MASERU, LESOTHO – Dr. Harmless Brilliant Nuwagira, the newly appointed World Well being Group (WHO) Consultant in Lesotho, at the moment introduced his credentials to Honourable Lejone Mpotjoane, Minister of Overseas Affairs and Worldwide Relations, throughout a productive assembly held on the Ministry. The assembly marked the official graduation of Dr. Nuwagira’s tour of obligation in Lesotho, highlighting the start of a brand new chapter within the ongoing collaboration between the WHO and the Mountain Kingdom. The discussions targeted on strengthening areas of collaboration, together with enhancing Main Well being Care, which is a vital precedence in advancing the well being agenda.
Minister Mpotjoane prolonged a heat welcome to Dr. Nuwagira, expressing gratitude for WHO’s ongoing vital contributions to advancing well being in Lesotho. “As Authorities, we respect WHO as a trusted accomplice in selling well being by means of numerous initiatives together with maternal and baby well being, vaccination, HIV/TB and strengthening Main Well being Care”. The Minister additionally assured Dr. Nuwagira of the Authorities’s full help in fulfilling his position because the WHO’s Head of Mission and Consultant.
Dr. Nuwagira thanked the Honourable Minister for in accordance him a really heat welcome, and conveyed the appreciation of the WHO Director Basic, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and the WHO Africa Regional Director, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, for the wonderful relationship and collaboration between WHO and the Authorities of the Kingdom of Lesotho. He emphasised WHO’s dedication to Lesotho’s well being targets, notably the renewed concentrate on Main Well being Care. “Prevention stays the perfect method to making sure good well being of the individuals,” he acknowledged. “This aligns with the important thing focus areas of the WHO’s 14th Basic Programme of Work (GPW14) that are to Promote Well being, Present Well being, and Shield Well being.”
Dr. Nuwagira brings over 20 years of public well being and improvement expertise to his position. Previous to his appointment in Lesotho, Dr. Nuwagira served because the Appearing WHO Consultant in Sierra Leone. A Ugandan medical physician by occupation with a worldwide well being mindset, Dr. Nuwagira has served in numerous public well being capacities together with greater than 18 years with WHO, beginning with Uganda Nation Workplace, Intercountry Assist Group for Japanese and Southern Africa, Intercountry Assist Group for Western Africa, and was an integral a part of the Multi-Nation Project Group (MCAT) for the African Area, amongst different roles.
WHO stays devoted to working carefully with the Authorities of Lesotho, improvement companions, civil society, and communities, and as a part of a United Nations Nation Group, in direction of attaining the Sustainable Improvement Objectives (SDGs) and making certain that the individuals of Lesotho attain the best stage of well being potential.