{"id":10497,"date":"2022-01-27T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/?post_type=news&p=10497"},"modified":"2022-01-28T11:03:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T10:03:08","slug":"discussing-public-health-emergency-preparedness-at-eb150","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/discussing-public-health-emergency-preparedness-at-eb150\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussing public health emergency preparedness at #EB150"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a statement made at the 150th Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization on Agenda Item 15.3: WHO\u2019s work in health emergencies\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Honourable Chair,<\/p>\n

Distinguished Delegates,<\/p>\n

People living with circulatory conditions are disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The lack of attention to NCDs in the early stages of the pandemic impeded their inclusion in strategic response plans and few countries included NCDs as part of essential health services packages. This has resulted in a deadly interplay between the NCD epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

NCDs including hypertension, kidney disease, diabetes, stroke, and other circulatory conditions must be a top priority in preparedness, response, readiness and coordination activities and agreements at global, regional and country levels.<\/p>\n

As such, our organisations, representing the global circulatory health community (those most impacted by COVID-19), call on Member States to:<\/p>\n