Kazakhstan initiated the creation of a Global Coalition on Primary Health Care. More than 26 countries have already joined. The WHO Director-General personally came to Astana to discuss next steps. WHO Representative in Kazakhstan Skender Syla has been working in the country for over three years and is direct about it: the partnership between Kazakhstan and the organisation is a model for other member states. In this episode of Life of a Diplomat — on how the Aral Sea became a symbol of an ecological crisis with consequences for the health of entire generations, why climate change is now a public health issue, and what lessons the world still has not learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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