natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
That is the equivalent to the number of inhabitants in Chicago and Washington DC combined.
That is the equivalent to the number of inhabitants in Chicago and Washington DC combined.
So it has been successful, yes.
So it has been successful, yes.
But we must not be complacent.
But we must not be complacent.
We must constantly look for improvements, be accountable and transparent and ready to adjust as we go ahead.
We must constantly look for improvements, be accountable and transparent and ready to adjust as we go ahead.
Second, we have been actively engaged with the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria – since its creation.
Second, we have been actively engaged with the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria – since its creation.
As you know, the Global Fund is also made up of a creative mix of governments, private actors and support from WHO, UNAIDS and the World Bank.
As you know, the Global Fund is also made up of a creative mix of governments, private actors and support from WHO, UNAIDS and the World Bank.
We have seen a huge boost in treatment, counselling and prevention of HIV/AIDS.
We have seen a huge boost in treatment, counselling and prevention of HIV/AIDS.
We have also seen the distribution of 70 million bed nets, the most cost-effective way of preventing malaria, the delivery of 74 million malaria treatments and the detection and treatment of 4.6 million additional cases of infectious tuberculosis.
We have also seen the distribution of 70 million bed nets, the most cost-effective way of preventing malaria, the delivery of 74 million malaria treatments and the detection and treatment of 4.6 million additional cases of infectious tuberculosis.
Today, we stand on the threshold of a real breakthrough in the battle against malaria – for so long at the core of global health efforts – and frustrations.
Today, we stand on the threshold of a real breakthrough in the battle against malaria – for so long at the core of global health efforts – and frustrations.
And third, more related to methodology, we have pushed for more results-based management.
And third, more related to methodology, we have pushed for more results-based management.
Global health issues cut across traditional organisational structures in international affairs – and should be addressed accordingly.
Global health issues cut across traditional organisational structures in international affairs – and should be addressed accordingly.
UNAIDS was set up to work primarily through its sponsoring organisations in the UN system, while also forming partnerships with a broad range of NGOs, governments and other actors.
UNAIDS was set up to work primarily through its sponsoring organisations in the UN system, while also forming partnerships with a broad range of NGOs, governments and other actors.
Roll Back Malaria and Stop TB are other partnerships that were formed, anchored in the World Health Organization – reaching out.
Roll Back Malaria and Stop TB are other partnerships that were formed, anchored in the World Health Organization – reaching out.
I repeat: transparency and accountability are key.
I repeat: transparency and accountability are key.
And both may become more difficult to achieve in this new complex landscape.
And both may become more difficult to achieve in this new complex landscape.
In order to keep the trust of both taxpayers and private investors, we must constantly improve our methods – how we spend and invest, how we monitor and report.
In order to keep the trust of both taxpayers and private investors, we must constantly improve our methods – how we spend and invest, how we monitor and report.
There have been extraordinary results during this decade:
There have been extraordinary results during this decade:
More than 200 million children have been vaccinated in low-income countries by vaccines previously not available to them.
More than 200 million children have been vaccinated in low-income countries by vaccines previously not available to them.
Deaths from measles dropped by over 90% in sub-Saharan Africa.
Deaths from measles dropped by over 90% in sub-Saharan Africa.
More than 100 million bed nets have been distributed in sub-Saharan Africa.
More than 100 million bed nets have been distributed in sub-Saharan Africa.
We can expect malaria mortality to be rolled back by more than 90% by 2015.
We can expect malaria mortality to be rolled back by more than 90% by 2015.
The cost of treating an AIDS patient has been reduced from more than 30 dollars a day to less than one.
The cost of treating an AIDS patient has been reduced from more than 30 dollars a day to less than one.
More than three million people are on treatment as we speak.
More than three million people are on treatment as we speak.
To sum up in two telling figures: GAVI and the Global Fund alone may have saved 6 million lives based on an investment of some 9 billion dollars.
To sum up in two telling figures: GAVI and the Global Fund alone may have saved 6 million lives based on an investment of some 9 billion dollars.
Then some have asked: “Isn’t there a risk that we could lose coherence in our effort to promote global health if we concentrate on just a few diseases at a time?
Then some have asked: “Isn’t there a risk that we could lose coherence in our effort to promote global health if we concentrate on just a few diseases at a time?
And don’t we risk losing overview by having all of these complex partnerships operating together, with nobody having an overall coordinating function?”
And don’t we risk losing overview by having all of these complex partnerships operating together, with nobody having an overall coordinating function?”
I believe those are very valid questions.
I believe those are very valid questions.
And no answer should attempt to cut that debate short.
