The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development covers 17 goals, the third of which is “good health and well-being”, namely: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being at all ages.  (Click here for details)

Under this major goal, there are 13 targets, the thirteenth of which is "Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks."

● Current Situation

Ensuring universal health coverage and avoiding disease-related poverty is the base of achieving health goals of the United Nations sustainable development goals. Each country should strengthen the establishment of a strong, efficient and well functioning health system and enhance the ability to manage health risks.

About the World

The World Facing an Increasingly Complicated Threats from Health Emergencies

The Covid-19 has become the most serious public health emergencies since the Second World War. Today, the world is facing the threat of increasingly complicated and serious health emergencies. The risk of public health emergencies is increasing, and with the risks and vulnerabilities of population growth, human mobility and displacement, urbanization, further interaction between animals and humans, environmental development, climate change conflicts and the emergence of antimicrobial resistance, these events may have serious impacts on human health, social cohesion, security and economy.

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To address these threats, the world needs to take action to support countries in strengthening health systems, enhancing early warning, reducing risk, and enabling the world to withstand the conflicts of epidemics and other health emergencies.

Text source: WHO website 

About China

China increases support and investment in disease control system

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After SARS, China has increased policy support and financial investment in disease control system. Disease control has been greatly improved. China has set up a health emergency system for public emergencies, which is based on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and with integrated leadership, sensitive response, efficient operation and strong guarantee. The emergency plan system for disease prevention and control and the four level emergency teams at state, provincial, municipal and county levels have been established. The system undertakes jobs of  infectious disease control, poisoning disposal, nuclear and radiation disposal, prevention and control of major disasters and major activities. In recent years, public health emergency response capacity has been improved by 10%. 

Text source: Sohu.com 

●  Cases

About the World

Europe Built Health School

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The World Health Organization's European office has built the health protection for children in Europe. European countries build healthy schools by developing health and systematic strategies for development of all students and school staff . Its goal is to continuously enhance their construction capacity as a healthy environment for living, learning and working and to provide school health education and services, to interact with the government, community and family. We will promote health intervention and achieve double-win health, and provide better public products for the healthy growth of children in all countries.ts.

Text source: China Education Daily

About China

Technology Enhancing Response to Covid-19 Pandemics 

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China has used digital technology such as big data analysis, artificial intelligence and cloud computing to manage the Covid-19 epidemics. The technology enables the government to play a better role in epidemic surveillance and analysis, tracking of infection risk sources, implementation of social isolation measures and deployment of emergency resources. The application of "Health Code" can identify the "precise prevention and control" of high-risk population, greatly reducing the cost of anti-epidemic. It avoids the huge economic and social costs and lost caused by area lockdown.

Text source: the paper.cn

●  Background

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Initiated by the United Nations

On January 1, 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including 169 targets, of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit — officially came into force. Countries will mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind.