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New UN report: 'Inequality-pandemic' cycle growing everywhere in the world

2025-11-03 15:58:00, Aktualitet CNA

New UN report: 'Inequality-pandemic' cycle growing everywhere in the

High inequality makes the world vulnerable to pandemics and creates a vicious cycle that puts public health and economies at risk, a concern raised this week by a new report from the United Nations.

The findings were based on two years of research by the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics, convened by UNAIDS, and published in a report released ahead of G20 leaders' meetings in South Africa this month.

"High levels of inequality, within and between countries, are making the world more vulnerable to pandemics, making pandemics more economically devastating and deadly, and making them last longer. Pandemics in turn increase inequality, fueling a cyclical and self-reinforcing relationship," the report said.

The council that produced the report was led by experts including Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, former First Lady of Namibia Monica Geingos and renowned epidemiologist Sir Michael Marmot.

This 'inequality-pandemic' cycle can be seen in recent global public health crises, such as COVID-19, AIDS, Ebola, influenza and smallpox, they said in a statement.

The COVID-19 pandemic in particular pushed 165 million people into poverty, while the world's richest people increased their wealth by more than a quarter, according to the report.

The report called on world leaders to increase pandemic preparedness by investing in social protection mechanisms within their countries, while addressing global inequality, including debt restructuring for developing countries. /CNA





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