And no answer should attempt to cut that debate short.
It concerns the matrix of horizontal versus vertical interventions – and the governance of global health now that voluntary contributions outstrip the regular budget of WHO.
It concerns the matrix of horizontal versus vertical interventions – and the governance of global health now that voluntary contributions outstrip the regular budget of WHO.
Norway’s consistent approach – as we support new partnerships and new ways of working – is to keep focusing on the need to strengthen the UN and the World Health Organization – and to keep a strong WHO at the core as our standard-setting and normative agency.
Norway’s consistent approach – as we support new partnerships and new ways of working – is to keep focusing on the need to strengthen the UN and the World Health Organization – and to keep a strong WHO at the core as our standard-setting and normative agency.
Let me move on to the Millennium Development Goals and make a few reflections on our progress.
Let me move on to the Millennium Development Goals and make a few reflections on our progress.
Norway has kept the MDGs as a guiding principle for its overall development cooperation efforts – the funding of which has now reached the historic goal that we set ourselves in 2005: 1% of GNI.
Norway has kept the MDGs as a guiding principle for its overall development cooperation efforts – the funding of which has now reached the historic goal that we set ourselves in 2005: 1% of GNI.
Three of the MDGs are health goals, and this is where we have tried to maximise our contribution.
Three of the MDGs are health goals, and this is where we have tried to maximise our contribution.
Important progress has been made on MDG 6, i.e. on halting and reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and making effective treatment available to all.
Important progress has been made on MDG 6, i.e. on halting and reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and making effective treatment available to all.
The United States’ engagement has been essential for successes so far – and will be equally essential in future efforts.
The United States’ engagement has been essential for successes so far – and will be equally essential in future efforts.
There has been some success on MDG 4, on reducing the mortality rate of children under the age of five, primarily due to the immunisation campaigns.
There has been some success on MDG 4, on reducing the mortality rate of children under the age of five, primarily due to the immunisation campaigns.
But the drama is still unfolding: far too many children still die of causes that are easy to prevent.
But the drama is still unfolding: far too many children still die of causes that are easy to prevent.
This is not high tech.
This is not high tech.
In contrast to these relative success stories, we have failed miserably on MDG 5, on reducing maternal and infant mortality.
In contrast to these relative success stories, we have failed miserably on MDG 5, on reducing maternal and infant mortality.
The goal set in 2000 was to reduce maternal mortality by three quarters by 2015 and making reproductive health accessible to all.
The goal set in 2000 was to reduce maternal mortality by three quarters by 2015 and making reproductive health accessible to all.
Today, one mother and eight newborn babies die every minute – hardly any different to the situation ten years ago.
Today, one mother and eight newborn babies die every minute – hardly any different to the situation ten years ago.
These are terrible figures.
These are terrible figures.
It is still the case that the first day in a baby’s life is the most dangerous one.
It is still the case that the first day in a baby’s life is the most dangerous one.
And for millions of women, nothing is more dangerous than giving birth.
And for millions of women, nothing is more dangerous than giving birth.
On reproductive health there has been some progress as regards the availability of prenatal care, but the huge unmet needs for family planning undermine other goals.
On reproductive health there has been some progress as regards the availability of prenatal care, but the huge unmet needs for family planning undermine other goals.
What are the main reasons?
What are the main reasons?
It boils down to discrimination against women and their unmet nutritional, social and economic needs – and the lack of available and reliable quality health services.
It boils down to discrimination against women and their unmet nutritional, social and economic needs – and the lack of available and reliable quality health services.
And even where health services do exist, they tend to be poorly adapted to women’s needs and out of reach in practical terms.
And even where health services do exist, they tend to be poorly adapted to women’s needs and out of reach in practical terms.
We have worked to find practical ways of addressing these issues – reaching the pregnant woman, following her through her pregnancy with enough assistance for her to make it safely to delivery.
We have worked to find practical ways of addressing these issues – reaching the pregnant woman, following her through her pregnancy with enough assistance for her to make it safely to delivery.
It doesn’t need to be all that complicated.
It doesn’t need to be all that complicated.
In India, together with the Government of India and selected local governments, we have focused on getting pregnant woman to deliver in a health facility – and not on some dirty floor.
In India, together with the Government of India and selected local governments, we have focused on getting pregnant woman to deliver in a health facility – and not on some dirty floor.
The method has simply been to give women a financial incentive, in short paying her to choose a health clinic rather than giving birth at home.
The method has simply been to give women a financial incentive, in short paying her to choose a health clinic rather than giving birth at home.
Not an easy choice to make in many settings.
