PHA-Exchange> [afro-nets] Issues paper: Invest in health, build a safer future

[Ana Lucia Ruggiero]

Issues paper: Invest in health, build a safer future
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The theme of World Health Day and of the World Health Report 2007 is "international health security"

Issues Papers - World Health Organization 2007

Available online as PDF [28p.] at: http://www.who.int/world-health-day/files/2007/issuespaper_final_lowres_en.pdf 

"..This WHO background document profiles international health security issues to guide discussions and stir debate at the World Health Day 2007 global event to be held in Singapore on 2 April 2007. It is an informative tool for health awareness activities around the world. Issues profiled include emerging and rapidly spreading diseases, environmental change, the ongoing danger of bioterrorism, sudden and intense humanitarian emergencies caused by natural disasters, chemical spills or radioactive accidents, and the impact of HIV/AIDS.."

"... - the need to reduce the vulnerability of people around the world to new, acute or rapidly spreading risks to health, particularly those that threaten to cross international borders.In a globalized world, health issues present new challenges that go far beyond national borders and have an impact on the collective security of people around the world.

Increased collaboration among developed and developing countries will enable the international community to be better prepared to strengthen national capacities to detect and respond to disease outbreaks. This will provide a global safety net to deal with key cross-border public health issues and in turn help to make the world more secure.

This paper introduces key issues of international health security to a global audience in order to provoke debate among governments, community leaders, civil society, the corporate sector and United Nations agencies on how best to protect people from new and acute threats to their health.."

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Mrs. Ana Lucia Ruggiero (WDC) 
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