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The climate crisis is a health crisis: Countries have already been struggling to achieve SDG 3 on health, including the under-five mortality target and universal health coverage, and are now facing a worsening environment for achieving better health and nutrition outcomes for children.
Emerging and re-emerging health threats, a greater burden of diseases and injuries, and an increase of health service disruptions associated with extreme weather events will require countries to adapt their health systems, policies and budgets- an even greater challenge for those countries furthest behind and most impacted by the climate crisis, with already frail health infrastructure.
On the occasion of the first Health Day at the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), this session will explore how strong and coordinated collaboration among global health partners can contribute to ensuring equitable access to health systems and strengthen national and regional capacities for greater resilience and adaptive capacity of health systems. It will discuss the role of governments, academic and research institutions, civil society, donor countries and multilaterals in building resilient climate neutral health systems with primary healthcare as the key lever, that are capable of delivering universal health coverage at scale and essential health and nutrition services for children and their families.
