The theme focuses on building commitment at all levels of leadership to end TB. The Day will start with a march led by the Police brass band. Objectives of the Workshop Draft a strategy for Health in All Policies to enable government to address the social and environmental determinants of health in all public policies with improved health outcomes at the population level. WHO Member States are striving at improving global health security preparedness, by building core capacities for implementing the International Health Regulations IHR in countries.
WHO and partners, together with the Ministry of Health and Social Services MOHSS in Namibia have consequently started to align country and partner efforts around a unified and multi-sectoral preparedness framework for a harmonized technical, financing, and evaluation benchmarks in the country. This NAPHS is expected to be reviewed, costed and finalized in the meeting that is scheduled to take place from 31 October to 2 November , in Namibia.
Email: mhatap [at] who. Email: kaunatjikec [at] who. Addressing the health and nutrition of women, children and adolescents is one of the key priorities of the Government of the Republic of Namibia, and particularly the Ministry of Health and Social Services. The overall objective of this process is to develop a costed integrated Strategic Plan to address Women, Children and Adolescent Health and Nutrition in Namibia for the period โ Access to health services enables people to be more productive and active contributors to their families and communities.
At the same time, financial risk protection prevents people from being pushed into poverty when they have to pay for health services out of their own pockets. Universal health coverage is thus a powerful component of sustainable development goals SDGs and poverty reduction, and a key element of any effort to reduce social inequities.
This week-long training programme will provide the participants not only with an understanding of the basic concepts of Universal Health Coverage, its components and theoretical framework but also provide the participants with relevant practical examples on how some low and middle income countries have moved towards Universal Health Coverage.
