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Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries
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| Draft motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| Aa. whereas according to the UN Sustainable Development Goals report of 2025, infectious and non-communicable diseases remain major threats and risk factors such as tobacco use, air pollution and poor diet remain insufficiently addressed; whereas major inequalities persist, with low-income and fragile settings facing the highest risks due to underfunded systems, service gaps and workforce shortages; |
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| Aa. whereas strong and resilient health systems are a prerequisite for economic development, social stability and national security; whereas investment in health should be recognised as a strategic investment contributing to resilience and sustainable growth; |
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| B. whereas there are still considerable gender inequalities in health outcomes; | deleted |
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| B. whereas there are still considerable gender inequalities in health outcomes; | B. whereas there are still considerable gender inequalities in health outcomes; which have been exaggerated by recent funding cuts and put women and girls’ lives at risk as their access to life-saving and crucial services have been disrupted, in particular with regard to sexual and reproductive health and rights, maternal health services, gender-based violence prevention programs and services and HIV prevention and treatment programs, |
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| Ba. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed insufficient investment in the health care workforce; |
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| D. whereas global health funding fell by more than 50 % between 2021 and 2025, with further reductions expected by 2030, despite the high returns of health investment in terms of lives saved, health security and economic stability; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the cost of underinvestment; | D. whereas global health funding fell by more than 50 % between 2021 and 2025, with further reductions expected by 2030, despite the high returns of health investment in terms of lives saved, health security and economic stability; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the cost of underinvestment, and exposed vulnerabilities in global health preparedness, in particular those related to inequalities in access to vaccines and medical products; |
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| Da. whereas ongoing cuts in official development assistance by several EU Member States, including the dismantling of USAID, are already placing significant additional pressure on domestic public resources in partner countries; whereas some low and middle-income countries are structurally unable to increase public health expenditure at the scale required to compensate for such cuts; whereas private or innovative financing mechanisms cannot substitute for predictable public funding in the short and medium term; |
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| Da. whereas sustainable health systems require effective public governance, sound financial management and an enabling environment for public-private partnerships, innovation and local private sector development; |
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| E. whereas disease outbreaks are increasing in frequency and severity; whereas recent cuts in health spending could lead to an increase in cases of infectious diseases, undermining development gains in vulnerable and fragile contexts; | E. whereas disease outbreaks are increasing in frequency and severity; whereas recent cuts in health spending could lead to an increase in cases of infectious diseases, undermining development gains in vulnerable and fragile contexts; whereas global health threats are becoming more complex and interlinked, and the rise in zoonotic diseases – such as avian influenza, Ebola, and Mpox – demonstrates how environmental and animal health issues can quickly become global public health crises, requiring a One Health approach; |
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| E. whereas disease outbreaks are increasing in frequency and severity; whereas recent cuts in health spending could lead to an increase in cases of infectious diseases, undermining development gains in vulnerable and fragile contexts; | E. whereas disease outbreaks are increasing in frequency and severity; whereas over the last decades, a variety of fatal infectious diseases, including Ebola, have had zoonotic origins; whereas recent cuts in health spending could lead to an increase in cases of infectious diseases, undermining development gains in vulnerable and fragile contexts; |
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| Ea. whereas climate change is increasingly affecting health outcomes in partner countries by exacerbating the spread of infectious diseases, increasing the frequency of extreme weather events and placing additional strain on already fragile health systems; |
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| Ea. whereas intellectual property barriers, market concentration and unequal access to technologies continue to limit access to medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and medical equipment in many low- and middle-income countries; |
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| Ea. whereas global health institutions at UN level are facing structural, financial and political challenges that undermine their effectiveness in addressing global health threats; |
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| Ea. whereas significant inequalities in health outcomes persist, particularly affecting women and girls, children, persons with disabilities, older persons and populations; |
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| Eb. whereas maternal and child health, access to essential healthcare services and immunisation remain among the most cost-effective investments for improving health outcomes and reducing poverty in fragile and underserved regions; |
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| Eb. whereas many partner countries face critical shortages of health workers, further aggravated by international migration, which undermines the resilience and sustainability of their health systems; |
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| Eb. whereas existing mechanisms such as the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, rescEU and ReliefEU all play a vital role in enhancing global health resilience; |
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| Ec. whereas the Global Gateway strategy provides an opportunity to strengthen health infrastructure, digital health systems, pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity and health workforce development in partner countries while reinforcing mutually beneficial partnerships; |
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| Ec. whereas strong, interoperable and locally governed health information systems are essential for effective disease surveillance, early warning and evidence-based policymaking, while contributing to partner countries’ digital and health sovereignty; |
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| Ed. whereas the European Union should continue to position itself as a reliable global partner in health, promoting rules-based international cooperation while reducing strategic dependencies and strengthening resilience against future cross-border health threats; |
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| -1. Underlines that Global health resilience requires both investment and equity; to this end, stresses that a substantial intensification of efforts is needed to address deep-seated inequalities, strengthen primary care, build resilient and inclusive health systems, and ensure universal access to quality care; |
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| 1. Recognises the urgent need to boost the ability of systems, communities and institutions worldwide to prevent, prepare for, absorb and adapt to global health threats, in a context of geopolitical uncertainty, increasing numbers of disease outbreaks, declining health financing, stalled progress on global health targets, persistent gender inequalities and the increasing instrumentalisation of health; | 1. Recognises the urgent need to boost the ability of systems, communities and institutions worldwide to prevent, prepare for, absorb and adapt to global health threats, in a context of geopolitical uncertainty, increasing numbers of disease outbreaks, declining health financing, stalled progress on global health targets, persistent gender inequalities and the increasing instrumentalisation of health; stresses that strengthening global health resilience is both a development objective and a strategic investment in European and global security and stability; |
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| 1. Recognises the urgent need to boost the ability of systems, communities and institutions worldwide to prevent, prepare for, absorb and adapt to global health threats, in a context of geopolitical uncertainty, increasing numbers of disease outbreaks, declining health financing, stalled progress on global health targets, persistent gender inequalities and the increasing instrumentalisation of health; | 1. Recognises the urgent need to boost the ability of systems, communities and institutions worldwide to prevent, prepare for, absorb and adapt to global health threats, in a context of geopolitical uncertainty, increasing numbers of disease outbreaks, declining health financing, stalled progress on global health targets, persistent gender inequalities and the increasing instrumentalisation of health, including the destruction of health systems and the attack on health workers in conflicts; |
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| 1a. Notes that the Global Health Resilience Initiative marks an important political signal that global health must remain a strategic priority for the European Union at a time of rising geopolitical instability, shrinking development assistance and increasing global health risks; calls for this ambition to be matched with concrete political and financial commitments to uphold global health as a universal right and global public good; |
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| 1b. Calls on the Commission to engage proactively and constructively with civil society organisations to help ensure coherence with existing EU commitments, including the EU Global Health Strategy, and to support the implementation of its commitments in the delivery of resilient, equitable and sustainable health systems globally, including this Initiative; |
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| 1c. Calls on the Commission to embed civil society organisations, local communities, and community health workers into GHRI implementation and governance through dedicated, well-defined mechanisms; |
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| 2. Notes with concern that recent reductions in official development assistance for health run counter to the growing recognition that health investment is a strategic priority where donor and partner interests align; | 2. Notes with concern that recent reductions in official development assistance for health run counter to the growing recognition that health investment is a strategic priority where donor and partner interests align; stresses that available resources should be focused at country level towards measurable outcomes, sustainability, efficiency and country ownership; |
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| 2a. Highlights that promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and an intersectoral approach at all levels have become an urgent necessity to implement Global Health and One Health approaches, which requires to build equitable partnerships between Europe and beyond with a particular consideration of low and middle-income countries (LMICs); |
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| 2a. Underlines that cuts to global health financing weaken global and European health security by increasing vulnerability to cross-border outbreaks and broader economic and geopolitical risks; stresses that sustained investment in global health is therefore also a strategic investment in the EU’s resilience and influence; |
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| 2a. Underlines that cuts to global health financing weaken both global and European health security by increasing vulnerability to cross-border outbreaks, and stresses that sustained investment in global health is therefore also a strategic investment in the EU’s resilience, stability and global influence; |
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| 3. Reiterates its call for continued EU support, including through Global Gateway, for strengthening global preparedness against health threats by investing in prevention, preparedness and response capacities in partner countries, as a valuable lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic; | 3. Reiterates its call for continued EU support, including through Global Gateway, for strengthening global preparedness against health threats by investing in prevention, preparedness and response capacities in partner countries, as a valuable lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic; recalls that the effectiveness of Global Gateway’s projects depends on improving transparency and establishing clearer mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating its impact; calls on the Commission to implement the Global Gateway strategy in line with the SDGs, with the establishment of transparent and robust mechanisms for evaluating its impact, and with a view to improving global preparedness against health threats by supporting development response capacities, especially in countries in the Global South; |
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| 3a. Calls on the Commission to avoid fragmented, pathogen-specific approaches and to support integrated, country-led preparedness systems that connect essential health services, laboratories, surveillance, workforce development, public communication and community trust; encourages the use of holistic disease surveillance combining clinical, laboratory, syndromic, wastewater, genomic, environmental and community-based intelligence, linked to timely public health reporting and response; |
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| 4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to strengthen health sovereignty in partner countries by supporting universal, country-led, resilient, affordable, equitable and inclusive health systems; encourages the Commission to develop integrated health actions aligned with partner countries’ priorities; | 4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to strengthen health sovereignty in partner countries by supporting universal, country-led, resilient, affordable, equitable and inclusive health systems, and by addressing root causes of ill-health such as poverty and inequality that particularly affect vulnerable populations; encourages the Commission to develop integrated health actions aligned with partner countries’ priorities and coordinating EU funding instruments, innovative financing tools and technical assistance for sustainable health outcomes; |
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| 4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to strengthen health sovereignty in partner countries by supporting universal, country-led, resilient, affordable, equitable and inclusive health systems; encourages the Commission to develop integrated health actions aligned with partner countries’ priorities; | 4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to strengthen health sovereignty in partner countries by supporting universal, country-led, resilient, affordable, equitable and inclusive health systems; encourages the Commission to develop integrated health actions aligned with partner countries’ priorities; stresses that support should focus on strengthening institutions, governance capacities, accountability mechanisms and sustainable domestic financing; |
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| 4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to strengthen health sovereignty in partner countries by supporting universal, country-led, resilient, affordable, equitable and inclusive health systems; encourages the Commission to develop integrated health actions aligned with partner countries’ priorities; | 4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to strengthen health sovereignty in partner countries by supporting universal, publicly funded and publicly delivered, country-led, resilient, affordable, equitable and inclusive health systems; encourages the Commission to develop integrated health actions aligned with partner countries’ priorities; |
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| 4a. Calls on the Commission to support partner countries in developing national health financing sustainability plans, with a view to progressively increasing domestic public investment in health, including where relevant towards internationally recognised commitments such as the Abuja target of allocating at least 15 % of government expenditure to health; |
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| 4a. Underlines that development aid should primarily be dedicated to deliver - “horizontal” - universal health care system coverage through a holistic and rights-based approach, which entails i.a. to fully address the multidimensional nature of health (with close links to gender, food security and nutrition, water and sanitation, education and poverty); |
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| 4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support partner countries in strengthening public financial management and domestic resource mobilisation in order to increase sustainable financing for health and social protection systems; |
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| 4b. Points out that the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the devastating consequences of social protection gaps in many developing countries; stresses the need to strengthen national social protection systems to leave no one behind; |
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| 4c. Calls in particular for enhanced coordinated action and substantial investment to achieve universal health coverage, strengthen health systems and the health workforce, ensure equitable access to affordable medicines and vaccines; stresses that universal public health coverage must be associated with the expansion of the coverage of social health protection mechanisms; |
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| 4d. Underlines the link between pandemics and the degradation of biodiversity; notes with concern that the change in land use and the destruction of natural habitats such as tropical forests are responsible for at least half of the emerging zoonoses; stresses the need to preserve biodiversity and healthy ecosystems that provide clean air, water, and food, which are fundamental for human well-being, in line with the One Health approach; |
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| 5. Expresses concern over the worsening Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been aggravated by armed conflict, population displacement and weak healthcare infrastructure; highlights the particular risks posed by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which no approved vaccine currently exists; calls for the EU and its Member States and international partners to strengthen support for emergency healthcare services, disease surveillance and community-based prevention efforts in cooperation with the WHO and local authorities; | 5. Expresses concern over the worsening Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been aggravated by armed conflict, population displacement and weak healthcare infrastructure; highlights the particular risks posed by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which no approved vaccine currently exists; underlines that researchers found that most cases of Ebola transmission to humans occur in fragmented, disturbed forests undergoing rapid environmental change, thereby displacing wildlife and significantly increasing the frequency of contact between infected animals and human populations; calls for the EU and its Member States and international partners to strengthen support for emergency healthcare services, disease surveillance and community-based prevention efforts in cooperation with the WHO and local authorities; stresses upon the need to safeguard natural habitats as a frontline public health strategy by mitigating environmental, zoonotic, and climate-related risks; |
