INTERNATIONAL GENEVA FOR GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING Countries working to reach Universal Healthcare Coverage draw on the International Labour Organization's (ILO) expertise to craft policies that improve and expand healthcare coverage. The ILO helps countries develop and implement policies to protect workers from HIV infection and facilitate equal access to care, treatment, support and social protection for everyone who is living with or affected by HIV and AIDS.
At least 400 million people globally lack access to one or more essential health services, and every year 150 million people suffer financial catastrophe because of out-of-pocket expenditure on health services. The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with countries to strengthen their health systems and make progress towards universal health coverage (UHC). UHC means that all individuals and communities receive the health services they need without suffering financial hardship. It includes the full spectrum of essential, quality health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care.
Research from the UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) shows it is more efficient to provide quality essential healthcare services as part of a package of universal, rights-based social policies, rather than using a narrow approach targeting only parts of the population.
UHC is the linchpin of the health-related SDGs; the one target that, if achieved, will help to deliver all the others by providing high-quality, people-centered services that are free at the point of delivery.
People are living longer. One in four people in Europe and North America will be over the age of 60 by 2030.
Over 38 million people die every year from non-communicable diseases (NCD).
The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) helps countries prepare and monitor strategies to adapt to demographic change and to realize the potential of living longer.
Fast forward health with mobile technology and The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)-WHO’s, Be He@lthy, Be Mobile initiative encourages healthy living to tackle NCDs.
3 million people a year are poisoned by pesticides. Safe food for healthier people Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS Conventions)
By 2030, we need to substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and from pollution and contamination of air, water and soil. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) develops International Standards that characterize the quality of air, water and soils. They help reduce the level of pollutants and contaminants in our environment, improving our health and well-being.
Across the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, strong political and social leaders are taking responsibility for tackling malnutrition and bringing together all key stakeholders from health, social welfare, agriculture and education.
The aim is to create a society for all ages that leaves no one behind.
World Trade Organization (WTO) members recently amended trade rules to secure a legal pathway to ease access to affordable medicines. It gives legal certainty that generic medicines can be exported at reasonable prices for countries with no pharmaceutical production capacity.