{"id":453333,"date":"2026-05-13T13:37:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/05\/13\/lue-lancia-liniziativa-per-la-resilienza-sanitaria-globale-parola-chiave-cooperazione\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:00:02","slug":"eu-launches-global-health-resilience-initiative-with-focus-on-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/05\/13\/eu-launches-global-health-resilience-initiative-with-focus-on-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"EU launches Global Health Resilience Initiative, with focus on \u2018cooperation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 \u201cGlobal health is not immune to the fierce competition, coercive power politics, and information manipulation that influence international relations. T<\/span>he recent hantavirus outbreak, affecting citizens of multiple nationalities, reminds us why we need more international cooperation, not less,<\/strong>\u201d said Kaja Kallas<\/strong>, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, at the Global Health Resilience Initiative, adopted today (13 May) by the European Commission. \u201cWhile some pull back from multilateral organisations that protect global health, the EU is stepping up with more support<\/strong>,\u201d Kallas added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jozef S\u00edkela<\/strong>, the European Commissioner for International Partnerships, also touched on the latest developments regarding the hantavirus: “It reminded us all of our vulnerability when it comes to health. We all remember the impact of COVID-19 on our lives. The reality is that t<\/span>he frequency and intensity of disease outbreaks are increasing<\/strong>.<\/span>” The Global Health Resilience Initiative, therefore,<\/span> is Europe\u2019s “answer to three hard truths: health threats do not respect borders, preparedness pays off, and dependence is truly dangerous,\u201d S\u00edkela said at a press conference<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Although global life expectancy has increased by more than five years, the infant mortality rate has halved, and maternal mortality has fallen by 40 per cent <\/span>between 2000 and 2023<\/a><\/span>, in recent years this progress has slowed and is insufficient to achieve the <\/span>Global Sustainable Development Goals<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> of the UN\u2019s 2030 Agenda. The <\/strong>Initiative, explains the Commission, aims to make the European Union a key player in global health<\/strong> by strengthening prevention, preparedness, and response to future health threats worldwide. The plan sets out the operational framework for EU action to improve European responses. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Initiative is structured around five sectors that the Commission considers to be priorities. First and foremost, the aim is to \u201cpromote a more effective and less fragmented global health architecture,<\/strong>\u201d which is necessary \u201cto address current challenges, including financing gaps\u201d. Development aid for health, in fact, <\/strong><\/span>fell by 21 per cent<\/a><\/strong> between 2024 and 2025<\/strong>, from around 45.8 billion euros to 36.1 billion euros, with further declines expected until 2030. \u201cThe EU has already mobilised <\/span>over \u20ac6 billion for health investments under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument \u2013 Global Europe instrument,\u201d said S\u00edkela. However, greater coordination is needed: “There are too many actors and too many overlapping mandates.\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Another pillar of the European strategy is to strive for resilient, country-led health systems. According to the Commission, \u201cstrong national health systems are the backbone of resilience: countries that can finance, manage and deliver their own essential health services are equipped to respond to crises, protect their populations and maintain continuity of care during shocks.\u201d The EU<\/strong>, therefore, should support partner countries\u2019 transition towards healthcare autonomy through concrete investments and the sharing of expertise<\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, the EU is committed to strengthening prevention, preparedness, and response at the international level to global health threats and crises. To this end, it will ensure ” greater availability of medical countermeasures\u2014including therapeutics, vaccines, and diagnostics,” S\u00edkela explained. The EU will support a global health monitoring system to map global health expenditure \u2013 objectives also include diversifying global supply chains and the production of key health products \u2013 and aims to accelerate \u201cthe deployment of EU investment instruments,\u201d such as the Team Europe initiative on the production of and access to vaccines, medicines, and health technologies. Finally, the EU aims to \u201cbolster societal resilience by fostering trust in science and countering health dis- and misinformation<\/strong>\u201d on health matters.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The initiative aims to make the EU a key player in global health by strengthening global prevention, preparedness, and response to future health threats. Kallas: \u201cWhile some pull back from multilateral organisations that protect global health, the EU is stepping up with more support.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7911,"featured_media":453306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30961],"tags":[25871,34076,26640,26551,33394,26919],"class_list":["post-453333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salute-en","tag-global-health","tag-health","tag-sdg-en","tag-ue","tag-vaccines-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7911"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453334,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453333\/revisions\/453334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}