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| 5. Expresses concern over the worsening Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been aggravated by armed conflict, population displacement and weak healthcare infrastructure; highlights the particular risks posed by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which no approved vaccine currently exists; calls for the EU and its Member States and international partners to strengthen support for emergency healthcare services, disease surveillance and community-based prevention efforts in cooperation with the WHO and local authorities; | 5. Expresses concern over the worsening Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been aggravated by armed conflict, population displacement and weak healthcare infrastructure; highlights the particular risks posed by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which no approved vaccine currently exists; calls for the EU and its Member States and international partners to strengthen support for emergency healthcare services, to strengthen availability of medical countermeasures, disease surveillance and community-based prevention efforts in cooperation with the WHO and local authorities; reiterates that non-medical countermeasures, notably access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure in healthcare facilities and communities, constitute essential components of effective disease prevention and health system resilience; |
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| 5. Expresses concern over the worsening Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been aggravated by armed conflict, population displacement and weak healthcare infrastructure; highlights the particular risks posed by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which no approved vaccine currently exists; calls for the EU and its Member States and international partners to strengthen support for emergency healthcare services, disease surveillance and community-based prevention efforts in cooperation with the WHO and local authorities; | 5. Expresses concern over the worsening Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been aggravated by armed conflict, population displacement and weak healthcare infrastructure; highlights the particular risks posed by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which no approved vaccine currently exists; calls for the EU and its Member States and international partners to strengthen support for emergency healthcare services, disease surveillance and community-based prevention efforts in cooperation with the WHO and local authorities; calls on the EU to strengthen its role in global health governance, particularly in supporting the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and aligning the EU actions with SDG 3.4, which aims to reduce premature mortality from NCDs by one-third by 2030; |
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| 5. Expresses concern over the worsening Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been aggravated by armed conflict, population displacement and weak healthcare infrastructure; highlights the particular risks posed by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which no approved vaccine currently exists; calls for the EU and its Member States and international partners to strengthen support for emergency healthcare services, disease surveillance and community-based prevention efforts in cooperation with the WHO and local authorities; | 5. Expresses concern over the worsening Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been aggravated by armed conflict, population displacement and weak healthcare infrastructure; highlights the particular risks posed by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which no approved vaccine currently exists; calls for the EU and its Member States and international partners to strengthen support for emergency healthcare services, disease surveillance, community-based prevention efforts and research for rapid development of effective vaccines and other medical countermeasures in cooperation with the WHO, CEPI and local authorities; |
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| 6. Calls for the EU to develop specific strategies for achieving health outcomes in fragile contexts; | 6. Calls for the EU to develop specific strategies for achieving health outcomes in fragile contexts, conflict-affected and humanitarian contexts; recalls that resilience in such settings requires sustained presence, humanitarian access and continuity of care, and that non-state actors and independent humanitarian mechanisms play a critical role in ensuring healthcare access for populations marginalised or excluded by their own governments; |
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| 6. Calls for the EU to develop specific strategies for achieving health outcomes in fragile contexts; | 6. Calls for the EU to develop specific strategies for achieving health outcomes in fragile contexts; stresses that prioritizing local research and development is essential for tailoring interventions to the specific health needs of LICs and LMICs, where health issues may differ significantly from those in higher-income countries; |
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| 6. Calls for the EU to develop specific strategies for achieving health outcomes in fragile contexts; | 6. Calls for the EU to develop specific strategies for achieving health outcomes in fragile contexts, in particular for promoting universal health coverage and the social determinants of health, in particular poverty and inequalities; |
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| 6. Calls for the EU to develop specific strategies for achieving health outcomes in fragile contexts; | 6. Calls for the EU to develop specific strategies for achieving health outcomes in fragile contexts, including non medical prevention measures such as the provision of clean water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure; |
