Roadmap to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, building on Health 2020, the European policy for health and well-being
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Delivered by Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe, at the 67th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe
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Roadmap to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, building on Health 2020, the European policy for health and well-being
- 1. (1) Roadmap to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, building on Health 2020, the European policy for health and well-being Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab WHO Regional Director for Europe
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- 4. (4) Better health for Europe more equitable and sustainable 4
- 5. (5) Health 2020 and the Sustainable Development Goals are aligned
- 6. (6) Where are we? What needs to be done?
- 7. (7) The journey ahead • Leaving no-one behind • Revitalized global and regional partnerships • Financing for Development • Investment for Health
- 9. (9) Five interdependent strategic directions Advancing governance and leadership for health and well- being Leaving no one behind Preventing disease and addressing health determinants by promoting multi- and intersectoral policies throughout the life-course Establishing healthy places, settings and resilient communities Strengthening health systems for universal health coverage
- 10. (10) Four enablers Investments for health Multi-partner cooperation Monitoring and evaluation Health literacy, research, innovation
- 11. (11) Slide title • This is a single column slide • Copy the entire slide Committed to improving the evidence on which policy is based and integrating health information in Europe
- 13. (13) Support by the WHO • Working with each country • Technical support to countries • UN coordination • Strengthened partnerships • Monitoring and reporting
- 14. (14) www.euro.who.int WHO Regional Office for Europe UN City Marmorvej 51 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark Thank you
Editor's Notes
- Let me start by thanking the Government of Hungary, particularly the Minister of Human Capacities for the wonderful reception yesterday. [Your Excellences, Mr Tsipras - Prime Minister of Greece, Dr Fearne -Deputy Prime Minister of Malta and Dr Akdag – Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Director-General, Honorable Ministers, distinguished delegates,]
- Two years ago this very month, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was born, and we – representatives of the global health community – expressed our commitment. Now it is moving beyond its infancy.
- As promised, the roadmap before you brings the Region’s priorities forward and provides a common direction to support you in implementation. Allow me to thank all the Member States and partners who contributed to the consultation process. It is truly a JOINT PRODUCT.
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- Health contributes to and benefits from all SDG goals, not only SDG3. Countries, supported by WHO, will be the engine for SDG implementation and only through addressing ALL the health related SDG targets, will we achieve “the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health”. Health2020 is fully aligned with the SDGs and at its fifth year of implementation, it has paved the way forward for SDGs.
- We have made good progress in many areas like life expectancy, health of women, children and adolescents, in the prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases. This progress needs to be sustained and strengthened. However the pace of change is slow in some areas: sexual and reproductive health, mental health, disabilities, violence, and injuries, just to mention a few. We also have to finish the unfinished business of MDGs, particularly HIV and drug resistant tuberculosis, as well as water and sanitation for all, this is our legacy! Meanwhile we continue to face many global challenges like antimicrobial resistance, large scale migration, a changing climate, civil unrest and emergencies that we have to tackle. Moreover, health inequities persist both within and across the countries. Gender, equity and human rights are not always mainstreamed throughout all actions.
- The Agenda 2030 calls for joint societal efforts for “leaving no-one behind”. It calls for solidarity, engaging global and regional partners in a global platform. It calls for increased financing for development, as agreed in Addis Ababa in 2015 and I call upon all European leaders to fulfill these commitments. Financing for development will largely be generated from domestic resources in our Region, even though some countries would still require external financial support. What is now needed is investment for health, which many countries can afford. Indeed, investment for health pays off. To achieve improvements in health and health equity, we should focus on health policies and health systems for the 21st century, within the context of universal health coverage. This must be a core component of national development planning. I request the European leaders to continue to be at the forefront of foreign policy and national and global health financing to ensure that even the poorest have universal access to health.
- Many of you have already started to localize the Agenda 2030. We need to make sure that efforts across the whole of society would reach all, engaging communities, the people, the youth and the most vulnerable. After all, it is at the local level that our policy coherence becomes tangible and effective.
- With this roadmap, we aim to highlight actions that can accelerate and strengthen the capacities of Member States in implementing the SDGs. It is built on already existing priorities and commitments of Member States – particularly H2020 – taking into account their specific context. PUSH Together we identified five interdependent strategic directions: PUSH We need the highest level of political commitment, because after all, health is a political choice. We need renewed governance for health – which is more coherent, integrated, consistent and intersectoral. And we need to integrate health into development policies, and build strong accountability and reporting systems. PUSH To leave no-one behind we need to focus on two streams improve the general conditions in which people live, for example through universal social protection schemes and access to high-quality health and social services. And improve the health of the most vulnerable, such as women, children, minorities, migrants and refugees. PUSH] We need a whole of government approach to tackle all health determinants throughout the life-course; behavioral, environmental, social, economic, as well as political, commercial and cultural. And we need to increase the policy coherence between different sectors to specifically address health. Evidence gathering is crucial to promote Health in all Policies, along with the legal and regulatory frameworks, as well as pricing and fiscal policies for harmful products.
- In the roadmap, we also identified “enablers”; calling for increased investment for health, as well as systematic assessment of public and private investments across sectors. Second enabler is multi-partner cooperation which aims coherent policies, shared accountability and exchange of information and experiences. We agreed to join our forces with the regional UN agencies under the issue-based Coalition on Health which is led by WHO. We identified four priority areas; health through the life-course, communicable diseases, universal health coverage and migration. Third enabler is innovation, global interconnectivity and social mobility to introduce new opportunities for public health, like broader use of media including social media for health promotion, disease prevention and behavioral change.
- And the Agenda 2030 demands accountability. This requires monitoring and reporting. I am pleased to note that the monitoring and reporting mechanisms are in place, especially with WHO as the custodian agency and through the European Health information initiative, we have made exemplary strides forward.
- All Member States agreed on the need to reduce the reporting burden for Member States. They suggested that a common set of indicators and timelines bridging the SDGs, Health 2020 and NCDs should be developed to merge or pool data collection. For this we will establish an expert group to further engage Member States and will present the proposed list of indicators and timelines at RC68.
- At two years of age, the success of SDGs is in our hands. We are committed working with each and every one of you, placing health at the center of development and accelerating the SDG implementation. SDGs, H2020 and the roadmap provide us a vision, a strategic path, a set of priorities and a range of recommendations on what works to improve health and well-being, health equity, and ensure the health of future generations. We will travel through this path together, using WHO’s evidence, experience and know-how. Together, we can make sure that future generations inherit our shared vision for a healthier world.