Health Ministers to discuss strategies and actions to tackle public health challenges in the African Region

Health Ministers to discuss strategies and actions to tackle public health challenges in the African Region

Brazzaville, 12 November 2015 – Delegates from the 47 countries in the WHO African Region will meet in N’Djamena, Chad from 23-27 November 2015, for the annual session of the WHO Regional Committee. The week-long meeting is hosted by the Chadian government.

The Regional Committee is the annual flagship meeting of ministers of health from the Region during which they discuss a range of strategies and actions to tackle public health challenges in the Region. As the highest decision-making body on health, its decisions have over the years contributed immensely towards improving the health and well-being of people in the Region.

Dignitaries attending the meeting include: Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO; Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa; senior WHO officials; representatives of agencies of the United Nations system; bilateral and multilateral organizations; nongovernmental organizations; and high ranking decision-makers from Ministries of Health.

Priority topics on the agenda for this year’s Regional Committee include:

  • Research for health: a strategy for the African Region, 2016–2025 
  • Global strategy on human resources for health: perspectives from the African Region
  • The Transformation Agenda of the WHO Secretariat in the African Region
  • Progress report on the establishment of the Africa Centre for Disease Control 
  • The African Public Health Emergency Fund (APHEF) 
  • The 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreak: lessons learnt and way forward
  • Progress  on the implementation of the Health Promotion Strategy for the African Region
  • Progress on Strategy for Addressing Key Determinants of Health in the African Region
  • Progress on the establishment of the African Medicines Agency.

An updated RC65 Journal will be posted on the web every morning from 24 November 2015.

Social media:

The WHO Regional Office for Africa will provide regular updates from the Regional Committee via Twitter. Follow us @WHOAFRO and use the hashtag #AFRC65.

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Regional Committee contacts:

Dr Joseph Cabore , Director for Programme Management ; Tel: +47 24139386; Email: caborej [at] who.int
Collins Boakye-Agyemang, Regional Communications Adviser; Tel: + 242 06 520 6565; Email: boakyeagyemangc [at] who.int
Jonas Naissem, Communications Officer in Chad; Tel: +235 52 3805; Email: naissemj [at] who.int
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Related links:

Draft provisional agenda (pdf: 37.63 kB)

Sixty-fifth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa