WHO’s Regional Committee for South-East Asia calls for continued solidarity to tackle the health challenges

這篇大致上是在描述東南亞國家面臨的一些問題
裡面有提到一個基金
還有提到下次(61屆)會在印度新德里舉辦

Thimphu, Bhutan, 3 September, 2007: The 60th session of WHO’s Regional Committee for South-East Asia concluded here today with a call for continued solidarity and joint endeavours for health development by Member countries. It noted with satisfaction the progress in the implementation of WHO’s collaborative programmes and activities in the Region.

The session took several momentous decisions and would be viewed, “As the session where regional solidarity and togetherness were further strengthened”, said Dr Samlee Plianbangchang, Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia Region.

Member countries of WHO’s South East Asia Region account for approximately 25% of the world population. However, they bear 40% of the world’s disease burden. The Region has the largest number of children missed by immunization, the highest number of deaths from measles, and from complications of pregnancy and childbirth.

Notably, the Committee adopted a resolution to establish the South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund (SEARHEF). The Region is vulnerable to natural and man-made emergencies which impact human health, and accounted for 58% of deaths due to disasters worldwide. This Fund would provide financial support to Member Countries in the first three months after the onset of an emergency. It would be an instrument to tide over affected Member countries in the face of an emergency. The Fund is not meant to finance bulk relief, recovery, reconstruction and rehabilitation which are funded by established mechanisms like Flash Appeals, Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) and Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) The Fund would build a corpus from within countries and by raising voluntary contributions. Thailand announced a contribution of US $100,000 for the Fund, during the Regional Committee session.

The Committee deliberated on several issues of regional priority including: i)Nutrition and food safety, ii)Scaling up prevention and control of chronic noncommunicable diseases, iii) TB control iv)Revised malaria control strategy, v)Avian and pandemic influenza preparedness, vi) Public health, innovation and intellectual property rights, and vii) WHO and reforms of the UN system.

The Regional Committee decided that the Technical discussions in 2008 would be on the subject of “Revitalising Primary Health”.

The Regional Committee decided that its 61st session would be held at the SEARO office in New Delhi.

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