Global health and foreign policy: an inclusive approach to strengthening health systems A/RES/74/20 community health workers, who are an important element of strong and resilient health systems, and further recognizing that increased investment in a more effective and socially accountable health workforce can unleash significant socioeconomic gains and contribute to the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions, empowerment of all women and girls and reduction of inequality, Recognizing the importance of human resources in strengthening health systems and in the successful realization of the internationally agreed goals contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and noting with concern that highly trained and skilled health personnel from the developing countries continue to emigrate at an increasing rate to certain countries, which weakens health systems in the countries of origin, Reaffirming the importance of creating adequate national human resources management frameworks to substantially increase health worker training, recruitment, deployment, regulation, support and retention, Acknowledging that rapidly changing technologies, particularly digital technologies, have the potential to enhance people’s access to health services, to improve the responsiveness of the health system to the needs of individuals and communities, to increase the quality and efficiency of health services and to empower patients, giving them access to their own health-care information, promoting health literacy and strengthening patient involvement in clinical decision-making with a focus on health professional-patient communication, Recognizing the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance, which requires multisectoral actions, through the One Health approach involving Member States, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Organization for Animal Health and other relevant stakeholders, reaffirming the importance of the political declaration of the high -level meeting of the General Assembly on antimicrobial resistance, 15 and acknowledging that, owing to antimicrobial resistance, many achievements of the twentieth century are being gravely challenged, in particular, the reduction in illness and death from infectious diseases achieved through social and economic development; access to health services and to quality, safe, efficacious and affordable medicines; hygiene, safe drinking water and sanitation; disease prevention in community and health -care settings, including immunization; safe and nutritious food; improvements in human and veterinary medicine; and the introduction of new antimicrobial and other medicines, Underscoring the fact that global health is a long-term objective which is national, regional and international in scope and requires sustained high-level commitment and closer international cooperation, including far-reaching partnerships among stakeholders, and the need to safeguard the progress made and to advance by paying due attention to the continuity and sustainability of current actions on global health, Underscoring also the importance of enhanced international cooperation to support the efforts of Member States to achieve health goals, including the target of achieving universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all, Reaffirming the importance of revitalizing and promoting strong global partnerships with all relevant stakeholders to collaboratively support the efforts of Member States, as appropriate, to achieve universal health coverage and other health __________________ 15 6/12 Resolution 71/3. 19-21394