Overview

In 2021 the Roadmap for Health and Well-being in the Western Balkans 2021–2025 was endorsed as a galvanizer and catalyst to keep health high on the political agenda in the Western Balkans. It fosters cooperation among countries and provides a stimulus for increased investment in health.

The Roadmap offers an innovative, strategic and customized framework that promotes country-level health goals and priorities, and that targets investment in critical areas of health systems across this subregion. It includes 10 high-impact action areas and 17 reform initiatives that were developed through extensive consultation with countries of the Western Balkans and partners. The action areas seek to:

Located at the heart of south-eastern Europe, the Western Balkans include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Kosovo*.

WHO/Europe and the Western Balkans implement the Roadmap together through, for example, close collaboration between WHO/Europe and 3 main subregional organizations:

Yearly progress reports are published to give an overview on the implementation of the Roadmap.