Day 4 - Thursday 20 September 2018
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“It is now clearer than ever that we need to be bolder and reach further, to engage effectively with all those that have a stake in health,” said WHO Regional Director for Europe Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab on the final day of the 68th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (RC68).
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Dr Bekir Keskinkılıç from Turkey, Member of the Executive Board, opened the session by highlighting resolutions from the World Health Assembly that have particular relevance for the WHO European Region.
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Dr Lucianne Licari, Director of Country Support and Communications, provided an overview of WHO’s work with, for and in countries. She drew attention to WHO’s 13th General Programme of Work (GPW13) and its focus on countries at the centre.
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Dr Vesna Kerstin Petric reported on an initiative unique to the Region, which aims to give a subgroup of members of the Standing Committee of the Regional Committee (SCRC) and the Executive Board a better understanding of the work and functions of a country office. Dr Petric is chair of this subgroup.
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Member States expressed their full support for the implementation of the Regional Framework for Surveillance and Control of Invasive Mosquito Vectors and Re-emerging Vector-borne Diseases. Dr Ioannis Baskozos, Chair of the SCRC subgroup on vector control and Secretary General of Public Health at the Greek Ministry of Health, noted the urgent need to accelerate the implementation of the Framework.
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At a briefing on the United Nations high-level meeting on universal health coverage in 2019, Member States were briefed on the process leading up to the high-level meeting on universal health coverage in 2019 and sought their input, particularly on how the main outcomes of the regional health system events in 2018 (the conferences in Sitges, Spain; Tallinn, Estonia; and Astana, Kazakhstan) can feed into the 2019 meeting.
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The Regional Director voiced her deep thanks to all delegates for the discussions and agreements that were reached at RC68, in a spirit of partnership and consensus during her closing remarks.