Experts are calling on global leaders to implement climate mitigation actions that could prevent millions of premature deaths worldwide each year as well as reducing the risks of climate change.These include rapid phase out of fossil fuels and a transition to clean renewable energy, shifting to healthier more sustainable diets, and promoting active modes of transport.
The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR) and World Health Organization (WHO) Special Programme on Primary Health Care (SP-PHC), in collaboration with WHO regional and country offices supported close to 50 in-country research teams to conduct case studies examining PHC in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.