DECISION ON THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE AFRICAN
UNION CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF HEALTH
DOC. EX.CL/435(XIII)
The Executive Council:
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Special Session of the African Union (AU) Conference of Ministers of Health held in Geneva, Switzerland on 17 May 2008;
2. EMPHASISES that the attainment of the Health MDGs will require renewed commitment to health and development with particular focus on Primary Health Care; strengthening of health systems, significant increases in domestic and external investment, national ownership and improved effectiveness of international cooperation;
3. ENDORSES the adoption of an Africa Healthy Lifestyles Day, proposed to be “the Last Friday of February each Year”;
4. URGES Member States to actively pursue the implementation of the Africa Health Strategy, in line with their respective national and regional health plans and strategies;
5. ALSO URGES Member States to submit updated information in order to accelerate the implementation of the Plan of Action of the AU Decade of African Traditional Medicine (2001-2010);
6. REQUESTS the Commission to submit the report on the mid-term review on the occasion of Africa Traditional Medicine Day, 31st August 2008;
7. FURTHER URGES Member States to implement the outcomes of the April 2008 AU Continental Workshop to Harmonise, Develop and Institutionalise the Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality Reviews, and accelerate the implementation of MDG 4 and 5 in the framework of previous strategies to promote maternal, newborn and child health;
8. ENDORSES the nomination of Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, Minister of Health of South Africa, to act as AU Goodwill Ambassador and Champion for “Africa’s Movement to Improve Maternal Health and Promote Child Survival and Development beyond 2015” in collaboration with other Health Ministers”;
9. URGES Member States to double efforts at national, regional and continental levels to implement the May 2006 Abuja Commitments Towards Universal Access to HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Services, and submit national reports for the 5-Year Review due in 2010 in time;
10. CALLS UPON Member States to actively implement the recommendations of the Taskforce on Training and Education of the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) and ALSO CALLS UPON Ministers of Health of AU Member States to participate actively in the Sixth International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza due to be held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt from 24 to 26 October 2008; and to take part in the deliberations of the Third Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Framework convention on Tobacco control to be held in Durban, South Africa, in November 2008;
11. ALSO CALLS UPON Regional and International Development Partners to sustain efforts to support Member States in the implementation of the above commitments, including resource mobilization;
12. REQUESTS the Commission to continue to coordinate and harmonise follow up actions of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan, including the preparation of a concrete plan for implementation, in close collaboration with countries, Regional Economic Communities, the World Health Organization (WHO), Intellectual Property Organizations and other relevant partners;
13. ALSO REQUESTS the Commission to follow up on the implementation of this Decision and report to the next Session of the AU Conference of Ministers of Health (April 2009).
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UNION CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF HEALTH
DOC. EX.CL/435(XIII)
The Executive Council:
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Special Session of the African Union (AU) Conference of Ministers of Health held in Geneva, Switzerland on 17 May 2008;
2. EMPHASISES that the attainment of the Health MDGs will require renewed commitment to health and development with particular focus on Primary Health Care; strengthening of health systems, significant increases in domestic and external investment, national ownership and improved effectiveness of international cooperation;
3. ENDORSES the adoption of an Africa Healthy Lifestyles Day, proposed to be “the Last Friday of February each Year”;
4. URGES Member States to actively pursue the implementation of the Africa Health Strategy, in line with their respective national and regional health plans and strategies;
5. ALSO URGES Member States to submit updated information in order to accelerate the implementation of the Plan of Action of the AU Decade of African Traditional Medicine (2001-2010);
6. REQUESTS the Commission to submit the report on the mid-term review on the occasion of Africa Traditional Medicine Day, 31st August 2008;
7. FURTHER URGES Member States to implement the outcomes of the April 2008 AU Continental Workshop to Harmonise, Develop and Institutionalise the Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality Reviews, and accelerate the implementation of MDG 4 and 5 in the framework of previous strategies to promote maternal, newborn and child health;
8. ENDORSES the nomination of Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, Minister of Health of South Africa, to act as AU Goodwill Ambassador and Champion for “Africa’s Movement to Improve Maternal Health and Promote Child Survival and Development beyond 2015” in collaboration with other Health Ministers”;
9. URGES Member States to double efforts at national, regional and continental levels to implement the May 2006 Abuja Commitments Towards Universal Access to HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Services, and submit national reports for the 5-Year Review due in 2010 in time;
10. CALLS UPON Member States to actively implement the recommendations of the Taskforce on Training and Education of the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) and ALSO CALLS UPON Ministers of Health of AU Member States to participate actively in the Sixth International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza due to be held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt from 24 to 26 October 2008; and to take part in the deliberations of the Third Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Framework convention on Tobacco control to be held in Durban, South Africa, in November 2008;
11. ALSO CALLS UPON Regional and International Development Partners to sustain efforts to support Member States in the implementation of the above commitments, including resource mobilization;
12. REQUESTS the Commission to continue to coordinate and harmonise follow up actions of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan, including the preparation of a concrete plan for implementation, in close collaboration with countries, Regional Economic Communities, the World Health Organization (WHO), Intellectual Property Organizations and other relevant partners;
13. ALSO REQUESTS the Commission to follow up on the implementation of this Decision and report to the next Session of the AU Conference of Ministers of Health (April 2009).
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