Not an easy choice to make in many settings.
We have established a partnership to promote maternal health.
We have established a partnership to promote maternal health.
What we have seen is a ten-fold increase in the number of poor women delivering their babies in health facilities – from less than a million to ten million a year – achieved in just four years, simply by paying them to do so.
What we have seen is a ten-fold increase in the number of poor women delivering their babies in health facilities – from less than a million to ten million a year – achieved in just four years, simply by paying them to do so.
And consequently we have seen a dramatic drop in the numbers of both babies and women dying.
And consequently we have seen a dramatic drop in the numbers of both babies and women dying.
This was one concrete example.
This was one concrete example.
Now what should be the way forward?
Now what should be the way forward?
Promoting effective and viable health systems is vital.
Promoting effective and viable health systems is vital.
We must provide accessible primary health care services, educated health workers, available and affordable medicines and diagnostic services, and a governance structure that is efficient and reliable.
We must provide accessible primary health care services, educated health workers, available and affordable medicines and diagnostic services, and a governance structure that is efficient and reliable.
This isn’t news to you.
This isn’t news to you.
It isn’t rocket science either.
It isn’t rocket science either.
To reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, we all need to do even more for women and children.
To reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, we all need to do even more for women and children.
Invest more, work more closely together.
Invest more, work more closely together.
I am encouraged to see the new US administration give high priority to maternal and child health.
I am encouraged to see the new US administration give high priority to maternal and child health.
I was pleased yesterday to note how Secretary Clinton responded to my invitation for closer cooperation between Norway and the US on these issues.
I was pleased yesterday to note how Secretary Clinton responded to my invitation for closer cooperation between Norway and the US on these issues.
One major challenge is money – especially now that we are in the middle of a financial crisis.
One major challenge is money – especially now that we are in the middle of a financial crisis.
Aid budgets and private budgets for these purposes are sure to be reduced – although it is highly regrettable.
Aid budgets and private budgets for these purposes are sure to be reduced – although it is highly regrettable.
We need to protect the health sector as best we can.
We need to protect the health sector as best we can.
In Europe, work is in progress to identify innovative financing mechanisms to help reach these goals.
In Europe, work is in progress to identify innovative financing mechanisms to help reach these goals.
We need to develop new opportunities.
We need to develop new opportunities.
Promising work is under-way.
Promising work is under-way.
UNITAID is receiving additional millions from a modest tax on air tickets.
UNITAID is receiving additional millions from a modest tax on air tickets.
We support new initiatives that could stimulate other innovative financial mechanisms – from governments and individuals alike.
We support new initiatives that could stimulate other innovative financial mechanisms – from governments and individuals alike.
In addition – as I said at the start – we should see foreign policy in a broader sense through a “health lens”.
In addition – as I said at the start – we should see foreign policy in a broader sense through a “health lens”.
At the World Health Organization I learned about all the links between foreign policy, trade policy and health.
At the World Health Organization I learned about all the links between foreign policy, trade policy and health.
In 2006, I invited six other foreign ministers, from Brazil, France, Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa and Thailand, to join me in declaring that global health was “a pressing foreign policy issue of our time”.
In 2006, I invited six other foreign ministers, from Brazil, France, Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa and Thailand, to join me in declaring that global health was “a pressing foreign policy issue of our time”.
In March 2007 we adopted the Oslo Declaration that states that investment in health is fundamental to economic growth and development.
In March 2007 we adopted the Oslo Declaration that states that investment in health is fundamental to economic growth and development.
Threats to health can compromise a country’s stability and security.
Threats to health can compromise a country’s stability and security.
Building capacity for global health security, facing threats to global health and making globalisation work for all – all of this depends on conscious use of foreign policy instruments – and on political will.
Building capacity for global health security, facing threats to global health and making globalisation work for all – all of this depends on conscious use of foreign policy instruments – and on political will.
A similar point was made in 2007 by the then Senator Barack Obama, when he reflected on American national interests in global engagement (Chicago, April 23): “Since extremely poor societies and weak states provide optimal breeding grounds for disease, terrorism, and conflict, the United States has a direct national security interest in dramatically reducing global poverty and joining with our allies in sharing more of our riches to help those most in need.”
A similar point was made in 2007 by the then Senator Barack Obama, when he reflected on American national interests in global engagement (Chicago, April 23): “Since extremely poor societies and weak states provide optimal breeding grounds for disease, terrorism, and conflict, the United States has a direct national security interest in dramatically reducing global poverty and joining with our allies in sharing more of our riches to help those most in need.”