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| 6. Calls for the EU to develop specific strategies for achieving health outcomes in fragile contexts; | 6. Calls for the EU to develop a differentiated approach for achieving health outcomes in fragile contexts; |
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| 6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the development of climate-resilient health systems in partner countries, including through investment in climate-adapted healthcare infrastructure, early warning systems and preparedness for climate-sensitive diseases; |
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| 7. Calls for the EU and its Member States to address the widening gender disparities in health outcomes and healthcare funding, especially in maternal and child health, and to support women and girls in partner countries by promoting their right to health and addressing their need for universal access to sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence services, which are essential to sustainable development; | 7. Calls for the EU and its Member States to address the widening gender inequalities in health outcomes and healthcare funding, by prioritizing funding for women’s health to address the funding gap, especially in sexual and reproductive health and rights, maternal and child health, and to support women and girls, including by providing support to women’s organizations, in partner countries by promoting their right to health and addressing their need for universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender-based violence services, which are essential to sustainable development; |
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| 7. Calls for the EU and its Member States to address the widening gender disparities in health outcomes and healthcare funding, especially in maternal and child health, and to support women and girls in partner countries by promoting their right to health and addressing their need for universal access to sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence services, which are essential to sustainable development; | 7. Calls for the EU and its Member States to address the widening gender disparities in health outcomes and healthcare funding, especially in maternal and child health, and to support women and girls in partner countries by promoting their right to health and addressing their need for universal access to sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence services, which are essential to sustainable development; recognises the important role that women’s rights organisations, community-led and community-based organisations play in this regard; |
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| 7. Calls for the EU and its Member States to address the widening gender disparities in health outcomes and healthcare funding, especially in maternal and child health, and to support women and girls in partner countries by promoting their right to health and addressing their need for universal access to sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence services, which are essential to sustainable development; | 7. Calls for the EU and its Member States to address the widening gender disparities in health outcomes and healthcare funding, especially in maternal and child health, and to support women and girls in partner countries promoting equal access to quality healthcare, maternal and child health services, preventive care and protection from gender-based violence, while respecting partner countries’ competencies and national contexts which are essential to sustainable development; |
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| 7. Calls for the EU and its Member States to address the widening gender disparities in health outcomes and healthcare funding, especially in maternal and child health, and to support women and girls in partner countries by promoting their right to health and addressing their need for universal access to sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence services, which are essential to sustainable development; | 7. Calls for the EU and its Member States to address the widening gender disparities in health outcomes and healthcare funding, especially in maternal and child health, and to support women and girls in partner countries by promoting their right to health and addressing their need for universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender-based violence services, which are essential to sustainable development; |
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| 7a. Calls on the EU and the Member States to strengthen support for the training, recruitment, retention and fair remuneration of health workers in partner countries, including through partnerships with local training institutions and measures to mitigate the negative effects of international health workforce migration; |
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| 8. Stresses that private sector investment under the global health resilience initiative (GHRI) should support public health objectives and partner countries’ priorities; | 8. Stresses that private sector investment under the global health resilience initiative (GHRI) should support public health objectives and partner countries’ priorities; notes that private sector actors cannot substitute for predictable public financing in fragile, conflict-affected and humanitarian contexts, where needs are often greatest but economic and political returns are less immediate; calls on the Commission to ensure efforts to align partnerships and investments with EU priorities should not result in the neglect of areas which are not directly linked to the EU’s economic or security interests, including fragile, conflict-affected, and humanitarian contexts; |
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| 8. Stresses that private sector investment under the global health resilience initiative (GHRI) should support public health objectives and partner countries’ priorities; | 8. Recognises the role of private finance to close the financing gap in achieving the SDGs, but highlights that the private sector cannot replace public investments in critical services such as health, that provide crucial long-term prospects to overcome poverty; on this line, stresses that private sector investment under the global health resilience initiative (GHRI) should support public health objectives and partner countries’ priorities; |
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| 8. Stresses that private sector investment under the global health resilience initiative (GHRI) should support public health objectives and partner countries’ priorities; | 8. Stresses that any private sector involvement under the global health resilience initiative (GHRI) should be fully transparent, subject to robust public oversight and accountability mechanisms, and must not undermine the provision of universal public healthcare services, supporting public health objectives and partner countries’ priorities; |
