Signed Subregional Cooperation Strategy

Signed Subregional Cooperation Strategy

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Tel Aviv, 10 July 2018

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During the WHO/SEEHN Ministerial Meeting”, held in Tel Aviv, Israel with the topic “Ensuring Primary Health Care for Aging Population in the South Eastern Europe, Dr. Zsuzsanna Jakab, Regional Director, WHO Regional Office for Europe and Dr. Mira Jovanovski-Dasic, Director, Secretariat of the South – eastern European Health Network (SEEHN) signed the Memorandum of Understanding between WHO and SEEHN regarding the Subregional Cooperation Strategy.

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Reflecting the critical role played by the South-Eastern Europe Health Network in subregional health, the long-term collaboration with WHO regarding subregional health Agenda, the universality of Agenda 2030, which calls for all countries to fully engage in its implementation at all levels, WHO Regional Office for Europe and South-Eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN) Secretariat have jointly developed this document. The achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 and other related to health SDGs goals, especially its key target of universal health coverage, underpins its strategic orientation.

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This Subregional Cooperation Strategy (SCS) has been shaped through a series of consultations with representatives at all levels of WHO, the SEEHN and scientific institutions. It has seven 7 strategic priorities reflecting the:

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  1. Further sustaining and strengthening of our collaborative efforts;

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  2. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);

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  3. Striving towards universal health coverage;

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  4. Strengthening public health;

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  5. Ensuring emergency preparedness and response;

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  6. Promoting partnerships for health and well-being;

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  7. Achieving policy coherence between global goals and the SEEHN member countries’ economic, social and environment policies.

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SEEHN Israeli Presidency

SEEHN Israeli Presidency

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WHO/SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE HEALTH NETWORK (SEEHN) MINISTERIAL MEETING ON ENSURING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FOR AN AGEING POPULATION nandn40th PLENARY MEETING OF THE SEEHN "ENSURING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FOR AN AGEING POPULATION" 10 - 11 July 2018, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Approaching are two important events to be held in Tel Aviv, the Ministerial WHO/SEEHN meeting on 10 July and the SEEHN 40th Plenary meeting on 11 July 2018.

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SEEHN can proudly announce that the nine Member States will come together to find new ways for intensifying their collaboration and determining the next steps for joint action.

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The meetings will cover the key technical issues including health system strengthening and primary health care, with a particular focus on ageing population and on vaccination as a critical public health intervention. The health ministers will discuss what assistance and follow-up action may be needed to ensure continued, efficient cooperation among SEEHN countries.  In that regard, conclusions from the last meeting in Podgorica will be talked over.

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In addition, the objectives of the meetings are to support the implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) and emergency preparedness in SEEHN countries, and to debate the outcomes of the high-level regional meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, “Health Systems for Prosperity and Solidarity: leaving no one behind”.  Finally, the health ministers will review country-specific and SEEHN joint statements for the upcoming session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe in September 2018.