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STORY: SEVILLA / GLOBAL HEALTH ECOSYSTEM PRESSER
TRT: 4:59
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 02 JULY 2025, SEVILLA, SPAIN / 30 JUNE 2025, SEVILLA, SPAIN
30 JUNE 2025, SEVILLA, SPAIN
1. Various drone shots, Conference centre
2. Various shots, conference participants and journalists
02 JULY 2025, SEVILLA, SPAIN
3. Wide shot, press briefing room
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pedro Sanchez, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (officially known as President of the Government):
“The cuts in the global health ecosystem, according to Nature magazine, will cause more than 25 million deaths in the next 15 years. Just to give you an idea that is a figure greater than the population of 130 countries in the world. This scenario has come about because of the withdrawal and retreat of some major donor States, but also because selfishness is winning the battle against empathy. In a world of fragile memory, a world in which science and knowledge are fighting an unequal battle against the propagators of hoaxes and conspiracy theories.”
5. Wide shot, press briefing room
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pedro Sánchez, Pedro Sanchez, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (officially known as President of the Government):
“We want to strengthen the global health architecture and make it more sustainable and efficient. Secondly, we want to align ourselves more closely with international financing more closely aligned with country priorities. Thirdly, we want to promote universal health coverage through resilient, inclusive and sustainable health systems and encourage the mobilization of domestic resources. In short, it is about acting with a long-term vision to improve a more effective and equitable global health governance system.”
7. Various shots, press briefing room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The sudden and drastic cuts to foreign aid have disrupted health systems, disrupted with millions of people missing out on vital services and medication. But within this crisis is also an opportunity to reshape global health financing so that it becomes more resilient and more responsive to the needs of countries. Political leaders, through the Sevilla Commitment, have reaffirmed their commitments to increase investments in universal health coverage and inclusive, equitable, affordable, resilient and quality health systems.”
9. Various shots, press briefing room
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“WHO is already working with countries to support them through the health financing emergency and to build stronger and more resilient financing systems, which are less reliant on aid and which protect the poorest from catastrophic out-of-pocket spending. We are also working with our partners, such as the world Bank and Regional Development banks, to channel more concessional financing towards highly cost effective investments in health.”
11. Various shots, press briefing room
12. Sania Nishtar, Chief Executive Officer, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI):
“Therefore beyond our own reform, The Gavi league is calling for a global health league and merge at the last mile. We are advocating for all agencies to align their grant cycles to facilitate countries, and we are calling for a mandated model of health systems integration with full transparency of investments and synchronized analytics.”
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Sands, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria:
“The ultimate goal is nationally led, nationally resourced health systems that are inclusive and effective and no longer reliant on external support. But we have to recognize that that transition is a journey. It's not a switch and that countries are in very different states of readiness to make that journey, and also that it's not just governments that lead on that journey, but it is civil society and communities and that their voice, their leadership, their active participation in decision making is absolutely crucial to delivering accountability, impact and equity.”
The Sevilla Platform for Action announced an initiative towards a renewed global health ecosystem. “Political leaders, through the Sevilla Commitment, have reaffirmed their commitments to increase investments in universal health coverage and inclusive, equitable, affordable, resilient and quality health systems,” the chief of the World Health Organization said.
The global health ecosystem has delivered great progress, saving lives and promoting a safer and healthier world. Yet, needs continue to increase and urgent and decisive action is needed to ensure the system adapts to the new reality and continues to deliver leaving no one behind and responding to country needs.
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) represents a critical opportunity to reshape the global financial architecture towards a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable model, as well as to rethink the importance of global health governance and sustainable funding. Global health architecture refers to the collective efforts of international organizations, governments, NGOs, and other actors to address health issues beyond national borders.
Speaking at the press briefing today (02 Jul) Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain (officially known as President of the Government), said that the cuts in the global health ecosystem, according to Nature magazine, will cause more than 25 million deaths in the next 15 years, “it is a figure greater than the population of 130 countries in the world.”
“This scenario has come about because of the withdrawal and retreat of some major donor States, but also because selfishness is winning the battle against empathy,” Prime Minister Sánchez said, adding that “in a world of fragile memory, a world in which science and knowledge are fighting an unequal battle against the propagators of hoaxes and conspiracy theories.”
Prime Minister Sánchez pointed out three areas of action, first is to strengthen the global health architecture and make it more sustainable and efficient.
“Secondly, we want to align ourselves more closely with international financing more closely aligned with country priorities. Thirdly, we want to promote universal health coverage through resilient, inclusive and sustainable health systems and encourage the mobilization of domestic resources,” he said.
The Spanish Prime Minster concluded, “it is about acting with a long-term vision to improve a more effective and equitable global health governance system.”
For his part, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said, “The sudden and drastic cuts to foreign aid have disrupted health systems, disrupted with millions of people missing out on vital services and medication.”
“But within this crisis is also an opportunity to reshape global health financing so that it becomes more resilient and more responsive to the needs of countries,” the WHO chief said.
Tedros also said, “WHO is already working with countries to support them through the health financing emergency and to build stronger and more resilient financing systems, which are less reliant on aid and which protect the poorest from catastrophic out-of-pocket spending.”
“We are also working with our partners, such as the world Bank and Regional Development banks, to channel more concessional financing towards highly cost-effective investments in health,” he concluded.
Sania Nishtar is the Chief Executive Officer at Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI).
She told reporters, “The Gavi league is calling for a global health league and merge at the last mile. We are advocating for all agencies to align their grant cycles to facilitate countries, and we are calling for a mandated model of health systems integration with full transparency of investments and synchronized analytics.”
Peter Sands, Executive Director at Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria also spoke to the reporters.
He said, “The ultimate goal is nationally led, nationally resourced health systems that are inclusive and effective and no longer reliant on external support.”
However, Sands said, “we have to recognize that that transition is a journey. It's not a switch and that countries are in very different states of readiness to make that journey, and also that it's not just governments that lead on that journey, but it is civil society and communities and that their voice, their leadership, their active participation in decision making is absolutely crucial to delivering accountability, impact and equity.”
The FFD4 serves as a pivotal platform to address the financing challenges and reshape the global health ecosystem, without creating new mechanisms but a common roadmap on the existing efforts and processes. By bringing together governments, international organizations, and other stakeholders to deliver on better health for all whilst leaving no one behind.
