To mark World Health Day in the Republic of Moldova, health professionals were recognized for their dedication and leadership during a national awards ceremony on 11 April. Awards were given in categories such as best family doctor, best nursing team, best emergency team, best health NGO, best health journalist and more.
In partnership with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection, the National Health Insurance Company and the Centre for Health Information and Communication, WHO organized the fifth anniversary of the Health Gala – a national awards ceremony acknowledging the performance and best achievements of health professionals in the country, as well as innovation and best practices.
The Minister of Health, Labour and Social Protection, Svetlana Cebotari, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Pavel Filip, the director of Programme Management in WHO/Europe, Dr Nedret Emiroglu, and the WHO Representative to the Republic of Moldova, Haris Hajrulahovic, addressed about 250 health professionals, health sector managers, development partners and representatives of diplomatic missions, as part of the World Health Day 2018 celebration.
The 2018 World Health Day was celebrated or observed in Romania through activities organized by the county Public Health Directorates throughout the country. Information related to the theme of World Health Day, “Universal health coverage: everyone, everywhere.”, was promoted through information materials, meetings and press releases. Under the slogan “Health for All”, the information highlighted the importance of access to essential health services for all, regardless of the economic or social status, age or residence. Coordination of the campaign was ensured by the National Institute for Public Health.
To mark the 2018 World Health Day and to promote its message, Sorina Pintea, Minister of Health and Miljana Grbic, Head of the WHO Office in Romania, visited the Community Medical Assistance Center in Gostinari, Giurgiu County.
“The community medical center we have seen is a successful recipe that we intend to promote and expand. The way things work here shows that it can be done, if there is a collaboration with local authorities. We need to provide medical services to isolated communities with poor populations, especially in localities where there are no family doctors. A mapping is in progress to identify the needs for community-based health services across the country. “Sorina Pintea, Minister of Health, said.
“Universal coverage of health services is a simple idea: it means that all people can use quality health services where and when they need it, without getting impoverished because they paid for the treatment they needed. This is one of the fundamental human rights.”, said Miljana Grbic, Head of the WHO Office in Romania.
On the occasion of the World Health Day 2018, SEEHN Secretariat and Regional Health Development Center on Public Health Services hosted by the Institute of Public Health in Skopje, marked the event on Thursday, April 5th at the Best Western Hotel Turist in Skopje.
World Health Organization established April 7th as World Health Day 70 years ago and this year the theme and slogan was “Universal Health Coverage: everyone, everywhere. Health for All”
Addressing the audience Dr. Mira Jovanovski-Dasic, Director of SEEHN Secretariat, underlined that all countries of the SEE region share common economic, environmental, demographic, political, challenges which all combined make a huge impact and diminish universal access to healthcare services, essential quality care and financial protection thus ultimately determining a huge gap of 10 years less in life expectancy comparing to the ones in the EU region.
SEEHN will work intensively with its Member States in the forthcoming period for further upgrading public health services moving towards achieving its commitments from the Chisinau Pledge, which focus on:
Striving universal health coverage for our populations
Increasing public financing for health
Sustaining and strengthening the regional cooperation in public health
Working more closely and efficiently with our partners.
This is what we all can do to achieve UHC at the regional, governmental, individual level by spotting policy-makers’ power to transform the health of their nation and to invite them to be part of the change; by sharing examples on the progress achieved towards UHC and encourage others to find their own path; by providing tools for structured policy dialogue on how to advance UHC nationally and by supporting such efforts at the regional level ( through expanding service coverage, improving quality of services, reducing out-of-pocket payments) pointed out Dr. Mira Jovanovski-Dasic.
She reiterated that SEEHN is committed to further supporting and working in this area and to spreading best practices in every possible occasion.
Our efforts aim to enhance people’s health, and the 2018 slogan “Health for All” shall be the headline of our daily activities that ultimately will drive changes for the other half of population to enjoy high qualitative healthcare services, concluded Dr. Mira Jovanovski-Dasic.
To mark World Health Day in the Republic of Moldova, health professionals were recognized for their dedication and leadership during a national awards ceremony on 11 April. Awards were given in categories such as best family doctor, best nursing team, best emergency team, best health NGO, best health journalist and more.
