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1. STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
PRESENTED BY :
Mrs.BHAVANI .R
Nursing Tutor
Sambhram college of Nursing

3. Disease X Pandemic
As COVID-19 becomes a more common and
recurrent health issue, UK medical specialists are
now preparing for a possible new pandemic called
“Disease X.”
They issue a warning that the terrible Spanish Flu
of 1918–1920 may be comparable to the effects of
this new virus.
The World Health Organization has named this
“Disease X Pandemic” and to fight it,
vaccinations will once again need to be developed
and supplied in a timely manner.

4. What is Disease X?
"Disease X is possibly and plausibly caused by a
'pathogen X'. It could be related to zoonotic
disease likely an RNA virus, emerging from an
area where the epidemiological triad -
environment host favours sustained
transmission. These emerging/re-emerging z
pathogens can be labelled as X and they are a
threat which mandates intense and ongoing
active surveillance and monitoring," says Dr
Rastogi.

5. Cont…..
There are postulated data about the possibility of
syndrome X as an engineered pandemic
pathogen.
Incidental laboratory accidents or as an act of
bioterrorism, might lead to a disastrous Disease
X which can be potentially pose global
catastrophic risk, says the expert.

6. What Is Most Likely To Cause The
Next Disease X Pandemic Threat?
six virus families the Adenoviridae,
Coronaviridae, Orthomyxoviridae,
Paramyxoviridae, Picornaviridae, and
Poxviridae among the roughly two dozen
families that can infect humans possess
these characteristics and are thus most
likely to be the source of the next
pandemic.

7. Cont…..
No immunity 
– There is no inherent immunity
among the global population.
Airborne 
– Spread via respiratory transmission
Silent
 
– Spreadable by sick individuals without
symptoms
Harmful 
– There are no current, efficient
medications or vaccinations

8. How can we make Medical
Countermeasures Without Knowing
Which Disease (“DISEASE X”)
Will Strike Next?

9. By concentrating efforts on developing
medicinal countermeasures against the viral
families
The US should provide funding for a brand-new,
targeted Disease X Medical Countermeasure
Program that makes use of the vaccination
platforms and technology most suited to the
virus families most likely to unleash devastating
disease outbreaks in the future.

10. Cont......
When the next member of the viral family
develops, medical countermeasures against one
member might be readily modified to target
another.
Private-public collaborations might create
vaccinations, antivirals, and diagnostics for a
variety of unidentified possible pandemic
viruses in months rather than years using this
adaptable strategy.

11. Cont......
THE LOOMING DANGER OF DISEASE X:-
The WHO declared “Disease X represents the
knowledge that a serious international epidemic
could be caused by a pathogen currently
unknown to cause human disease.”
The Blueprint list includes infectious disorders
without medicinal treatments. Some public
health professionals fear the next Disease X will
be zoonotic, like Ebola, HIV/AIDS, and
Covid19.

12. NEED FOR PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
AND PREVENTION
Containment and mitigation strategies involve
development and implementation of uniform
international guidelines to control bioterrorism.
Immediate and appropriate travel restrictions
including strict airport screening requires to be
implemented to contain the spread of pathogen
X across borders.

13. Cont......
 It also necessary collaborative approach of
global leaders, scientists, epidemiologists, and
infectious disease experts to investigate, control,
and eliminate disease X.
Widespread and mass testing, surveillance and
aggressive contact tracing are potential effective
tools to timely contain outbreak like situations,"
says Dr Rastogi.

14. Cont.....
Also have to start and develop a comprehensive
pandemic preparedness plan that includes stock
billing agencies and suppliers and rapid
response teams.
This pandemic is spread by sick individuals
without symptoms and there is no parent and
efficient medication or vaccinations regarding
that.

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