Mers, Lassa, Nipah Virus May Cause Next Global Health Emergency

Mers, Lassa, Nipah Virus May Cause Next Global Health Emergency Scientists have discovered three new lesser known diseases namely Mers, Lassa fever and Nipah virus that could cause the next global health emergency. To overcome this to happen, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has contributed a sum of $460 million for the development of the vaccine against these would-

be deadly disease. Besides, CEPI has also asked help of $500 million from World Economic Forum Davos. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is a group consisting of government representatives, private sector representatives, civil societies/NGOs and individual members. CEPI aims to have two new experimental vaccines ready for each disease within five years. New vaccines usually take about a decade to develop and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Earlier Ebola outbreak in West Africa and Zika epidemic in Latin America lead to global health emergency.