World Leaders are Urged by WHO to Commit & Prioritise Health in their Political Agenda

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At the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 78) WHO urges the leaders to put health for all on the highest political agenda and apply lessons learned from COVID- 19 Pandemic. 

This session that took place in New York, witnessed the appeal of WHO as they presented the multiple humanitarian and climate-related crises that the world is facing. 

According to the report by WHO, their call to accelerate the achievement of health targets comes ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals Summit (SDG Summit) and an unprecedented number of health-focused high-level meetings at UNGA, aimed at strengthening pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, delivering universal health coverage (UHC) and ending TB.

‘Health is an investment, not a cost, and is fundamental to thriving, resilient families, societies and economies’ is the status that government leaders will commit to live by as they gather to prioritise three major health issues. 

“If COVID-19 taught us nothing else, it’s that when health is at risk, everything is at risk,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “The pandemic caused enormous economic, social and political upheaval, and stalled or reversed progress towards the health-related targets in the Sustainable Development Goals. The UN General Assembly is the moment for world leaders to show they have learned the painful lessons of the pandemic, and to take concrete steps towards a healthier, safer and fairer world for all people.”

“If COVID-19 taught us nothing else, it’s that when health is at risk, everything is at risk,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “The pandemic caused enormous economic, social and political upheaval, and stalled or reversed progress towards the health-related targets in the Sustainable Development Goals. The UN General Assembly is the moment for world leaders to show they have learned the painful lessons of the pandemic, and to take concrete steps towards a healthier, safer and fairer world for all people.”

The detailed report is posted on the official website of WHO stating the major and minor diseases affecting the world.