Monday, 18 October 2021

MEDIA ADVISORY

Launch of a new World Health Organization position paper on building health systems resilience for universal health coverage and health security during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

When: Tuesday, 19 October 2021, 12.00 to 14.00 CEST

The new WHO paper highlights the critical need to ensure that health is positioned at the heart of discussions about post-pandemic socioeconomic recovery and transformation.

It calls for renewed and heightened national and global commitment to build resilient health systems that will be strong enough to keep people safe - now and in the longer term - through the integration of universal health coverage and health security efforts.

This will require countries to:

• invest in primary health care and essential public health functions while addressing gaps in health systems foundations
• strengthen preparedness to tackle all forms of public health threats
• ensure whole-of-government and whole-of-society engagement to position health as central to socioeconomic growth and resilience

Speakers:

• Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General
• Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Deputy Director-General
• Dr Mike Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme
• Dr Suraya Dalil, Director of WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care
• Dr Stella Chungong, Director of Health Security Preparedness, WHO Health Emergencies Programme

The event will include a panel discussion with representatives from WHO regional offices and Member States. 

Follow live on WHO event page. 

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