The Global Health Security Conference declared climate change as a major threat to the health of the world, especially in developing countries. One billion children in the world are at high risk due to the climate crisis. Impacts and serious consequences are faced, Pakistan’s economy is losing 1 billion 80 million dollars annually due to climate change, floods, epidemics and other diseases are increasing due to increase in temperature and climate change, malaria, dengue, typhoid. , diseases caused by infection, dehydration, lack of food and other problems are emerging rapidly.
The first of its kind in Pakistan, the Waza Global Health Security Conference has started in Islamabad. Health experts, health ministers, delegates and delegations from more than 70 countries of the world participated in the global conference, organized by the Ministry of National Health. On the first day of the Global Health Security Conference, there were two sessions, Pandemic Preparedness and Response and two talks on Climate Change and the growing threat to people’s health, Pandemic Preparedness and Rapid Response.
Among the experts involved in the discussion were Dr. Ann Wilson, Head of the UK IHR Project, Dr. Richard Brennan, Director of Emergency in Cairo of the World Health Organization, Elizabeth Hayes, Acting Country Director of the CDC, Senior Health of the World Bank’s Global Financing Facility. Specialist Miss Supriya Madhavan, Advisor to the Minister of Health of Qatar Prof. Dr. Mahmood Adil, Director of Green Star Pakistan Dr. Rehana Ahmed, Country Representative of UNICEF Pakistan Abdullah Fadil expressed their views while Public Health Specialist Dr. Rana Muhammad Safdar acted as moderator.
Experts said effective strategies for preparedness and rapid response should be formulated to deal with epidemics, Dr. Richard Brennan said that capacity building in the health system and linking other sectors with the health sector should be utilized. Bring the car. Miss Elizabeth said that the health system has an important role to play in the health emergency. Abdullah Fadil said that we get a lesson from Corona that there should be a strategy for preparation and immediate response to deal with any epidemic.
Dr. Ann Wilson of Great Britain said that Pakistan has to establish an early warning system to deal with floods. Multinational communication and cooperation is very important to deal with the climate crisis immediately. Supriya Madhavan said that effective health facilities and modern system should be established during health emergency, supply and demand gap should also be eliminated for effective response, Dr. Mehmood Adil expressed his views on family planning. Dr Rehana Ahmed said that access to family planning should be ensured during human health emergencies, given the Global Strategy for Private Sector Involvement in Family Planning by 2030. In the second discussion of the conference, the experts expressed their views on the health risks caused by the effects of climate change.
While online, Dr. George Lee, Denmark’s United Nations Environment Advisor Dakar Arwakhan, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia Sanjay Vijay Skira and Dr. Saima Shafiq expressed their views. Asif Sahibzada said that Pakistan has a very small share in environmental pollution, but it is facing its negative effects and consequences the most. Professor George Lee said there is a close link between health and climate change, with the world warming by 2 to 3 degrees. Dr. Alyshe Rosario said that climate change poses a great threat to the health of the world, especially developing countries. Dr. Urwa Khan said that climate change has had negative effects on the health of the people of Pakistan. Sanjay Vijay Sekira said that climate change has a very negative effect on children, more than one billion children in the world are at high risk due to the effects of climate change. The Global Health Security Conference will continue today and there will be discussions on four topics during the session
