GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC -The Deputy Caribbean Group (CARICOM) Secretary-Normal, Dr Armstrong Alexis, is main a regional delegation to subsequent week’s 78th World Well being Meeting (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland.
A press release from the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat on Friday mentioned that because the Area prepares for the influence of shifting international insurance policies on healthcare methods within the Caribbean, together with the discount in funding for essential applications equivalent to HIV and AIDS, a number of essential international well being points for member states’ consideration are on the agenda from 19-27 Could 2025.
It mentioned these are the ultimate draft of the pandemic settlement, human sources for well being, combating antimicrobial resistance, addressing local weather change impacts, and tackling non-communicable illnesses.
Forward of the assembly, Alexis mentioned that defending the well being of CARICOM residents and advocating for options for well being sector challenges skilled by Small Island Growing States (SIDS) shall be a excessive precedence for dialogue.
“This yr’s World Well being Meeting shall be important, primarily as a result of modifications are going down within the Worldwide Group, notably throughout the multilateral international governance system.
“Well being governance is a essential a part of it…with modifications going down, the presence of the Caribbean to make sure that the issues of Small Island Growing States throughout the international structure of healthcare and public well being, will not be misplaced when conversations are going down on the worldwide stage,” Alexis mentioned.
He mentioned that whereas the Area’sregion’s illustration on the WHA is at all times important, it’s essential this time due to international modifications and the withdrawal of a number of the Area’sRegion’s conventional companions.
He mentioned that illustration at this stage was important to defending the worldwide well being structure as international well being insurance policies shift.
“Now we have to make sure that the curiosity of the Caribbean is protected,” he added.
CARICOM Secretariat Programme Supervisor for Well being Sector Improvement, Tamara Bobb, who can also be attending the assembly, mentioned, “Along with the primary agenda, a caucus of CARICOM Ministers of Well being and their heads of delegation will convene within the margins of the Meeting to deliberate on precedence areas for the Caribbean Group and the 78th World Well being Meeting agenda gadgets of curiosity to Member States.
“The Secretariat stays absolutely dedicated to advancing these discussions and fostering regional solidarity in well being diplomacy. We stay up for optimistic outcomes that can profit our Group and strengthen our collective resilience,” she added.
