Global actions to improve health could result in no country having a life expectancy rate below the age 60 years by 2025, according to Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy.Dr Ramsammy made this ambitious disclosure during his inaugural address to the 61st World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, after assuming the Presidency of the premier international Health organization.The Minister advocated for a “60 by 25 initiative”, a proposed action that could result in the life expectancy rate being increased since it has been observed that more than 50 countries have a life expectancy rate of below 50 years. He also appealed for concerted global action to reduce child deaths and to eliminate all preventable child deaths by 2025.Minister Ramsammy asserted that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) must not be seen as an end, but rather as a springboard for the elimination of all preventable child deaths by 2025. He argued that for this to become possible, poverty must be ended by 2025. And according to him the proposed ventures are entirely within the capacity of the world.With an economy of about US$70,cheap nfl jerseys black friday,000 one that is doubling about every 15 years, Minister Ramsammy believes that the world has the capacity for collective action to end poverty.As such, the Minister urged the gathering drawn from some 198 countries “to have the audacity to dream of a world without preventable child deaths and a world with no poverty… (and) to have the audacity to demand the end of preventable child deaths.”And though the targets may seem like but a dream,Discount NFL Jerseys, he pointed out that they could very well become a reality soon. As such he encouraged the Assembly to be bold and not be deterred by the ambitious goals he has urged them to adopt.He assured that he intends to follow-up to ensure that the World Health Organisation (WHO) accepts the targets.And so moving was the Minister’s address that it received much commendation by delegates from the Assembly.Dr. Ramsammy is the second Caribbean Community (CARICOM) appointee to this position in 30 years. As President of the 61st WHA, Dr Ramsammy is supported by Vice-Presidents from the Congo, Estonia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Maldives, and Sudan. The Chairman of Committee A is Dr Francesco Cicogna, from Italy, and the Chairman of Committee B is Dr Anastasio Ruben Sicato from Angola.The 61st WHA opened on Monday last, at the Palais des Nations with a special video presentation to mark the 60th anniversary of WHO.The video entitled “Our health,Authentic NFL Jerseys Wholesale, our future” paid a fitting tribute to WHO’s 60 years by bringing together leading health figures, Goodwill Ambassadors and WHO staff to breathe life into the Constitution which was signed by 26 Member States back in 1948.Each contributor to the video recited a key phrase of the Constitution as compelling images highlighted health issues from the past 60 years.Equally moving, children from the International School of Geneva (La Ch?taigneraie) offered their ultimate health wish for the future. The video projected a sense of pride and hope and showed that while the world has changed in 60 years – politically, technologically,Cheap Jerseys Online, demographically, economically,Wholesale NFL Jerseys Online, and epidemiologically – the WHO Constitution remains as relevant today to all ages as it was 60 years ago. WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan addressed the Health Assembly and took the opportunity to extend condolences to the millions of people who have lost relatives, homes, and livelihoods in the recent cyclone in Myanmar and the earthquake in China.She spoke of the work WHO is undertaking to construct hospitals and health facilities that can survive the impact of natural disasters, including high-intensity earthquakes and tropical storms.Dr Chan also spoke of three global crises that are looming on the horizon; food security, climate change and pandemic influenza. “These three critical events, these clear threats to international security, have the potential to undo much hard-won progress in public health,” she emphasised.“In all cases, those countries with solid health infrastructures and efficient mechanisms for reaching vulnerable populations will be in the best position to cope.”Issues on the agenda of the WHA include pandemic influenza preparedness; sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines; poliomyelitis; the harmful use of alcohol; female genital mutilation; climate change; the International Health Regulations; counterfeit medical products; smallpox virus stock; and public health, innovation and intellectual property.Two invited speakers – Mun