Track 7: Meeting health threats and fighting infectious diseases

Health threats are often indicators of system imbalances. Effective, long-term prevention must therefore involve measures addressing the social and ecological frameworks that are coming under increasing stress. Yet, too often available resources are spent ineffectively, with a focus on treatments developed with short term profit calculations as the driver. To make progress towards creating a healthier world, the response needs better coordination - involving new actors and new partnerships and a new vision of what health for all can actually mean.