I am encouraged to see this policy put in practice in the budget proposal from the US State Department, in which Global Health is a priority area – as I am encouraged by the potential for taking this forward after my meeting with Secretary Clinton yesterday.
I am encouraged to see this policy put in practice in the budget proposal from the US State Department, in which Global Health is a priority area – as I am encouraged by the potential for taking this forward after my meeting with Secretary Clinton yesterday.
The Foreign Policy and Global Health Initiative is all about engagement and outreach, building political alliances among states with different outlooks, different priorities and different geographic affiliations, but with a strong and consistent political will to promote global health as a common cause.
The Foreign Policy and Global Health Initiative is all about engagement and outreach, building political alliances among states with different outlooks, different priorities and different geographic affiliations, but with a strong and consistent political will to promote global health as a common cause.
Our method of work is not to form a separate organisation or fixed structure, but to seize opportunities to make a political difference, where and when they arise, in respective organisations, boards and movements or in bilateral relations.
Our method of work is not to form a separate organisation or fixed structure, but to seize opportunities to make a political difference, where and when they arise, in respective organisations, boards and movements or in bilateral relations.
In January 2000, the UN Security Council devoted a session to HIV/AIDS as a threat to peace and security on the African continent.
In January 2000, the UN Security Council devoted a session to HIV/AIDS as a threat to peace and security on the African continent.
This was the first time a health issue was discussed in the Security Council.
This was the first time a health issue was discussed in the Security Council.
Last autumn, the UN General Assembly put global health and foreign policy on its agenda.
Last autumn, the UN General Assembly put global health and foreign policy on its agenda.
Again: health is simply too important to be left to health ministers alone.
Again: health is simply too important to be left to health ministers alone.
I am not saying this because I underestimate health ministers, but to highlight that finance ministers, prime ministers, presidents, and foreign ministers, are needed as well.
I am not saying this because I underestimate health ministers, but to highlight that finance ministers, prime ministers, presidents, and foreign ministers, are needed as well.
The current global financial crisis is developing into a global economic crisis.
The current global financial crisis is developing into a global economic crisis.
We must now prevent it from developing into a social recession as well.
We must now prevent it from developing into a social recession as well.
The social determinants of health are under increasing pressure also in poorer countries.
The social determinants of health are under increasing pressure also in poorer countries.
This should be an issue for the G8, the G20, for finance ministers and heads of state and government worldwide.
This should be an issue for the G8, the G20, for finance ministers and heads of state and government worldwide.
Now we need to look ahead.
Now we need to look ahead.
We need creativity, new alliances.
We need creativity, new alliances.
We must find productive ways of promoting cooperation, forming alliances based on ideas and concrete issues.
We must find productive ways of promoting cooperation, forming alliances based on ideas and concrete issues.
The challenges on the health agenda are global.
The challenges on the health agenda are global.
Our responses have to be global as well.
Our responses have to be global as well.
Global Health – how to make a difference
Global Health – how to make a difference
Article for Global Health 2012/World Health Day 2012, Geneva, May 2012
Artikkel for Global Health 2012/World Health Day 2012, Genève, mai 2012
- We need to build support for political initiatives that promote an interconnected global response to health issues.
- We need to build support for political initiatives that promote an interconnected global response to health issues.
The UN Millennium Development Goals, although not perfect, are making a huge difference, writes Foreign Minister Støre in this article published for World Health Assembly (WHA).
The UN Millennium Development Goals, although not perfect, are making a huge difference, skriver utenriksminister Støre i artikkelen som er publisert for World Health Assembly (WHA).
The first decade of this new century will be remembered for a number of things, but one that will certainly stand out is the dramatic leap forward in global health.
The first decade of this new century will be remembered for a number of things, but one that will certainly stand out is the dramatic leap forward in global health.
Between 2000 and 2010, a number of worrying – and sometimes catastrophic – trends in global health were arrested and reversed.
Between 2000 and 2010, a number of worrying – and sometimes catastrophic – trends in global health were arrested and reversed.
For example, the child mortality rate, which had stuck at 12 million per year in the 1990s, was reduced by more than a third to 7.6 million in 2010 thanks to improved vaccination rates, and a dramatic improvement in malaria control and AIDS treatment and prevention.
For example, the child mortality rate, which had stuck at 12 million per year in the 1990s, was reduced by more than a third to 7.6 million in 2010 thanks to improved vaccination rates, and a dramatic improvement in malaria control and AIDS treatment and prevention.
Over the past few years, enhanced efforts to improve maternal mortality have also had an impact on the ground.
Over the past few years, enhanced efforts to improve maternal mortality have also had an impact on the ground.