42nd Plenary meeting of the SEE Health Network

News, Plenary Meeting

The South-Eastern Europe Health Network 42^ndnSEEHN Plenary Meeting organized by the SEE Health Network MontenegrinnPresidency, Executive Committee and Secretariat was held on 21 July, 2020 as annonline event.

Thenmeeting joined the member states National Health Coordinators and /ornAlternates, the partner countries, international organizations, directors ofnthe SEEHN Regional Health Development Centers (RHDC) and Diplomatic corps, withnover 50 participants.

Then42nd Plenary focused on the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic effect on the SEEHNnMember States, SEEHN major developments, activities and challenges during thenterm of the Montenegrin Presidency (SEEHN Presidency report July 2019 – June,n2020) and the Future Presidency of Romania (July – December 2020).

Innthis sense, based on the commitments of the SEE Ministers of Health, as specifiednin the Chisinau Pledge, endorsed during their Fourth Ministerial Forum in 2017,nas well as based on the priorities agreed in the SEEHN Montenegrin PresidencynRoadmap from 2019, the SEEHN Secretariat will build upon the discussions andndecisions from the 42nd Plenary Meeting. Thus, the focus is on several prioritynareas:

1. Commitment to strengthen capacities ofnthe healthcare personnel – implementation of projects to build capacities onnhealth emergency response and in particular on COVID-19.

2. To address mental health of thenhealthcare personnel.

3. Gather information on the COVID-19 andnits effects, impact on different areas of the health systems.

4. Digitalisation.

5. Vaccination and Immunisation.  

6. Partnerships.

7. Strengthening of SEEHN technicalnexpertise by supporting its Regional Health Development Centers (RHDC)

Thisnpandemic more than ever thought us that we cannot be safe somewhere alone andnisolated, instead we need to focus on working together, put resources andncoordinate in a multi-factorial mode. We should explore all collaborations andnfructify them by supporting each other for the common wellness, to promotenuniversal health coverage and people-centered services. Solidarity is the keynprinciple of the SEEHN.

Unitednwe stay stronger!