Conflict, climate crisis and COVID-19 pose great threats to the health of women and children.
The GHS Index is intended to be a key resource in the face of increasing risks of high-consequence and globally catastrophic biological events and
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in light of major gaps in international financing for preparedness. These risks are magnified by a rapidly changing and interconnected world; increasing political instability; urbanization; climate change; and rapid technology advances that make it easier, cheaper, and faster to create and engineer pathogens.
Key findings from the study of 195 countries:
• Out of a possible 100 points, the average GHS Index score across 195 countries was 40.2.
• The majority of high- and middle-income countries do not score above 50.
• Action is urgently needed to improve countries’ readiness for high-consequence infectious disease outbreaks.
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UNAIDS and DPKO non paper | 2011
- Resilient Markets
- Resilient Agriculture
- Resilient People
- Political Leadership for Resilient Growth
Vanquishing violence and vulnerability in humanitarian settings
Background paper for the joint African Union–UNAIDS (in capacity of serving
Chair of H6)
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high-level side event at the 73rd United Nations General Assembly,
24 September 2018, at UNHQ, Conference Room 3
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The Compendium brings together for the first time key consensus-based policy recommendations and guidance to improve
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the delivery of proven interventions to women and children. The user-friendly format incorporates icons and tabs to present key health-related policies that support the delivery of essential RMNCH interventions. It also includes multisectoral policies on the economic, social, technological and environmental factors that influence health outcomes and service delivery. The Policy Compendium is a companion document to the Essential Interventions, Commodities and Guidelines for RMNCH.
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Background paper 7
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
May 2021
23 February 2022
A summary of the commitments and targets within the United Nations General Assembly’s 2021 Political Declaration on HIV and AID
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S.The United Nations General Assembly’s 2021 Political Declaration on AIDS features bold global commitments and targets for 2025 that are ambitious but achievable if countries and communities follow the evidence-informed guidance within the Global AIDS Strategy 2021–2026. This UNAIDS publication provides a summary of those commitments and targets to get every country and every community on-track to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030
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