ABSTRACT:
Climate change significantly threatens ecological, health, economic, and social structures. These threats have considerable impacts on global policies and ambitions, as extreme weather conditions, disease incidents, and food and water insecurity all pose disproportionate effects on humanity, prompting the World Health Organization to describe climate change as a fundamental threat to human health. On the other hand, the World Bank reaffirms that climate change also significantly strains health systems, increasing demand for health services while impairing the system’s ability to respond. The global health policies, which are frameworks and models established to address these threats, include universal health coverage and health equity, strengthening national health systems, addressing health security, fostering access to essential medicines and healthcare services for all, and fighting specific diseases such as pandemics, HIV, and Malaria are some of the global health ambitions and are pivotal in combating the dual burden of increased health demands and disrupted health service provision, are continuously impaired by climate change. Translating these ambitious and optimistic global strategies into sustainable policies, amidst climate change, particularly in Africa, where the vulnerability is high, remains a contentious debate among policymakers, academia, and the general public, which is why the positioning of this study is relevant. Using desktop research, the investigation aims to comprehensively understand the underlying impacts of climate change on various global health policy objectives, while searching for appropriate ways to nurture sustainable pathways amidst climate change in Africa. The results will be valuable contributions to reimagining the global health policies amidst climate change in Africa and attempting to fill the glaring knowledge gaps and future research priorities, particularly in international health policy, by implementing interventions tailored to strengthen the health systems in Africa. Lastly, the results will likely achieve SDG 3(Good Health and Well-Being) and SDG 13 (Climate Action).