Member States of WHO globally – and in its European Region – are committed to implementing three interconnected strategic priorities that constitute the pillars of WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work, 2019–2023 (GPW 13):
These core priorities are anchored in the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda and are linked to three bold targets for the health sector’s contribution to the SDGs: the triple billion targets.
The GPW 13 is linked to the triple billion targets at the centre of the health sector’s contribution to the SDGs for the world:
The EPW shapes the European Region’s contribution to the GPW 13 and these global targets. The Tallinn Charter: Health Systems for Health and Wealth; the Astana Declaration (on Primary Health Care); the Ostrava Declaration of the Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health; and the Shanghai Declaration on promoting health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provide a solid foundation for refocusing the Region’s work on these core priorities, while the COVID-19 pandemic adds urgency to the efforts to reach these targets.