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WHO-IPU African Parliamentary High-Level Conference on Strengthening Health Security Preparedness
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) are pleased to invite you to the first African Parliamentary High-Level Conference on Strengthening Health Security Preparedness, which will be held from the 8th to the 10th of November 2023 in Accra, Ghana.
Parliamentarians, through their core functions of law-making, budgeting, and oversight, including their mandate to represent constituencies, can play a crucial role in fostering multisectoral actions across government, engaging in international partnerships, and advancing not only global health security but also universal health coverage as part of the Sustainable Development Goals. WHO and IPU have a long-standing collaboration that promotes parliamentary engagement in health security preparedness and response.
The conference provides a platform to exchange ideas, build political support, strengthen capacities, and foster coordination for sustainable action in global health security. It will enhance parliaments' and parliamentarians' awareness of the unique opportunities presented by their functions to play a key role in advancing health emergency preparedness at the national and regional levels and in building health systems' resilience for the future of their countries.
More detailed information about the Conference will be posted on https://www.afro.who.int/media-centre/events/who-ipu-african-parliamentary-high-level-conference-strengthening-health, https://www.afro.who.int/ and https://www.ipu.org/events/current-and-future-events
For further information please contact: sph@who.int or postbox@ipu.org