A/RES/75/130 Global health and foreign policy: strengthening health system resilience through affordable health care for all Deeply concerned by the increase in cases of sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls, including domestic violence and violence in digital contexts, as a result of lockdown measures, the lack of availability of protection services and the increased challenges to holding perpetrators accountable, which also affect front line health workers and community health volunteers, Noting that the increasing number of complex emergencies is hindering the achievement of universal health coverage and that coherent and inclusive approaches to safeguard universal health coverage in emergencies are essential, including through international cooperation, ensuring the continuum and provision of essential health services and public health functions, in line with humanitarian principles, Emphasizing the need for all States parties to fully implement and comply with the International Health Regulations (2005), and stressing the importance of the adequate capacity of all countries to prevent, detect, assess, notify and respond to public health threats, and support research and development, to prevent and control emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases that pose a risk to global public health, Acknowledging that primary health care is the most inclusive, effective and efficient approach to enhance people’s physical and mental health, as well as social well-being, and that primary health care is a cornerstone of a sustainable health system for universal health coverage and health-related Sustainable Development Goals, as recognized in the Declaration of Astana, Stressing the important role of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator initiative as well as other relevant initiatives, which aim to accelerate development and production of and equitable access to COVID-19 diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines to all countries that need them, and to strengthen health systems, without undermining incentives for innovation, Recognizing the role of extensive immunization against COVID-19 as a global public good for health in preventing, containing and stopping transmission in order to bring the pandemic to an end once safe, quality, efficacious, effective, ac cessible and affordable vaccines are available, Noting with concern that non-communicable diseases, notably cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, as well as mental disorders, other mental health conditions and neurological disorders, are the leading causes of premature death and disability globally, including in low- and middle-income countries, and that people living with non-communicable diseases are more susceptible to the risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms and are among the most affected by the pandemic, and recognizing that necessary prevention and control efforts are hampered by, inter alia, lack of universal access to quality, safe, effective, affordable essential health services, medicines, diagnostics an d health technologies, as well as a global shortage of qualified health workers, Recognizing the need to tackle health inequities and inequalities within and among countries through political commitment, policies and international cooperation, including those that address social, economic, environmental and other determinants of health, Underlining the importance of developing efficient and innovative approaches, including through the private sector and foreign direct investment, to address the health needs of the most vulnerable, help to create more resilient health -care systems and achieve universal health coverage, while also recognizing the instrumental role that foreign direct investment plays in ensuring that national health priorities are achieved, including equality of access, 4/9 20-17079