In the Declaration of Astana, governments and international partners committed to orient health systems towards primary health care for accelerated progress on universal health coverage and the health-related Sustainable Development Goals. The Operational framework for primary health care helps bring that vision to reality, describing 14 levers that countries can use to strengthen PHC-oriented health systems and proposing relevant actions and interventions.
Marking the two-year anniversary of the Declaration of Astana, this event, hosted by WHO, UNICEF and the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan, brings together national experiences from across the globe to launch the operational framework and discuss its relevance for strengthening PHC both in the COVID-19 pandemic context and as part of building better.
Overview
This virtual event will launch the Operational framework for primary health care and discuss its relevance for strengthening PHC both in the COVID-19 pandemic context and as part of building better.
11:00 – 12:00 Ministerial Plenary Session (streamed in the six UN languages)
Welcome & opening remarks - H.E. Alexey Tsoi, Minister of Healthcare of Kazakstan
WHO Remarks - Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO
UNICEF Remarks - Dr Henrietta Fore, Executive Director
Presentation of PHC Operational Framework - Dr Suraya Dalil, Director, Special Programme on PHC
Ministerial Panel – moderator: Dr Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe
Featuring
- Munkhsaihan Togtmol, Minister of Health, Mongolia
- Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Minister of Health, Sri Lanka
- André Loussambou, Health advisor, Ministry of Health, Population, Promotion of women and integration of women in development, Congo
- Maria Mercedes Da Silva and Damian Ariel Seliak, General directorate of primary health care, Ministry of Public Health, Paraguay
UNICEF Reflections on Ministerial Panel – Dr Aboubacar Kampo, Director and Chief of Health programmes, UNICEF, New York
Reflections on two years since the Declaration of Astana - Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab, Deputy Director-General, WHO
Roundtables
Participants will be able to join one of five roundtable discussions focusing on levers of the Operational Framework, as below:
12:00 – 12:45 Policy Roundtable Discussions with senior policy makers (available in English only)
Roundtable 1: Governance and policy frameworks - Moderator: Helen Schneider, University of the Western Cape
Time: Dec 14, 2020 11:30 AM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
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Meeting ID: 995 0068 4981
Passcode: Policy#2
Roundtable 2: Models of care; Moderator: Githinji Gitahi, Executive Director, AMREF
Time: Dec 14, 2020 11:30 AM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
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Meeting ID: 930 5123 6293
Passcode: Models#2
Roundtable 3: Workforce; Moderator: Alaka Singh, WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
Time: Dec 14, 2020 11:30 AM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
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Meeting ID: 983 1979 4109
Passcode: Work22#a
Roundtable 4: Digital technologies for health; Moderator: Mr Benoit Kalasa, Director, Technical Division, UNFPA
Time: Dec 14, 2020 11:30 AM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
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Meeting ID: 992 7681 4110
Passcode: Techn#2a
Roundtable 5: Financing/strategic purchasing; Moderator: Dr Melitta Jakab, WHO European Centre for Primary Health Care
Time: Dec 14, 2020 11:30 AM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
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Meeting ID: 996 7699 2473
Passcode: Stract22#