Climate change and health in small island developing States — Regional Plan of Action for SIDS in the African and South East Asian Regions

Overview

This Plan of Action was developed during the Third Global Conference on Health and Climate Change which was organized as a regionally dispersed conference with a focus on SIDS. The Conference was held in Mauritius, specifically for SIDS from Africa and South East Asia Region, on 21-22 March 2018. Participants included Ministers of Health and Ministers of Environment and high-level officials from Mauritius (host country), Cabo Verde, Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives, Sao Tome e Principe, and Seychelles.

This Plan of Action is for the period 2019-2023, and corresponds to the implementation of WHO Special Initiative on Climate Change and Health in SIDS in the African and South-East Asian Regions of the World Health Organization.