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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General’s opening remarks at Virtual Event on Climate Change and its Link to Health, Labour and Human Rights

February 11, 2021

SEE: https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-virtual-event-on-climate-change-and-its-link-to-health-labour-and-human-rights

 “ ... The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder of the intimate and delicate relationship between people and planet, which we can only address with a “One Health” approach.

Recently WHO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Organisation for Animal Health and the UN Environment Programme joined forces to establish a One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, and I would especially like to thank Her Excellency Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her leadership of that group.

Of course, the need for a “One Health” approach goes far beyond antimicrobial resistance. ...”

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