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| 8a. Stresses that private investment and public-private partnerships can play a crucial role in strengthening health systems, improving innovation and expanding access to health technologies, provided that they are transparent, accountable and aligned with public health objectives; |
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| 9a. Stresses that a range of Intellectual Property Protection provisions, especially patents but also industrial designs and trade secrets, which limit access to affordable quality medicines, combined with limited technology and knowledge transfer, constitute major impediment to address effectively health crises; recalls that the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health affirms the right of developing countries to use the flexibility provisions in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights to protect public health and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all; |
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| 9b. Urges the EU to support third countries, in particular LDCs, in the effective implementation of flexibilities for the protection of public health provided for in TRIPs agreements and to ensure that its bilateral trade agreements are fully supportive of this objective; |
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| 10. Calls on the Commission to make full use of the potential of Global Gateway’s 360-degree approach in order to boost investment in health, education and, in particular, health workforce training and research to generate local jobs, support local business development and strengthen health systems; | deleted |
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| 10. Calls on the Commission to make full use of the potential of Global Gateway’s 360-degree approach in order to boost investment in health, education and, in particular, health workforce training and research to generate local jobs, support local business development and strengthen health systems; | 10. Calls on the Commission to make full use of the potential of Global Gateway’s 360-degree approach in order to boost investment in health, education and skills, in particular, health workforce training and research to generate local jobs, support local business development and strengthen health systems; believes that strong conditionalities should be attached to public funding, notably in terms of collective governance, transparency, sharing of technologies, technical know-how and clinical results, etc.; stresses that these conditions must be made public, as public finance cannot consist of blank cheques; |
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| 10a. Emphasises that research, higher education and academic partnerships are core components of resilient health systems and should not be treated as ancillary activities; calls on the Commission to ensure that EU global health investments systematically support local research institutions, public health schools, regulatory science, workforce training, evidence generation and research-to-policy capacities in partner countries; |
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| 11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the diversification of global supply chains for health technologies through coordinated investments, guarantees, blended finance and public-private partnerships in partner countries; | 11. Recalls that the COVID 19 pandemic demonstrated the need to shorten existing supply chains as much as possible, notably to avoid dependence on long and fragile global supply chains for critical medical equipment and pharmaceuticals; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the diversification of global supply chains for health technologies, notably by assisting middle and low income countries in building local manufacturing capability through critical knowledge, technology transfer, information and regulatory guidance, including through coordinated investments, guarantees, blended finance and public-private partnerships in partner countries; |
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| 11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the diversification of global supply chains for health technologies through coordinated investments, guarantees, blended finance and public-private partnerships in partner countries; | 11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the diversification of global supply chains for health technologies through coordinated investments, guarantees, blended finance and public-private partnerships in partner countries; stresses that reducing excessive dependencies on single suppliers contributes to both partner countries’ resilience and European health security; |
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| 11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the development of regional manufacturing capacities for essential health technologies, including vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics, in partner countries, with a view to strengthening local value chains, reducing dependencies and improving equitable access; |
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| 11a. Calls on the EU and Member States to enhance their coordination on global health inter alia by keeping an up-to-date mapping of their investments to improve coherence, complementarity, transparency and accountability; |
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| 11b. Calls on the Commission to ensure policy coherence for development across health, trade, investment and research policies and to promote technology transfer, knowledge-sharing and international intellectual property flexibilities in order to reduce barriers to access and strengthen health sovereignty in partner countries; |
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| 11b. Calls for the establishment and strengthening of regional and national stockpiles of essential medical countermeasures, as well as coordinated mechanisms for their rapid deployment in response to health emergencies; |
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| 12a. Stresses that the sharing of pathogen samples and sequence information is crucial for the rapid development of diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines; recalls the international binding obligations of fair and equitable benefit sharing of the Convention of Biological Diversity and its Nagoya Protocol with regard to genetic materials; accordingly, calls on the EU to take the lead, under the WHO and UN leadership, to ensure fair and equitable benefit sharing of medical products arising from sharing of virus samples and digital sequence information, with the aim to support the needs of developing and least developed countries; |
