Global health and foreign policy: accelerating the fight against
diseases driven by social determinants of health
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17. Urges Member States to implement, strengthen and sustain regular,
meaningful and inclusive social participation in health -related decisions across the
system as appropriate, taking into consideration national context and priorities;
18. Encourages Member States to strengthen public communication,
community engagement strategies and digital literacy, including through leveraging
trained community health workers to foster community resilience and health literacy,
to address, backed by scientific evidence, misinformation and disinformation related
to health, including on disease prevention, health promotion, treatment and
immunization, while respecting human rights, and recognizing that inaccurate
information can undermine trust in health systems, lead to treatment refusal and
vaccine hesitancy, and hinder efforts to promote health equity and the achievement of
universal health coverage;
19. Requests the Secretary-General, in close collaboration with the Director
General of the World Health Organization as well as with relevant international
organizations, to report to the General Assembly at its eighty -first session, under the
item entitled “Global health and foreign policy”, on international cooperation and
multilateral efforts to accelerate the fight against diseases driven by social
determinants of health and promote equity in health for the achievement of the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development, 20 with particular attention to progress made in
strengthening intersectoral public policies, enhancing international cooperation and
resource mobilization, and establishing effective monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms.
88th plenary meeting
4 June 2026
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Resolution 70/1.
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