{"id":12667,"date":"2019-05-17T13:42:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T12:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WHA72-11.6-Climate-change.pdf"},"modified":"2019-05-17T13:42:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T12:42:59","slug":"wha72-11-6-climate-change-2","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/es\/wha72-11-6-climate-change-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WHA72- 11.6 Climate change"},"author":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/www.wma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WHA72-11.6-Climate-change.pdf'>WHA72- 11.6 Climate change<\/a><\/p>\n<p>THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC.<br \/>\nL\u2019ASSOCIATION MEDICALE MONDIALE, INC<br \/>\nASOCIACION MEDICA MUNDIAL, INC<br \/>\nCentre International de Bureaux FEIN : 13-2566243<br \/>\nImmeuble A \u00abKeynes\u00bb Website : www.wma.net Postal Address :<br \/>\n13, chemin du Levant Telephone : (33) 4 50 40 75 75 Bo\u00eete Postale 63<br \/>\n01210 FERNEY-VOLTAIRE Fax : (33) 4 50 40 59 37 01210 FERNEY-VOLTAIRE Cedex<br \/>\nFrance E-mail address : wma@wma.net France<br \/>\n72nd<br \/>\nWorld Health Assembly<br \/>\n11.6 Health, environment and climate change<br \/>\nDistinguished Delegates,<br \/>\nThank you for the opportunity to speak on behalf of the World Medical Association, which<br \/>\nrepresents 9 million physicians around the world.<br \/>\nWe welcome the draft WHO global strategy on health, environment and climate change, in<br \/>\nparticular the proposal to address the wide spectrum of climate change impacts on health, through<br \/>\ncross-sectoral action on determinants of health and a health-in-all-policies approach. We support the<br \/>\nrecommendation to strengthen the health sector leadership and governance and recommend<br \/>\ndeveloping further on ways to equip and educate the health workforce, including physicians, to<br \/>\npromote a better environment, address patients\u2019 needs, and transmit health knowledge regarding<br \/>\nenvironmental risks to policy-makers and communities.<br \/>\nWe consider that greater emphasis should be placed on the need for health impact assessments of<br \/>\nnew trade agreements being negotiated in multilateral settings in order to protect, promote and<br \/>\nprioritize public health over commercial interests and secure services in the public interest,<br \/>\nincluding those impacting on health and environment.<br \/>\nWe would look with appreciation WHO acting as a global role model through the adoption of<br \/>\nclimate change performance indicators of its own activities, which could inspire the wider UN<br \/>\ncommunity.<br \/>\nWe hope that the WHO will continue to play its convening role at the UN Climate Action Summit<br \/>\nand in the framework of the UN Climate Change negotiations, as its leadership is essential in<br \/>\nfacilitating a strong health sector engagement and the true representation of health professionals<br \/>\nwho bear witness to the impacts of climate change in their communities.<br \/>\nThe WMA remains committed to addressing social and environmental determinants of health. We<br \/>\nlook forward to collaborating with WHO on these issues and can be helpful allies in reaching out to<br \/>\nthe health professional community specifically physicians.<br \/>\nThank you,<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>WHA72- 11.6 Climate change THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. L\u2019ASSOCIATION MEDICALE MONDIALE, INC ASOCIACION MEDICA MUNDIAL, INC Centre International de Bureaux FEIN : 13-2566243 Immeuble A \u00abKeynes\u00bb Website : www.wma.net Postal Address : 13, chemin du Levant Telephone : (33) 4 50 40 75 75 Bo\u00eete Postale 63 01210 FERNEY-VOLTAIRE Fax : (33) 4 50 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"file","mime_type":"application\/pdf","media_details":{},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/WHA72-11.6-Climate-change.pdf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12667"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12667"}]}}