Author: FCGH Alliance
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The Lancet – Time for a global human rights treaty for health equity
The UN Summit of the Future from Sept 22 to Sept 23, 2024, is fast approaching, with a focus on achieving the Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) by 2030, but also looking further into the future. The global health community would do well to consider what should follow the SDGs. To build on the Summit’s broad remit….
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A Treaty on Health Equity and Health Rights: For the SDGs and the Future Statement to the UN Summit of the Future, 2024
Health equity is the most telling metric of progress on the 2030 Agenda, and a key driver of its success. Virtually all SDGs impact health equity, while actions aimed at reducing health equity gaps will accelerate progress throughout the 2030 Agenda. Yet the world is vastly off track to achieve its health targets. As COVID-19 made plain, the world is facing a pandemic of health inequity.