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| 12a. Stresses that support for local and regional manufacturing must be accompanied by technology transfer, regulatory strengthening, quality assurance systems, sustainable procurement, workforce training and long-term academic and scientific partnerships, in order to ensure that production capacity is viable, trusted and responsive to public health needs; |
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| 12a. Calls on the Commission to promote technology transfer, knowledge-sharing and the effective use of international intellectual property flexibilities in order to reduce barriers to access to health technologies and strengthen health sovereignty in partner countries; |
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| 12a. Calls on the Commission to promote technology transfer, knowledge sharing and local production capacities, and to support the use of TRIPS flexibilities in order to ensure equitable, affordable and timely access to medicines, vaccines and other health technologies |
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| 12b. Calls on the Commission to support global pooled procurement and equitable access mechanisms for vaccines, diagnostics, therapeutics and other essential health technologies, drawing lessons from COVAX and ensuring that future emergency responses avoid fragmentation, export restrictions and national self-protection that undermine global preparedness; |
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| 12b. Calls on the Commission to improve the transparency, tracking and reporting of EU funding for global health, including under the NDICI–Global Europe instrument, by developing clear indicators to measure impact, effectiveness and contribution to strengthening health systems; |
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| 12b. Notes with concern that air pollution, climate change and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) have been designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as some of the leading global public health threats facing humanity; |
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| 12c. In particular, notes with deep concern that pollutants in the environment have a massive impact on global health, especially for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs); calls on the EU to assist developing countries, notably the LMICs and LDCs, to prioritize disease prevention, through investment in the management of pollution, including through strategies on access to clean energies, clean and efficient transport, control of industrial emissions and the sound use of chemicals, as it is a highly cost-effective strategy for enhancing population health, reducing the burden on limited health resources and advancing national development; |
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| 12c. Calls for greater transparency regarding public funding of pharmaceutical research and development, including transparency on production costs, clinical trial data and pricing mechanisms, in order to ensure that publicly funded innovation serves the public interest; |
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| 12d. Calls equally on the EU and its Member States to support sustainable food system, as a core element of the One Health approach, notably since healthier diets, a key outcome of sustainable food system, would support stronger immune system; |
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| 13. Reaffirms its strong support for effective multilateralism, with the WHO at its centre, to close the current gaps in global health resilience; underlines that the EU should continue to act as a reliable, long-term partner in addressing global health challenges; | 13. Reaffirms its strong support for effective multilateralism, with the WHO at its centre, to close the current gaps in global health resilience; highlight that “One Health” approach, which combine animal, human, and environmental health, is critical for preventing pandemic and global health resilience, meaning that all actions to prevent, predict, detect and respond to health threats should take into account the interlinkages between human, animal, plant and ecosystem health; underlines that the EU should continue to act as a reliable, long-term partner in addressing global health challenges; |
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| 13. Reaffirms its strong support for effective multilateralism, with the WHO at its centre, to close the current gaps in global health resilience; underlines that the EU should continue to act as a reliable, long-term partner in addressing global health challenges; | 13. Reaffirms its strong support for effective multilateralism, with the WHO at its centre, to close the current gaps in global health resilience; underlines that the EU should continue to act as a reliable, long-term partner in addressing global health challenges; calls on the EU to increase its political and financial support to multilateral organisations such as the WHO, GAVI, the Global Fund and CEPI to ensure equitable access to vaccines, diagnostics, and treatments globally; |
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| 13. Reaffirms its strong support for effective multilateralism, with the WHO at its centre, to close the current gaps in global health resilience; underlines that the EU should continue to act as a reliable, long-term partner in addressing global health challenges; | 13. Reaffirms its strong support for effective multilateralism, with the WHO at its centre, to close the current gaps in global health resilience; underlines that the EU should continue to act as a reliable, long-term partner in addressing global health challenges; stresses that international organisations should be subject to robust standards of transparency, effectiveness and accountability; |
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| 13a. Stresses that global health resilience depends on a properly financed, operationally capable and politically supported WHO; calls on the EU and its Member States to strengthen the WHO’s financial sustainability, normative authority and operational capacity, particularly in a context of shrinking official development assistance and growing geopolitical fragmentation; |
