Cuba has secured a seat on the Common Committee of the World Well being Meeting (WHA), the decision-making physique of the World Well being Group (WHO), marking a big position for the nation in shaping international well being insurance policies.
The 17-member Common Committee is chargeable for overseeing the procedural operations of the Meeting, together with agenda setting and facilitating discussions on key points affecting worldwide well being.
The announcement comes because the 78th World Well being Meeting opened on Monday at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. As a part of the Meeting’s opening occasions, the Cuban delegation met with WHO Director-Common Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to debate ongoing and future collaborations.
Cuba’s Minister of Public Well being, Dr. José Ángel Portal, is main the delegation and has already engaged in a number of bilateral conferences. On the primary day of the Meeting, Dr. Portal signed a Memorandum of Understanding on healthcare cooperation with Oman’s Minister of Well being, Dr. Hilal bin Ali bin Hilal Al Sabti.
His itinerary additionally included visits to the GAVI Vaccine Alliance headquarters, the place discussions targeted on vaccine-related initiatives, and a gathering with executives from the World Fund to Combat AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
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This 12 months’s Meeting will run via Might 27 and is predicted to undertake greater than 40 resolutions. Excessive on the agenda is the anticipated Treaty on Future Pandemics, together with international well being priorities such because the eradication of cervical most cancers, lung and kidney well being, uncommon illnesses, diagnostic imaging, pores and skin issues, conventional drugs, lead publicity, and sustainable well being financing.
