{"id":5045,"date":"2021-06-09T20:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T18:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ki.se\/rektor\/?p=5045"},"modified":"2021-06-09T20:00:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T18:00:48","slug":"how-to-meet-the-health-needs-of-the-present-without-compromising-the-health-of-future-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ki.se\/rektor\/2021\/06\/09\/how-to-meet-the-health-needs-of-the-present-without-compromising-the-health-of-future-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"How to meet the health needs of the present without compromising the health of future generations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Already in 1987, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabledevelopment.un.org\/content\/documents\/5987our-common-future.pdf\">World Commission on Environment and Development&nbsp;<\/a>launched the term \u201csustainable development\u201d in the report \u201cOur common future\u201d (commonly known as the \u201cBrundtland Report\u201d). It defined \u201csustainable development\u201d as a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite many decades of global efforts to promote sustainable development; most recently through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 2030 Agenda, progress is alarmingly slow. The COVID pandemic and the effects of the associated lockdowns\/restrictions on societies now present an immense challenge to sustainable development. In fact, COVID<sup>\u2013<\/sup>19 has not only brought health inequities to the fore, but has deepened them and made UN\u2019s Agenda 2030 all the\u00a0more important and urgent, as we claim in a recent article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41591-020-1094-y\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nature Medicine<\/a>. This should profoundly affect the way we structure and frame international collaborations in the realms of medicine and health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current pandemic offers an opportunity to rethink and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/372\/bmj.n59.long\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accelerate the work to fulfil the 2030 Agenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At the core<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For this to happen we should put \u201csustainable health\u201d at the core of the discourse. Sustainable health has the potential to further the 2030 Agenda through a multisectoral approach, that considers not only the needs of people of today, but also those of tomorrow. All people, regardless of where they live should be able to fulfill their health needs today, without compromising the possibilities of future generations to do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can hear me present the concept of sustainable health at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/regionalmeetinguganda.com\/timetable\/event\/perspectives-on-sustainable-health\/\">regional meeting of World health summit in Uganda<\/a>&nbsp;on 28<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;of June 2021. I intend to discuss how this approach can be used to tackle complex health challenges of today and tomorrow, specifically in Africa and explicitly within the framework of the SDGs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not enough<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not enough to discuss and rethink concepts. Concrete actions, in collaborations based on trust, innovation and reciprocity are needed. To this end, Karolinska Institutet and Makerere University in Uganda have leveraged their long-standing partnership in research and education to be key players in advancing sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, we recently established the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ki.se\/en\/collaboration\/centre-of-excellence-for-sustainable-health\">Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health<\/a>&nbsp;which aims to investigate and promote new ways of operationalizing a holistic and sustainable take on health in the 21st century. In many ways this is a direct follow-up of our own strategy that says that KI shall strive for a better health \u201cfor all\u201d, implying also future generations. We can already see potentials for substantial impact.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/education.ki.se\/training-programmes-for-professionals-promoting-innovation-and-renewal-within-the-public-sector-in\">Sida and the Swedish Institute are currently funding several of the Center\u2019s capacity development projects<\/a>. Among other things, these projects aim to strengthen the capacity of public sector officials to contribute to innovation in the their sectors and to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in following the work of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cesh.health\/\">Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health<\/a>, you are more than welcome to join the online launch on the 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of September 2021.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cesh.health\/event\/official-launch-of-the-centre-of-excellence-for-sustainable-health\/\">Bookmark this page, <\/a>which will be updated with more information in the coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Already in 1987, the&nbsp;World Commission on Environment and Development&nbsp;launched the term \u201csustainable development\u201d in the report \u201cOur common future\u201d (commonly known as the \u201cBrundtland Report\u201d). 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