Juba, 5 July 2024 – Dr Humphrey Karamagi, the newly appointed World Well being Group (WHO) Consultant for South Sudan, offered his letter of credentials to Hon. Ramadan Mohamed Abdallah Goc, Minister of International Affairs and Worldwide Cooperation.
Throughout his presentation, Dr Karamagi said, “With the launch of the Well being Sector Transformation Challenge, we purpose to implement the methods and interventions outlined within the Well being Sector Strategic Plan 2023-2027. These efforts will concentrate on making certain equal entry to important well being companies, strengthening well being techniques, and forming partnerships to attain Common Well being Protection. The WHO is dedicated to collaborating with all stakeholders below the federal government’s management in any respect ranges to help the implementation of this HSTP. We purpose to make sure that the Nation achieves its Common Well being Protection aspirations.”
Hon. Ramadan expressed appreciation for WHO’s important efforts in enhancing the well being sector in South Sudan. He emphasised that well being is a collective accountability, extending past the purview of the Ministry of Well being. Moreover, he acknowledged WHO as a steadfast accomplice within the nation for a few years, predating its independence.
Dr Karamagi and Hon. Ramadan have each reiterated their unwavering dedication to enhancing the healthcare sector in South Sudan. Hon. Ramadan expressed, “My workplace is receptive to collaborating with the World Well being Group for the betterment of the folks of South Sudan.”
WHO’s contribution in varied areas has been important, together with vaccinating over 5.1 million folks towards COVID-19, with healthcare staff having a 95% vaccination charge and aged folks at nearly 90%, the eradication of the wild poliovirus, an increase in routine immunization protection from 60% to over 80% up to now two years, the organising of an oxygen plant at Juba Educating Hospital, help to the Sudan crises, formalizing the One Well being Multi-Sectoral Coordination Mechanism, the development of the Public Well being Emergency Operations Middle, the institution of the Nationwide Blood Transfusion Providers in Juba, and the Nationwide Public Well being Laboratory. Together with these, strengthening country-wide built-in illness surveillance has additionally been a big effort.
Dr Karamagi thanked Hon. Ramadan for his or her heat welcome, unwavering help, and invaluable collaboration with WHO. On behalf of the Director-Common, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and the Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, he emphasised WHO’s unwavering dedication to collaborate carefully with the federal government of South Sudan and different companions throughout the framework of the WHO Transformation Agenda.
Dr Karamagi congratulated the Authorities of South Sudan on the progress made within the well being sector regardless of the difficult setting and reaffirmed WHO’s help for the nation’s contribution to the Triple Billion, an important step in direction of attaining common well being protection, addressing well being emergencies, and selling more healthy populations to attain the United Nations Sustainable Growth Targets (SDG3).
Dr Karamagi is a Ugandan and holds a Physician of Public Well being, a Grasp of Science in Well being Coverage Planning and Financing, a Diploma in Tropical Drugs, and a Bachelor of Drugs and Surgical procedure. He has over 25 years of expertise in public well being, significantly in remodeling well being service supply to maximise well being outcomes of Common Well being Protection, Well being Safety, and well being determinants, with a concentrate on the best way well being system investments could be deployed to optimize entry to important companies, high quality of care, neighborhood demand, and well being system resilience.
Earlier than his appointment in South Sudan, Dr Karamagi served as Appearing WHO Consultant in Angola from Might 2023 to January 2024. His earlier work expertise contains being a Senior Technical Officer in Well being Programs Growth on the WHO Regional Workplace for Africa, Appearing WHO Consultant in Seychelles, and Advisor in Well being Programs Strengthening on the WHO Nation Workplace in Kenya.
The presentation happened in Juba on the Ministry of International Affairs and Worldwide Cooperation within the presence of officers from the Ministry and WHO nation workplace.