Liverpool's Sadio Mané was simply one of many greater than 200 footballers competing for his or her international locations through the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which ended earlier this month. Whereas followers cheered within the host nation Cameroon, a lot of Europe’s Premier League golf equipment confronted a dilemma of lacking athletes as their star gamers left for the event on one other continent.
Mané ended the prolonged remaining in opposition to Egypt and Mohammed Salah, his Liverpool teammate, with a superbly positioned penalty shot – giving Senegal its first, long-awaited AFCON victory.
The trophy might have ended up elsewhere, as Mané was pressured off the sphere throughout Senegal's 2-0 win in opposition to Cape Verde after colliding with its goalkeeper Vozinha. However as star footballers get injured – regardless of their origin - medics rush to the sphere, doing their utmost to get them again on their ft once more.
That is the way in which it must be, for everybody.
Well being and the perfect care attainable shouldn't be a matter of origin, nationality, or celebrity standing. Each single one in all us must be entitled to reasonably priced and high quality care. This consists of refugees and migrants.
Simply because the Premier Leagues depend on their migrant gamers, all of us rely closely on the frontline staff who preserve our important companies working, underpinning our well being methods.
A powerful 13% of important staff on the frontlines of COVID-19 response within the EU are migrants. In lots of international locations, migrants make up a considerable share of the healthcare workforce: as an example, a 3rd of the medical doctors within the UK and 20% in Germany are foreign-born, as are 10% of nurses in Italy.
This reveals that not solely our economies and soccer groups, however complete well being methods are depending on migrants. With out them, a lot of our well being methods could be on the point of collapse.
As we intention to construct again higher from the COVID-19 pandemic, we have to degree the taking part in area of well being.
The pandemic has clearly and cruelly proven us that pre-existing inequalities go away some folks extra uncovered than others. Illnesses and viruses journey and have an effect on us no matter borders or passports. We should tackle monetary, administrative, language and different boundaries that many refugees and migrants face every day when making an attempt to entry healthcare and different important companies. Everyone knows how vital care and assist is after we fall sick.
To unleash the complete public well being potential of migration and to enhance well being for all, we'd like group spirit, a way of honest play, political dedication and partnerships throughout international locations and areas.
To make higher well being a actuality for refugees and migrants as for everybody else, we'd like an sincere and clear dialog with everybody represented on the desk.
That’s why we're inviting key decision-makers from WHO’s European, African and Jap Mediterranean areas in addition to representatives of refugees, migrants and civil society to a high-level summit in Istanbul subsequent month tomobilise political dedication and discover a frequent means ahead.
Good well being and well-being beneath the umbrella of common well being protection must be a actuality for all of us, on and off the sphere, regardless of who we're or the place we come from.
Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge is the World Well being Group's regional director for Europe.
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