1.1.5
Ayan Mohanta
B.Ed. 1st semester
Roll – 42
G.C.M College of education

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY :
• To understand what is a pandemic.
• How a pandemic spreads and its causes.
• Know about major past pandemics and take lessons from those.
• What we have learn from past pandemics.
• How can we prevent future pandemics.
• Possible safety measures to take for the upcoming pandemics.

3. WHAT IS A PANDEMIC :
 A pandemic is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has speared across a
large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a
substantial number of people.

4. NOTABLE OUTBREAKS :
• Flu Pandemic (1889 – 1890)
• Spanish Flu (1918 – 1920)
• Asian Flu (1957 – 1958)
• H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic (2009 - 2010) etc.

5. WHAT CAUSES A PANDEMIC :
• Deforestation
• Wildlife trade Spillover
• Farmed Animal Spillover
• Climate Change
• Overpopulation etc.

6. PANDEMIC PREVENTION :
• Reducing Deforestation
• Controlling Wildlife Trade Spillover
• Controlling Farmed Animal Spillover
• Early Detection and Control etc.

7. CONCLUSION :
To protect people from zoonotic disease, we must address the key, human-led drivers that
put us at risk. Increased forest loss, land conversion, and illegally-traded, live wildlife are
all contributing to dangerous environments that lead to new spillovers. As people encroach
on wild habitats and exploit the natural world for their own gain, the risk of spillovers
increases.
Now is the time to confront the environmental drivers of pandemics. Through
transformative action, we can put nature on the path to recovery and reduce the risk of
future pandemics, creating more sustainable and just societies for everyone.
This is a pivotal moment to build a safer future for people and the planet.

8. REFERENCES :
• Solutions for preventing the next pandemic. (2021, August 16). C-CHANGE |
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-
change/news/preventingfuturepandemics/
• Ecology and economics for pandemic prevention. (2020, July 24).
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.abc3189
• A Call to Stop the Next Pandemic | Stories | WWF. (n.d.). World Wildlife Fund.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/a-call-to-stop-the-next-pandemic

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