«Enhancing efforts in combating global health challenges»

He added: «While we focus on COVID-19, we have also intensified our efforts and investments to address key global health issues. We are doubling our commitment to achieve our goals by 2030 to end the AIDS epidemic. We are stepping up efforts to combat tuberculosis and malaria, including our commitment of $ 2 billion to the Global Fund and mobilizing contributions from around the world. We are working to reverse the troubling downward trend in global life expectancy and the consequences of the climate crisis, making fundamental investments in childhood vaccinations, maternal and reproductive health, and basic nutrition. That is why the United States has joined the Group of Friends of Universal Health Coverage — a coalition of countries dedicated to strengthening health systems and expanding access to healthcare worldwide».

According to the Pan American Health Organization, this day is celebrated «in honor of the anniversary of the founding of the WHO in 1948. Each year a theme is chosen to highlight a priority area of public health in the world»