Regional Consultative Meeting on the Frameworks for the Implementation of the Ouagadougou and Algiers Declarations

Brazzaville, 20 April 2009 -- In April 2008, WHO, in collaboration with UNICEF, UNFPA, UNAIDS, The World Bank, the African Development Bank and the host country Burkina Faso organized the International Conference on Primary Health Care (PHC) and Health Systems, from 28 to 30 April in Ouagadougou.

The conference resulted in the adoption of the Ouagadougou Declaration on Primary Health Care and Health Systems in Africa: Achieving Better Health for Africa in the New Millennium.

Furthermore, from 23 to 26 June, WHO and the Government of Algeria jointly organized the Ministerial Conference on Research for Health in the African Region held in the Algerian capital. The conference resulted in the adoption of the Algiers Declaration.

Signatories to the Ouagadougou Declaration and participants in the Algiers conference which adopted the Algiers Declaration requested WHO to support the development of frameworks to implement both declarations which were later endorsed by the Fifty-eighth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa in September 2008.

It is against this backdrop that WHO is bringing together a multidisciplinary group of stakeholders to examine drafts of the implementation frameworks of the Ouagadougouand Algiers Declarations.

What ? Regional Consultation on the Frameworks for the Implementation of the Ouagadougou Declaration on Primary Health Care and Health Systems in Africa and the Algiers Declaration on Research for Health.

When? 21 - 23 April 2009

Where? Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

Who? The consultation will be attended by Ministries of Health, policy makers and health system managers; some Members of the Expert Group on PHC and the African Advisory Committee on Health Research and Development; representatives of training and research institutions, NGOs, public health associations, community and international organizations and WHO Staff.

Why? The consultation aims to:

1. Build consensus of the format and content of the Frameworks for implementation of the Ouagadougou and Algiers Declarations;
2. Ensure that the main priorities highlighted in the Ouagadougou and Algiers Declaration have been taken into account in the Frameworks:
3. Identify best ways and means for supporting the implementation of the Frameworks;
4. Agree on mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the Frameworks.

For more information on the consultation, please contact:
Dr Chris Mwikisa: E-mail - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Tel +47241 39388

Dr Saidou Pathé Barry: E-mail - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Tel +47 241 39337

Dr Derege Kebede: E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Tel: +47 241 39176

Dr Issa Sanou : E-mail - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Tel: +47 241 39419