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| 16. Calls on the Commission to strengthen cooperation with multilateral organisations, regional institutions and local actors, recognising their key role in ensuring the effective implementation of the GHRI and in local ownership and adaptation to local realities; | 16. Calls on the Commission to strengthen cooperation with international and multilateral organisations including non-profit product development partnerships, regional institutions and local actors, recognising their key role in ensuring the effective implementation of the GHRI and in local ownership and adaptation to local realities; |
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| 17a. Calls for stronger operationalisation of the Team Europe approach in global health, including through joint programming, joint implementation and regular mapping of EU and Member States’ investments, in order to enhance coherence, complementarity, visibility and impact; |
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| 18a. Stresses that climate change, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss are major drivers of health crises and disease outbreaks; calls on the EU to strengthen the integration of the One Health approach across all global health actions and development cooperation programmes; |
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| 19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen and coordinate their efforts to counter health misinformation, disinformation and foreign information manipulation in partner countries, to rebuild trust in evidence-based public health policies, and to improve health literacy and vaccine confidence; | 19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen and coordinate their efforts to counter health misinformation, disinformation and foreign information manipulation in partner countries, to rebuild trust in evidence-based public health policies, and to improve health literacy and vaccine confidence; stresses that international organisations should be subject to robust standards of transparency, effectiveness and accountability; |
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| 19a. Encourages the Commission to recognise digital public health tools as a core complement to conventional medical countermeasures, particularly where they can support decentralised surveillance, early warning, low-cost scalability, community engagement and timely public health decision-making, while ensuring strong safeguards on data protection, equity and local ownership; |
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| 20a. States that the GHRI, as currently presented, remains primarily oriented towards EU internal preparedness without clearly explaining how EU-centred initiatives will translate into concrete benefits for partner countries; calls on the Commission to publish, as part of its implementation roadmap, a clear accountability framework setting out how each flagship initiative will respond to the needs and priorities of partner countries, and to ensure that partner countries are meaningfully consulted in the design and governance of these initiatives; |
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| 20a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the implementation roadmap includes measurable objectives, timelines, financial commitments, governance arrangements, partner-country ownership mechanisms, civil society participation and indicators to assess impact on equity, resilience, access and local capacity; |
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| 21. Highlights the fact that the EU’s ambition to lead in global health must be backed by adequate, predictable and sustained financing for global health systems; stresses the need to include global health resilience as an objective under the next multiannual financial framework, with a clear budgetary allocation under relevant instruments such as the Global Europe instrument and Horizon Europe; | 21. Highlights the fact that the EU’s ambition to lead in global health must be backed by adequate, predictable and sustained financing for global health systems; stresses that any future financial commitments should be accompanied by clear objectives, measurable results and strong accountability mechanisms, while leveraging private investment and innovative financing instruments wherever appropriate; |
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| 21. Highlights the fact that the EU’s ambition to lead in global health must be backed by adequate, predictable and sustained financing for global health systems; stresses the need to include global health resilience as an objective under the next multiannual financial framework, with a clear budgetary allocation under relevant instruments such as the Global Europe instrument and Horizon Europe; | 21. Highlights the fact that the EU’s ambition to lead in global health must be backed by adequate, substantially increased, predictable grant-based public and sustained financing for global health systems; stresses the need to include global health resilience as an objective under the next multiannual financial framework, with a clear budgetary allocation under relevant instruments |
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| 21a. Calls for EU external action and research instruments to include clearly traceable funding for global health resilience, including support for health systems, research capacity, pandemic preparedness, health workforce development and equitable access to health technologies in LMICs; |
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| 21a. Requests the Commission to ensure coherence and coordination between all EU policies and instruments, including development, trade, investment, and research, to maximise the impact of EU actions on global health resilience; |
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| 21a. Calls on the Commission to ensure full policy coherence for development across health, trade, investment, research and digital policies, in order to maximise the impact of EU action on global health resilience in partner countries; |
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| 21b. Calls on the Commission, to consider greater geographical flexibility for global health research cooperation, including by enabling stronger participation of LMIC partners beyond existing regional mandates, such as Latin America and the Caribbean where relevant, in order to support equitable preparedness, comparative research and rapid response to future cross-border health crises; |
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@misc{epw-text-deve-am-789863,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{AMENDMENTS 1 - 98 - Draft motion for a resolution Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-06-08},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/DEVE-AM-789863}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/DEVE-AM-789863},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Text. docId DEVE-AM-789863. Data: EP Open Data API: document record (CC BY 4.0)}
}