Global health and foreign policy: accelerating the fight against diseases driven by social determinants of health A/RES/80/265 challenges, while noting the great progress in global health indicators and outcomes achieved by multilateral initiatives and international cooperation, Underlining that in the Oslo Ministerial Declaration it is acknowledged that investment in health is fundamental to economic growth and development, and in this regard recalling that health inequities arise, as stated in the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health, of 2011, from the societal conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, referred to as social determinants of health, Stressing that stigma and negative stereotyping and attitudes can affect health, including by creating and enhancing health disparities between persons, Recognizing the interconnectedness between social determinants of health and the persistent burden of some preventable diseases and that diseases driven by social determinants of health also disproportionately impact vulnerable populations, especially those living in conditions of poverty and entrenched inequalities, Concerned that poverty reduction has continued to stagnate in developing countries, with a disproportionate impact on women and girls, persons with disabilities, people of African descent, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, as well as on low-income households, and about the interrelatedness between poverty and other social and economic determinants of health and the realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, in particular the fact that ill health can be both a cause and a consequence of poverty, Recognizing the need for Member States to strengthen policies, human and financial resources and institutional capacities for sustainable and effective health promotion that addresses the determinants of health and their related risk factors, as outlined in the outcomes of international health promotion conferences, from the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion to the Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World, the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health and the Geneva Charter for Well-being, making the promotion of health central to the global development agenda and as a core responsibility of all Governments, while noting the three overarching recommendations of the World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health, namely, improving daily living conditions, tackling the inequitable distribution of power, money and resources, and measuring and understanding the problem to assess the impact of actions, Recognizing also that universal health coverage is fundamental for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals related not only to health and well -being, but also to eradicating poverty and inequality in all its forms and dimensions, ensuring quality education, providing decent work and promoting economic growth, achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, as well as the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls, reducing inequalities and ensuring just, peaceful and inclusive societies with healthy lives and well-being for all, and that unequal development in different countries in the promotion of health and control of disease, especially communicable disease, is a common danger, Recognizing further that universal health coverage implies that all people have access, without discrimination, to nationally determined sets of the needed promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative essential health services and essential, safe, affordable, effective and quality medicines and vaccines, diagnostics and health technologies, including assistive technologies, while ensuring that the use of these services does not expose the users to financial hardship, with a special emphasis on the poor and vulnerable and marginalized segments of the population, 26-07986 3/10