WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus has called for the total overhaul of the world economy and agriculture under the guise of well-being and universal healthcare.
“Health and well-being are not created primarily in hospitals and clinics, but in the way we eat, live, learn, and work,” Ghebreyesus began in an official post shared on X.
“That means health is the business of every sector, not just the health sector.”
He continues, saying that because billions of people on the global stage lack healthcare or may face financial hardship in accessing it, it’s necessary to completely restructure the global economy.
After all, “health is the business of every sector”.
“At the United Nations General Assembly last year, world leaders committed to closing these gaps and accelerating progress towards universal health coverage by 2030,” Ghebreyesus said. “… Health is fundamentally a political choice, a choice that’s made in laws, regulations, and policies, but also in budgets and decisions about how economies are structured.”
That’s why “In its report last year, the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All proposed concrete, evidence-based recommendations on how to rethink, reframe, and restructure to deliver healthier populations.”
The WHO’s plan to restructure agriculture
As part of their plan to produce ‘healthier’ populations, the WHO under Tedros Ghebreyesus has also called for a total restructuring of the agriculture sector, moving away from meat-based diets and moving towards a plant-based one.
During a message for the WHO 75th Anniversary Health for All initiative, Ghebreyesus admitted as much, stating, “Our food systems are harming the health of people and planet. Food systems contribute to over 30% of greenhouse gas emissions and account for almost one-third of the global burden of disease.”
“Transforming food systems is therefore essential, by shifting towards healthier, diversified and more plant-based diets.”
This will be achieved, Ghebreyesus says, now that over 130 countries have signed on to the COP28 UAE Declaration on climate and health.
