Sustainable Development Goals
WHO Six main lines of action for SDGs
• Intersectoral action by multiple stakeholders
• Health systems strengthening for UHC
• Respect for equity and human rights
• Sustainable financing
• Scientific research and innovation
• Monitoring and evaluation
A world in which everyone can live healthy,
productive lives*
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Achieving this vision will require a strong, effective WHO that is able
to meet emerging challenges and achieve the health objectives of the
Sustainable Development Goals.
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We need a WHO
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fit for the 21st century
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that belongs to all,
equally.
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We need a WHO that is efficiently managed, adequately resourced
and results driven, with a strong focus on transparency, accountability
and value for money.
WHO Priorities: http://www.who.int/dg/priorities/en/
Health for all
Health
emergencies
Women, children
and adolescents
The health impacts
of climate and
environmental
change
New vision and strengthened partnership for
WHO and China*
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Additional voluntary contribution of US$ 20 million in support of
WHO’s glo al
work
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Enhanced collaboration to
• reduce the impact of health emergencies;
• build stronger health systems to deliver universal health coverage;
• focus on the well-being of women, children and adolescents
Large scale transitions shaping public health*
Demographic
Epidemiological
Urban
Energy
Economic
Nutrition
Cultural
Democratic
Ecological
Climate change Globalization
Urbanization
The capacity of health actors, institutions, and
populations to prepare for and effectively
respond to crises; maintain core functions
when a crisis hits; and, informed by lessons
learned during the crisis, reorganise if
conditions require it
(Kruk et al 2015)
Dividends of resilient health systems?*
In times of crisis
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Lives saved
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Livelihoods protected
In times of calm
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Healthier people
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Stronger nations
Elements of resilient health systems?*
Aware
Detect health threats before they strike
Diverse
Deliver ranges of services with universal
coverage
Self regulating
Prevents health disruptions from turning
into disasters
Integrated
Rapidly deploy resources from beyond
health system
Adaptive
Rebounds from shock stronger than before
Mechanisms by which
the harmful effects of
ecosystem change can
affect human health
The present status
of the control
variables for seven
of the nine
planetary
boundaries
Global trends in
population,
consumption,
health, and the
environment
WHO Constitution (1946)
The attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health
Planetary health
The health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems on which it depe ds
Planetary health?
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Attention to the extensive degradation of our planet for human
advancement.
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Focuses on reversing this trend by better balancing human needs with the
preservation of the Earth to sustain the health and well-being of future
generations.
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Interdependence of human health, animal health, and the health of the
environment.
Relative rank of
countries by
proportional and
absolute impact on
the environment
Potential actions by key constituencies
Health professionals
• Need to be well informed about the dangers posed by global
environmental change to health and potential health co-benefits from
policies to prevent damage to natural systems.
• Through advocacy and outreach, help mobilise a wide community of actors.
• Help to build capacity to address the present neglected agenda of
environmental health and poverty related diseases
Research funders and the academic community
• Frame what questions get asked by
scientists and steer development of new ways of addressing major gaps in
knowledge, scientific awareness, and academic focus.
• Planetary health as a field straddling
many uncoordinated disciplines demands investment and the development of a culture of interdisciplinary research.
