Afrigather On 7th April 2023, the world celebrated the World Well being Day and the 75th anniversary of the World well being group beneath the theme Well being for All. With this theme, the purpose is to name for a brand new drive for well being fairness, to go away nobody behind, an idea according to the WHO rules, which states that Well being is likely one of the basic rights of human beings, no matter race, faith, political perception, financial or social situation.
In São Tomé and Príncipe, two occasions marked these celebrations, a photograph Exhibition highlighting the beneficial properties of 75 years of WHO work, and a neighborhood outreach within the Bôbô-Forro Market offering free well being companies to the neighborhood. This market, situated in Agua Grande District is the principle market within the nation.
The primary occasion, which was held at ESPAÇO CACAU, introduced collectively WHO workers, members of the Authorities, diplomats, United Nations System representatives, NGOs, Civil Society, and the nation’s varied companions that dropped at gentle varied reminiscences of well being achievements in a photographic exhibition open to the general public for one week. Three ministers together with Mr Gareth Guadalupe, the Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Parliamentary Affairs, representing the Prime Minister; Mr. Alberto Neto Pereira, the Minister of Overseas Affairs, Cooperation and Communities and Mrs. Eurídice Semedo Medeiros, the Minister of youth and sports activities. The UN Resident coordinator, Ambassador of Portugal, China, Brazil, amongst others attended the ceremony.
In the course of the celebration, the consultant of the World Well being Group in Sao Tome and Principe, Dr. Françoise Bigirimana, mentioned that over the previous seven many years some progress had been made in well being, however added that a lot remained to be completed to comprehend the WHO’s founding imaginative and prescient of attaining the best stage of well being for all. Reflecting on the well being scenario in Sao Tome and Principe, the WHO Consultant congratulated the nation on the progress made with the introduction of vaccines beneficial by WHO. She referred to as for pressing investments to take care of these beneficial properties.
“The well being system is fragile, the epidemiological scenario is dominated by non-communicable ailments, that are accountable for over 60 % of mortality, sadly this space will not be but prioritized in assets allocation from the federal government and donors.
Based on Dr. Bigirimana, “the standard of well being care is compromised by persistent electrical energy and water shortages and insufficient infrastructure and stock-out of medicines and important medical provides.”
She added that the “Human assets and funding for well being are inadequate, which limits progress in direction of common Well being protection.”
The WHO consultant reaffirmed WHO dedication to help the nation by way of a brand new nation cooperation technique for the interval 2023-2027 aligned to the Nationwide Well being Sector Technique and the United Nations Sustainable Growth Framework.
On behalf of the Prime Minister and the federal government, Mr Gareth Guadalupe, Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Parliamentary Affairs, famous Sao Tome’s contributions in direction of bettering the standard of lifetime of the world’s inhabitants over the previous seven many years.
“Sao Tome and Principe additionally contributed to those beneficial properties as within the elimination of poliomyelitis, the discount of morbidity and mortality from malaria, and the incidence of HIV, the protection of prenatal companies and vaccination that contributed to the discount of maternal and toddler mortality.”
The Minister additional invited everybody to replicate on the actions wanted to handle future well being challenges in order that the nation can transfer steadily in direction of Well being for All. He famous the challenges the nation remains to be going through amongst them associated to monetary safety with the best proportion of households with catastrophic well being expenditure within the Small Island Growing States (SIDS). He highlighted that the nation has chosen Common Well being Protection as the brand new paradigm within the Nationwide Well being Coverage specializing in the strengthening of Major Well being Care as a key technique for coping with the non-communicable ailments and social safety for probably the most weak inhabitants.
“It’s from this angle that now we have the imaginative and prescient to make Sao Tome and Principe a wholesome nation, with a high quality well being system, built-in into an enabling atmosphere to offer efficient, environment friendly, inexpensive, accessible, resilient and sustainable well being care,” he concluded.
The photograph exhibition seemed again at a few of the public well being successes and key occasions which have improved high quality of life worldwide and in Sao Tome and Principe through the previous seven many years and highlighted future well being challenges.
Additionally, as a part of the celebration of the World Well being Day, the district of Água-Grande with help from the WHO organized a Well being Honest on the nation’s predominant market in Bôbô-Forro. A whole lot of individuals got here to be examined for HIV, Viral Hepatitis (560), Malaria (509), diabetes, COVID-19, blood stress in addition to Vaccination and free obstetric gynecology companies and different medical companies. Some outcomes embody optimistic circumstances: Malaria (2/509 assessments), COVID 19 (1/8), 3 circumstances with Hyperglycemia and lots of referral circumstances to clinics for gyneco-obstetric or different situations. The WHO Consultant, Dr. Françoise Bigirimana visited the well being truthful and was obtained by Dr Adionilde Santos, the delegate of the well being district of Agua-Grande .
WHO in Sao Tome and Principe has deliberate to have a good time the WHO’s 75th Anniversary in all districts for the approaching weeks beginning with stroll the discuss on 21st April in collaboration with, the Authorities and Civil Society and neighborhood outreach well being companies in all districts.
