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Adopted text 2026-09-17

Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries

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Parliament's resolution on strengthening global health resilience in partner countries sets out its position on the EU's Global Health Resilience Initiative (GHRI) and the Commission communication 'Reinforcing global health resilience amidst geopolitical change'. It calls for sustained EU political and financial commitment to global health as a universal right and public good, warning that cuts to official development assistance weaken both global and European health security. It asks the Commission to support country-led health systems, the One Health approach, climate-resilient health systems, universal health coverage and action on gender disparities in health. It calls for local and regional manufacturing of vaccines, medicines and health technologies, technology transfer, TRIPS flexibilities, supply-chain diversification and transparency on public funding of pharmaceutical research. It reaffirms support for multilateralism with the World Health Organization (WHO) at its centre, and asks the Commission to counter health disinformation and to present a roadmap and accountability framework for the GHRI.

Key points

  1. Recognises the urgent need to boost the ability of systems, communities and institutions worldwide to prevent, prepare for, absorb and adapt to global health threats.
  2. Stresses that strengthening global health resilience is both a development objective and a strategic investment in European and global security, and calls for concrete political and financial commitments.
  3. Calls on the Commission to engage civil society organisations, local communities and community health workers in the implementation and governance of the GHRI.
  4. Notes with concern that reductions in official development assistance for health weaken global and European health security, and stresses that resources should focus on measurable outcomes, sustainability, efficiency and country ownership.
  5. Calls for the One Health approach to be integrated across EU global health and development actions, for integrated country-led preparedness systems, and for action on land use, biodiversity loss and zoonoses.
  6. Calls for the EU and member states to strengthen health sovereignty in partner countries through accessible, country-led health systems, stronger governance and domestic resource mobilisation, universal health coverage and climate-resilient health systems.
  7. Expresses concern over the worsening Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, calls for stronger emergency healthcare, surveillance and prevention efforts, and calls for regional and national stockpiles of medical countermeasures.
  8. Calls for a differentiated approach in fragile, conflict-affected and humanitarian contexts, and for action on gender disparities in health outcomes and funding, including maternal and child health and sexual and reproductive health services.
  9. Stresses that private investment and public-private partnerships should support public health objectives and cannot substitute for predictable public financing, and that health agreements should respect partner country ownership.
  10. Urges the EU to support non-EU countries, particularly least developed countries, in using Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) flexibilities, and calls for technology transfer, policy coherence and fair benefit sharing under the Nagoya Protocol.
  11. Calls for investment in health workers, research and academic partnerships, diversification of supply chains, expanded local and regional manufacturing, and transparency on production costs, clinical trial data and pricing.
  12. Reaffirms support for multilateralism with the WHO at its centre, calls for increased support to the WHO, Gavi, the Global Fund and CEPI, and asks the Commission to counter health disinformation and present a roadmap and accountability framework for the GHRI.

Who is affected

  • Partner countries, especially low-income, fragile and conflict-affected settings, would receive support for health systems, preparedness and local manufacturing.
  • Women and girls in partner countries would benefit from action on gender disparities, maternal and child health and sexual and reproductive health services.
  • The Commission is asked to engage with civil society, develop a roadmap and accountability framework, and improve transparency of EU global health funding.
  • EU member states are called on to support health sovereignty, climate-resilient health systems, health workforce measures and coordination on global health.
  • Multilateral organisations such as the WHO, Gavi, the Global Fund and CEPI are targeted for increased EU political and financial support and stronger accountability standards.

Figures and deadlines

  • Global health funding fell by more than 50 % between 2021 and 2025, with further reductions expected by 2030.
  • The One Health joint plan of action runs from 2022 to 2026.
  • The Pandemic Agreement of the World Health Organization is dated 20 May 2025.
  • The UN Sustainable Development Goals report cited is that of 2025.
  • The Commission communication 'Reinforcing global health resilience amidst geopolitical change' is dated 13 May 2026.
  • Land use change and destruction of natural habitats are responsible for at least half of emerging zoonoses.

Legal basis: Article 6 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, cited on human health protection as a member state competence.

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