The World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Union Committee (AU) today renewed their long -term strategic cooperation with the signing of an informed Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) on the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva. This renewed agreement confirms the common commitment to promote health safety, universal health coverage and sustainable development across the African continent in a period of unprecedented economic challenges in the global health landscape.
It further emphasizes the leadership of the African Union to promote collective action, non -exclusion and regional resilience partnerships and puts the Ministry of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development of Commission SA at the center of health policy efforts.
The agreement was signed by AMMA Adomaa Twum-AMOAH’s ambassador, commissioner for health, humanitarian assumptions and social development, on behalf of Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, chairman of the African Union Committee and Dr. Tedros adhebreyesus, director of which. It marks a decisive moment for primary health care and universal health coverage.
Commissioner Twum-Amoah underlined the strategic importance of AU’s agreement and leadership in shaping Africa’s health landscape:
“This agreement marks a new chapter in AU -WHO, with more closely collaboration, we can better respond to the health needs of our populations and ensure that no one is left behind health.
Based on the 2019 Mou Foundation, the renewed agreement rationalize and enhances cooperation in all AU entities. It aligns the efforts to support Africa’s priorities and determines the stage for the enhanced cooperation between it and SA. It also confirms the central technical and regulatory leadership role in global and regional health and its commitment to support SA and its institutions to achieve health -related sustainable development goals.
This renewed agreement comes at a critical time, as cuts in bilateral aid, the health of millions in Africa. It reflects our determination to translate our corporate relationship into tangible results for African people and to support countries to leave behind the time of dependence on the help and transition to sustainable self -confidence. We are proud to stand with the African Union to promote Epirus’s health priorities. ”
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, General Manager of
The Memorandum describes five basic areas of cooperation:
- Strengthening health systems: including regulatory harmonization, support for local pharmaceutical construction, traditional medicine, funding of domestic health, development of workforce and digital health innovation.
- Reproductive, parent, neonatal, childhood and adolescent health (RMNCAH): With continuous support for the campaign for the accelerated reduction in maternal mortality in Africa (CARMMA plus 2021-2030) and the progress of Addis Ababa’s revised Declaration (ADI).
- Prevention and control of diseases: Supporting the application of AU frames to contagious and non -contagious diseases, including efforts to end AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Eliminates neglected tropical diseases (NTDS). and cope with the weight of viral hepatitis according to its strategies.
- Diet and food safety: Strengthening the Nutrition Agenda through the application of the African Nutrition Strategy 2015-2025 and the relevant strategies that. and
- Health in emergency arrangements: Enhancing common reactions to humanitarian crises, conflicts and climate -related emergency.
The time of the renewed agreement is important. It reflects the increased voice of the African Union in the global health governance – enhanced by its integration into the G20 – and points out what is the constant key role as a reliable technical and business partner.
The refurbished MOU marks the new dynamics for regional and multilateral cooperation to tackle the most pressing challenges for Africa health and to provide significant, continuous results in Epirus.
