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Recommendation 2
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Acknowledged
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We welcome the FCDO’s position papers on health systems strengthening for global health security and...
Recommendation
We welcome the FCDO’s position papers on health systems strengthening for global health security and universal health coverage, and ending preventable deaths of mothers, babies and children by 2030. We recommend the Government builds on these, and the disability inclusion and rights strategy, and develops a coherent cross- departmental Global Health Strategy, with clearly defined targets and delivery plans, within six months. We repeat our previous call for this to set out how the UK intends to use levers at multilateral and bilateral levels to achieve its aims, how this ensures progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal, and how the strategy will reach the most marginalised and vulnerable communities.
Government Response Summary
The government states that officials are working across government on global health via a HMG Strategic Framework. Ministers are considering options for communicating their shared cross-government strategic framework building on existing papers. They will continue to use multilateral and bilateral levers to achieve global health aims.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
Officials are working across Government on global health, including through an HMG Strategic Framework that facilitates a whole-of-Government approach to delivering the UK’s global health objectives, in line with the Integrated Review and International Development Strategy, and in support of SDG3 and other health-related SDGs. Ministers are considering options for communicating our shared cross-government strategic framework, building on the approach we have publicly set out in papers such as “Ending preventable deaths of mothers, babies and children by 2030”, “Health systems strengthening for global health security and universal health coverage”, “Tackling antimicrobial resistance 2019 to 2024”, and “Life Sciences Vision”. The Government continues to use multilateral and bilateral levers to achieve global health aims with a focus on marginalised and vulnerable groups. We will build on the UK’s 2021 G7 presidency to ensure that we continue to use fora such as the G7 and the G20 to drive forward a health system strengthening approach, as we seek to tackle some of the most challenging global health issues.