TY - JOUR
T1 - Global health at crossroads
T2 - uniting together to overcome challenges, restore trust and advance priorities for a sustainable future
AU - Global Consortium for Solidarity to Overcome Challenges
AU - Restore Trustand Advance Science for a Sustainable Future
AU - Sartelli, Massimo
AU - Mossialos, Elias
AU - Coccolini, Federico
AU - Ib, Jammer
AU - Labricciosa, Francesco M.
AU - Barie, Philip
AU - Biffl, Walter L.
AU - Memish, Ziad A.
AU - Maeurer, Markus
AU - Kobinger, Gary P.
AU - Ippolito, Giuseppe
AU - Zumla, Alimuddin
AU - Catena, Fausto
AU - Abbo, Lilian M.
AU - Abraham, Yishak
AU - Abu-Zidan, Fikri M.
AU - Adamou, Harissou
AU - Agastra, Ervis
AU - Agodi, Antonella
AU - Ahmed, Rizwan
AU - Aklillu, Eleni
AU - Ala, Aftab
AU - Alex-Wele, Mary A.
AU - Alfouzan, Wadha
AU - Al-Hasan, Majdi N.
AU - Ali, Sajjad
AU - Ali, Syed Muhammad
AU - Al-Omari, Abdelkarim
AU - Al-Omari, Jamal A.K.
AU - Al-Shehari, Mohammed
AU - Amir, Afreenish
AU - Amponsah, Obed Kwabena Offe
AU - Anis, Hasnaoui
AU - Ansaloni, Luca
AU - Ansari, Shamshul
AU - Arauz, Ana Belen
AU - Aruyaru, Stanley
AU - Augustin, Goran
AU - Awazi, Bih
AU - Azfar, Mohammad
AU - Azhar, Esam I.
AU - Bains, Lovenish
AU - Bala, Miklosh
AU - Baral, Suman
AU - Baraket, Oussema
AU - Barchitta, Martina
AU - Murguía, Maria E.Baridó
AU - Barkema, Herman
AU - Barreda, Rodrigo López
AU - Egyir, Beverly
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025/12
Y1 - 2025/12
N2 - The world is currently facing an unprecedented convergence of crises that threaten the core pillars of public health, scientific integrity, and social stability. These challenges are profoundly interconnected and have the potential to exacerbate global inequalities, jeopardize health security, and undermine the progress achieved through decades of international collaboration. Our viewpoint declaration, developed by 366 healthcare workers and scientists from 119 countries across six continents, highlights the urgent need for global solidarity and collective action to address these interconnected global health challenges. As healthcare workers and scientists, we must prioritize the protection of scientific integrity, combat political interference, and restore public trust in the scientific process. This will require a commitment to transparency, ethical responsibility, and evidence-based decision-making that can stand strong in the face of political and social adversity. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the critical importance of resilient healthcare systems, emphasizing that preparedness, capacity building and coherent leadership and coordination are essential for future global health crises. In addition, our call for a One Health approach, acknowledging the intricate relationship between human, animal, and environmental health, has never been more pressing, especially as zoonotic diseases and antimicrobial resistance spread across borders. As we confront ongoing wars, environmental destruction, and global persistent health inequalities, it is only through unity, solidarity, collaboration, and innovation that we hope to build a healthier, more equitable world. Together, we must ensure that science and medicine remain a force for good, capable of addressing both the immediate and long-term needs and challenges facing our shared future.
AB - The world is currently facing an unprecedented convergence of crises that threaten the core pillars of public health, scientific integrity, and social stability. These challenges are profoundly interconnected and have the potential to exacerbate global inequalities, jeopardize health security, and undermine the progress achieved through decades of international collaboration. Our viewpoint declaration, developed by 366 healthcare workers and scientists from 119 countries across six continents, highlights the urgent need for global solidarity and collective action to address these interconnected global health challenges. As healthcare workers and scientists, we must prioritize the protection of scientific integrity, combat political interference, and restore public trust in the scientific process. This will require a commitment to transparency, ethical responsibility, and evidence-based decision-making that can stand strong in the face of political and social adversity. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the critical importance of resilient healthcare systems, emphasizing that preparedness, capacity building and coherent leadership and coordination are essential for future global health crises. In addition, our call for a One Health approach, acknowledging the intricate relationship between human, animal, and environmental health, has never been more pressing, especially as zoonotic diseases and antimicrobial resistance spread across borders. As we confront ongoing wars, environmental destruction, and global persistent health inequalities, it is only through unity, solidarity, collaboration, and innovation that we hope to build a healthier, more equitable world. Together, we must ensure that science and medicine remain a force for good, capable of addressing both the immediate and long-term needs and challenges facing our shared future.
KW - Antimicrobial resistance
KW - Artificial intelligence
KW - Climate change
KW - Global health
KW - Healthcare systems
KW - Infectious diseases
KW - Misinformation
KW - One health
KW - Public health
KW - Scientific research
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105021290091
U2 - 10.1186/s13017-025-00656-w
DO - 10.1186/s13017-025-00656-w
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 41214721
AN - SCOPUS:105021290091
SN - 1749-7922
VL - 20
JO - World Journal of Emergency Surgery
JF - World Journal of Emergency Surgery
IS - 1
M1 - 84
ER -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 13 Climate Action