Global health and foreign policy: strengthening the management of international health crises
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a particular focus on developing countries, in order to build resilient health systems
and strengthen surveillance and preparedness measures, particularly with regard to
infectious diseases;
10. Encourages the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations and the World Organization for Animal Health
to further develop their collaborative efforts and work towards a “One Health”
approach at the national, regional and global levels;
11. Calls upon the World Health Organization, the international humanitarian
system, global cluster leads and other relevant United Nations entities and
non-governmental organizations to strengthen their cooperation and coordination so
as to assist Member States, upon request, in effectively responding to situations in
which an outbreak escalates into a humanitarian crisis;
12. Calls upon Member States to seek synergies and collaboration with the
World Health Organization and other relevant actors in the field of health when
supporting implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) and
developing overall health systems, including disease surveillance systems, health
financing, procurement and the supply chain, as well as the he alth workforce at the
national, regional and global levels;
13. Urges the international community to take the measures required to act
quickly and effectively in global health crises and in all outbreaks and emergencies
with health consequences, through a comprehensive and well-coordinated
all-hazards approach;
14. Urges Member States to strengthen country and regional capacity in
disaster risk reduction, where needed, in accordance with the Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, adopted by Member States at the Third United
Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Sendai, Japan, from
14 to 18 March 2015; 13
15. Calls upon Member States, in accordance with the International Health
Regulations (2005), to strengthen disease surveillance capacity and data and
information flows between the local and national levels and with the World Health
Organization at the country, regional and global levels to ensure early reporting and
detection of outbreaks of disease and disasters, and commends in this regard
international efforts to assist countries to implement the Regulations, and
acknowledges the critical role that the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network
can play for rapid identification and confirmation of and response to outbreaks of
international importance, under the leadership of the World Health Organization;
16. Urges Member States to fulfil their commitment to fully implement the
International Health Regulations (2005), utilizing, in this respect, North -South,
South-South, triangular and bilateral cooperation as well as the exchange of best
practices, and to monitor national compliance;
17. Welcomes the decisions made by the Executive Board of the World Health
Organization at its special session on the Ebola emergency 12 and by the sixty-eighth
World Health Assembly to strengthen the global response to health emergencies, 14 and
calls upon all Member States to actively support their implementation;
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Resolution 69/283, annex II.
See World Health Organization, document WHA68/2015/REC/1.
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