WHO priorities for 2016 in US PICTs By Dr Sevil Huseynova CLO for WHO Country Liaison Office in Northern Micronesia 1 (FSM, RMI, ROP)
History: WHO s Mandate 1945, UN Conference, San Francisco 1948, 1 st World Health Assembly 2
3 WHO: Decentralized but Working as ONE (HQs in Geneva + 6 Regional Offices)
WHO Offices Regional Office Location No. of Member States AFRO Brazzaville, the Congo 47 47 WHO offices in countries/ (Territories/ areas) AMRO Washington, D.C. USA 35 27 (1 Caribbean Prog. Coordination) EMRO Cairo, Egypt 21 17 (1 West Bank and Gaza Strip) EURO Copenhagen, Denmark 53 29 (1 Pristina) SEARO New Delhi, India 11 11 WPRO Manila, the Philippines 27* 15 11 WRs and 4 CLOs Total 194 146 (3) *WPR also covers 10 areas in addition to the 27 member states 4
Division of Pacific Technical Support MICRONESIA WR PNG WR SLB MELANESIA WR WSM POLYNESIA WR SP DPS WR SP 5 Established in Sept 2010
Countries & Areas - Western Pacific Region Mongolia China Rep. of Korea Japan 37 countries and areas 1.8 billion people 6 Lao PDR Cambodia Malaysia Member State Singapore Territory and Area Hong Kong (China) Macao (China) Viet Nam Brunei Darussalam Philippines Australia Palau Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Guam (USA) Federated States of Micronesia Vanuatu New Caledonia New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Nauru Tuvalu Wallis & Fiji Futuna Tonga Samoa Kiribati Niue Marshall islands Tokelau American Samoa Cook Islands French Polynesia Pitcairn Islands
History: the evolution of global health Smallpox eradication MERS-CoV FCTC 2015 SARS H1N1 Ebola 1948 1974 1978 1980 2000 2003 2005 2009 2011 2012 2014 WHO created EPI launched Alma-Ata WPR polio free BMGF UNGA-NCD declaration MDGs IHR Rio+20 Biological interventions Health systems strengthening Universal health coverage 7
Roles and Functions: Three levels of the organization Headquarters - policy, strategy, advocacy, norms and standards Regional offices - translate and adapt global norms and strategies to a regional/country context; provide first-line backup technical support to country offices Country offices - the face of the Organization ; delivering frontline technical support to countries 8
WHO: Roles and functions What we do? The directing and coordinating authority on international health within the United Nations system We do this by WHO s six core functions: Providing leadership on matters critical to health and engaging in partnership where joint action is needed; Shaping the research agenda and stimulating the generation, translation and dissemination of valuable knowledge; Setting norms and standards and promoting their implementation Articulating ethical and evidence-based policy options; Providing technical support, catalysing change, and building sustainable institutional capacity; and Monitoring the health situation and assessing health trends. 9
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Work Priorities 2014-2019: WHO 12 th General Programme of Work: 6 Categories 1 Communicable diseases 4 Health systems 2 Noncommunicable diseases 5 Preparedness, surveillance and response 3 Health through the life-course 6 Corporate services and enabling functions 11
Categories & Programmes Communicable diseases HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis Malaria Neglected Tropical Diseases Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Noncommunicable diseases Noncommunicable diseases Mental health and substance abuse Violence and injuries Disabilities and rehabilitation Nutrition 12
Categories & Programmes Promoting health through the life-course Reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health Ageing and health Gender, equity and human rights mainstreaming Social determinants of health Health and the environment Health systems National health policies, strategies and plans Integrated people-centred health services Access to medicines and health technologies and strengthening regulatory capacity Health systems, information and evidence 13
Categories & Programmes Preparedness, surveillance and response Alert and response capacities Epidemic-prone and pandemic-prone diseases Emergency risk and crisis management Food safety Polio eradication Outbreak and crisis response Corporate services and enabling functions Leadership and governance Transparency, accountability and risk management Strategic planning, resource coordination and reporting Management and administration Strategic communications 14
Setting the agenda with countries Global public health agenda (World Health Assembly) WHO Western Pacific Regional context (Regional Committee meetings) Pacific Agenda (Pacific Health ministers Meetings) Country priorities (National health plans, Country cooperation strategies) 15
WHO Multi-country cooperation strategy for the pacific 2013-2017 WHO s high level strategic document for the Pacific, with priorities to guide its work in countries A medium-term vision for technical cooperation in support of national health plan and strategies of PICs The main instrument for harmonising WHO cooperation with other UN agencies and Development Partners in the Pacific 16
Country Cooperation Strategy documents for USAPI: 2013-2017 17
WHO Multi-country cooperation strategy for the pacific 2013-2017 18
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20 2015 Yanuca Island Declaration (Ministers Pledges)
21 In April 2015, the Eleventh Pacific Health Ministers Meeting proposed recommendations in four overarching themes: : 1. Strengthening leadership, governance and accountability; 2. Nurturing children in body and mind; 3. Reducing avoidable disease burden and premature deaths; 4. Promoting ecological balance.
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WHO in the Pacific 2014 2015 23
World Health Day 2016: Together on the front lines against diabetes Below 6.1 mmol/l (110 mg/dl)- is the normal fasting blood sugar level About 131 million people in the Western Pacific Region had diabetes in 2014. 944 000 premature deaths in the Western Pacific Region were attributed to high blood glucose in 2012. 24
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