In the context of eradicating poverty, combating climate change, ensuring a healthy life on earth and promoting the well-being of all citizens, on September 27, 2015, Agenda 2030 was adopted in New York, which represents a joint program of action with 17 sustainable development objectives in the its three dimensions: economic, social and environmental, for all UN member states in order to maintain peace, the prosperity of mankind and the planet, both for present and future generations. The program is a global agreement that is based on an urgent call to action for all the states of the world, through which it is established that eradicating poverty, combating climate change, ensuring a healthy life and promoting the well-being of all citizens must take place by accelerating the implementation of new strategies effective and long-lasting for improving health, education, limiting existing inequalities, but stimulating economic growth at the global level. In order to ensure a healthy life for the citizens of the planet, health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, pose a major global risk for humanity and the entire planet and highlight the fundamental need for constant preparation of the entire decision-making chain for the states of the world. Although we are in the 21st century, it can be seen that the states of the world, through state institutions, are not prepared to prevent, to combat health crises, to ensure a healthy life for mankind and to carry out actions to promote the well-being of all citizens of the world, both for the present generations and the future ones. Thus, in a report prepared within the UN Development Program, the existence of major disparities in terms of the ability of the countries of the world to cope with health crises was highlighted, and the COVID -19 pandemic demonstrated that the countries of the world, regardless of their level of development, they found out at a moment of balance in terms of how to prepare and manage health crises, but also the low level of realization of investments in critical public services.
Dr. Lidia Lenuța Bălan, Associate Researcher – National Institute of Economic Research “Costin C. Kiriţescu”
Dr. Lidia Lenuța Bălan, Associate Researcher – National Institute of Economic Research “Costin C. Kiriţescu”
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