SADC health ministers meet
SADC health ministers are meeting tomorrow to review public health issues in the southern African region.
This SADC Secretariat said the ministers would review the implementation of the regional health agenda as guided by the SADC Protocol on Health, the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan and the SADC Health Policy.
This meeting was preceded by a meeting of SADC senior health officials on 5 and 6 November to prepare documents for the ministers.
The ministers will also consider progress on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that includes the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) adopted by world leaders in September 2015.
Other issues that will be discussed include the implementation of the regional nutrition plan, using the most recent data with a focus on the World Health Assembly targets for improving maternal, infant and child nutrition.
The meeting will also discuss the development of a Regional Food Fortification Monitoring Framework, as well as emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases, especially the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Malaria control and treatment of severe malaria cases will also be on the agenda. The ministers will discuss how to ensure regular Artemisinin drug efficacy monitoring to prevent a drug-resistant malaria outbreak.
Other agenda items are the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, a progress update on the implementation of HIV-Aids interventions and a report of the implementation of the SADC HIV-Aids Cross-border Initiative.
The meeting will also discuss the implementation of SADC pooled procurement services in order to improve sustainable availability of affordable, quality, safe and efficacious essential medicines.
On Friday, 9 November the ministers will take part in an event commemorating SADC Malaria Day at Kayengona village in the Kavango East Region.
Rapid diagnostic tests will be conducted at a local clinic and the interiors of homes will be sprayed against mosquitos to raise awareness of malaria.
“SADC Malaria Day will highlight the plight of malaria among communities at risk and to advocate for support from key decision-makers and stakeholders for malaria control efforts in the region. This year's theme for SADC Malaria Day is 'Strong cross-border collaboration is key to malaria elimination' and the slogan is 'SADC Unite to End Malaria',” the statement reads.
JEMIMA BEUKES
This SADC Secretariat said the ministers would review the implementation of the regional health agenda as guided by the SADC Protocol on Health, the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan and the SADC Health Policy.
This meeting was preceded by a meeting of SADC senior health officials on 5 and 6 November to prepare documents for the ministers.
The ministers will also consider progress on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that includes the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) adopted by world leaders in September 2015.
Other issues that will be discussed include the implementation of the regional nutrition plan, using the most recent data with a focus on the World Health Assembly targets for improving maternal, infant and child nutrition.
The meeting will also discuss the development of a Regional Food Fortification Monitoring Framework, as well as emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases, especially the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Malaria control and treatment of severe malaria cases will also be on the agenda. The ministers will discuss how to ensure regular Artemisinin drug efficacy monitoring to prevent a drug-resistant malaria outbreak.
Other agenda items are the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, a progress update on the implementation of HIV-Aids interventions and a report of the implementation of the SADC HIV-Aids Cross-border Initiative.
The meeting will also discuss the implementation of SADC pooled procurement services in order to improve sustainable availability of affordable, quality, safe and efficacious essential medicines.
On Friday, 9 November the ministers will take part in an event commemorating SADC Malaria Day at Kayengona village in the Kavango East Region.
Rapid diagnostic tests will be conducted at a local clinic and the interiors of homes will be sprayed against mosquitos to raise awareness of malaria.
“SADC Malaria Day will highlight the plight of malaria among communities at risk and to advocate for support from key decision-makers and stakeholders for malaria control efforts in the region. This year's theme for SADC Malaria Day is 'Strong cross-border collaboration is key to malaria elimination' and the slogan is 'SADC Unite to End Malaria',” the statement reads.
JEMIMA BEUKES
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