WHO CVC 2022-2023 + 2024
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The World Health Organization/WHO is the UN's specialist body for health issues with the task of leading and coordinating international health efforts, supporting the governments of member countries in implementing the best possible health and medical care policies and acting as a coordinating authority in global health work. WHO's overall goal is stated in th...
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The World Health Organization/WHO is the UN's specialist body for health issues with the task of leading and coordinating international health efforts, supporting the governments of member countries in implementing the best possible health and medical care policies and acting as a coordinating authority in global health work. WHO's overall goal is stated in the organization's constitution and is "that all people should achieve the highest possible level of health". WHO's goals are primarily described through two guiding documents: the strategic work programme, the General Program of Work (GPW13) and the program budget. The work program for 2019–2025 is the thirteenth in the order, is based on Agenda 2030 and specifies WHO's three strategic priorities called the "triple billion goals". The triple billion goals mean that one billion more people will have access to universal health coverage (UHC), one billion more people will be better protected against health-related emergencies and one billion more people should live healthier lives. The work program also includes a fourth prioritization aimed at strengthening efficiency within WHO and improving support for member states. The support mainly consists of flexible and non-earmarked funds for the implementation of the WHO program budget for 2022-2023 in line with GPW13, as well as of a smaller soft-earmarked component dedicated to the goal of healthy lives and the work on health/climate, environment and biodiversity. The contribution is a co-financing between two strategies where the majority of the funds are channeled via the strategy for Sweden's global development cooperation in sustainable social development (a total of 290 mSEK) and a smaller part via the strategy for Sweden's global development cooperation in the environment, climate and biodiversity (a total of 30 mSEK). Based on the in-depth appraisal that led to the decision, Sida's support package to the WHO is deemed necessary to strengthen the multilateral health work at global, regional and national level through an efficient and reformed WHO. The contribution is considered more relevant than ever in light of the enormous burden that the pandemic has and continues to cause on health systems around the world, where the greatest challenges are found in low- and middle-income countries. Here, WHO's presence and technical support is considered crucial to alleviate suffering, reduce poverty and health differences between groups and countries, as well as in the work to achieve the global goals, above all goal 3 on good health and well-being. Sida commissioned its Climate and Environment helpdesk to conduct a Central Environmental Review (CER) of WHO in early 2022 as part of the appraisal process. The key findings from the CER indicate that WHO works to manage both operational (direct) and programmatic (indirect) environmental and climate change issues. The organisation´s direct impact and internal work connected to climate and environment is strong and involves thorough policies, reports and follow ups on for example their internal waste management, procurements and events. WHO further supports member states in their transformation toward green and resilient health systems.
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The results report for 2022 is a midterm report for the biennium 2022-23 programme budget and is thus focusing on output and scorecard reporting. The reporting also uses impact stories to exemplify impact at country level, these can be found on the WHO website. A summary of progress toward the triple billion targets and SDGs: WHO reported an estimated 14.9 million excess deaths globally in 2020-2021 as a result of the COVID19 pandemic reversing years of improvement in population health in many countries around the world. The effort to assess the true toll of the COVID19 pandemic on population health at country, regional and global levels was joined by other United Nations entities and leading scientists worldwide, who consulted extensively with Member States using an effective online country portal supported by the World Health Data Hub. An update on both the magnitude and age/sex distribution of the excess mortality is ongoing and is expected to bring more clarity to the impacts of the pandemic on the triple billion targets and the health related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. The world is off track to reach most of the triple billion targets and the health related Sustainable Development Goals. Urgent action is needed to accelerate progress, or the world may fall further off track. In summary: Healthier populations: The indicators for healthier populations are influenced by multisectoral policy actions to address determinants of health. Substantial progress has been made, and the current trajectory indicates that this target will likely be met by 2025 however, this will be insufficient progress to be on track to reach the related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. For example, the global agestandardized prevalence of tobacco use remains high. The prevalence of adult obesity continues to be on the rise in all WHO regions, with no immediate sign of reversal. Air pollution has not been tackled in many areas of the world. Data from the pandemic period continue to be sparse, so the full extent of the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID19) pandemic on various health determinants and policies is not yet quantified. Universal health coverage: The world is off track to meet the universal health coverage billion target by 2025 and related Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The disruptions caused by the COVID19 pandemic have had a significant impact on many indicators, only some of which are recovering. Overall measures of progress are largely driven by increased HIV service coverage. Service coverage for routine childhood vaccination, malaria, tuberculosis, noncommunicable and other diseases and preventive services all continue to lag, while indicators for financial hardship have worsened. Health emergencies protection: Progress in health emergencies protection is not on track to reach the billion target by 2025. Improvement in preparedness, measured through core capacities related to the International Health Regulations (2005) and reflected by the Prepare indicator, contributed positively in 2022. However, pandemic related disruptions to high priority pathogen vaccination programmes, measured under the Prevent indicator, need to be resolved. Efforts are continuing in order to assess the best way to measure health emergencies protection, including the integration of timeliness targets for detection, notification and response to health emergencies. Key achievements in 2022 include: - First ever treatment regiments for multidrugresistant tuberculosis in 109 countries - World's first malaria vaccin has been administered to 1.2 million children in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi through pilot programmes resulting in a substantial drop (30%) in admissions of children with severe malaria to hospital. - A pandemic fund was established and has an initial budget of 1.6 billion USD. - OneHealth: Groundbreaking international targets were set in order to address the use of antimicrobial agents across the animal, farming and human health sectors, and thereby tackle the devastating health and economic impacts of antimicrobial resistance 1.3 million deaths were attributable to antimicrobial resistance in 2019. - Health financing: More than 133 countries increased or introduced a new health tax between 2017 and 2022, showing that Member States are increasingly equipped to use fiscal measures to improve health, reduce health care costs and generate a revenue stream for development owing in part to increased technical support and updated guidance from the Secretariat. Now 146 countries are protected by at least one measure of the MPOWER technical package 60 countries are on track to achieving the global targets for reducing tobacco use and health taxes are part of a comprehensive strategy for preventing noncommunicable diseases, which kill 41 million people every year. - Localization: The mRNA hub in South Africa was established to build vaccine production capacity and enhance outbreak response in low or middle income countries. In 2022, the hubs manufacturing process was developed, and mRNA technology started to be transferred from the hub to 15 spokes across all WHO regions. - Health workforce: The 2022 estimates indicate a reduction in the global health workforce shortage to 15 million in 2020 and a projected global shortage of 10 million in 2030 based on current trends (mostly depicting a preCOVID19 situation). This is a significant decrease as compared with the earlier projection of a shortage of 18 million by 2030. However, the African and Eastern Mediterranean regions show less progress, will bear an increasing share of the total shortage in 2030 and may need to review their health labor market policies and investments.
The World Health Organization/WHO is the UN's specialist body for health issues with the task of leading and coordinating international health efforts, supporting the governments of member countries in implementing the best possible health and medical care policies and acting as a coordinating authority in global health work. WHO's overall goal is stated in the organization's constitution and is "that all people should achieve the highest possible level of health". WHO's goals are primarily described through two guiding documents: the strategic work programme, the General Program of Work (GPW13) and the program budget. The work program for 20192025 is the thirteenth in the order, is based on Agenda 2030 and specifies WHO's three strategic priorities called the "triple billion goals". The triple billion goals mean that one billion more people will have access to universal health coverage (UHC), one billion more people will be better protected against health-related emergencies and one billion more people should live healthier lives. The work program also includes a fourth prioritization aimed at strengthening efficiency within WHO and improving support for member states. The support mainly consists of flexible and non-earmarked funds for the implementation of the WHO program budget for 2022-2023 and extended for 2024 in line with GPW13, as well as of a smaller soft-earmarked component dedicated to the goal of healthy lives and the work on health/climate, environment and biodiversity. The contribution is a co-financing between two strategies where the majority of the funds are channeled via the strategy for Sweden's global development cooperation in sustainable social development (a total of 389,5 mSEK) and a smaller part via the strategy for Sweden's global development cooperation in the environment, climate and biodiversity (a total of 45 mSEK). Based on the in-depth appraisal that led to the decision, Sida's support package to the WHO is deemed necessary to strengthen the multilateral health work at global, regional and national level through an efficient and reformed WHO. The contribution is considered more relevant than ever in light of the enormous burden that the pandemic has and continues to cause on health systems around the world, where the greatest challenges are found in low- and middle-income countries. Here, WHO's presence and technical support is considered crucial to alleviate suffering, reduce poverty and health differences between groups and countries, as well as in the work to achieve the global goals, above all goal 3 on good health and well-being.
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