Global Health Strategies in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Unprecedented Threats
Gasparyan AY Kumar AB Yessirkepov M Zimba O Nurmashev B Kitas GD
Gasparyan AY
Kumar AB
Yessirkepov M
Zimba O
Nurmashev B
Kitas GD
Abstract
Global health is evolving as a discipline aiming at exploring needs and offering equitable health services for all people. Over the past four decades, several global initiatives have been introduced to improve the accessibility of primary health care (PHC) and solve most health issues at this level. Historically, the 1978 Alma-Ata and 2018 Astana Declarations were perhaps the most important documents for a comprehensive approach to PHC services across the world. With the introduction of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, developments in all spheres of human life and multi-sectoral cooperation became the essential action targets that could contribute to improved health, well-being, and safety of all people. Other global initiatives such as the Riyadh Declaration on Digital Health and São Paulo Declaration on Planetary Health called to urgent action to employ advanced digital technologies, improve health data processing, and invest more in research management. All these initiatives are put to the test in the face of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and other unprecedented threats to humanity.
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Date
07/06/2022
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Citation
J Korean Med Sci. 2022 Jun 6;37(22):e174. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2022.37.e174.
Journal / Source Title
Journal of Korean Medical Science
DOI
10.3346/jkms.2022.37.e174
PMID
35668684
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Korean Academy of Medical Sciences