DRAFT REGIONAL HEALTH-FOR-ALL POLICY AND STRATEGY FOR THE

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DRAFT REGIONAL HEALTH-FOR-ALL POLICY AND STRATEGY FOR THE

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The Regional Committee,

Having considered the draft document on the regional health-for-all policy and strategy for the 21st century';

Recalling resolutions WHA48.16 on WHO'S response to global change: renewal of the health-for-all strategy and EMRC44iR.7 on health for all in the 21st century;

Noting that Member States are undergoing health sector reform;

Reaffirming the importance of taking into account the sociocultural characteristics of the Region;

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CALLS UPON

1.1 Continue their active participation in the regional consultation process leading to finalization of the regional document;

1.2 Exchange information on country experiences and collaborate with each other in the process of renewal of national health-for-all policy for the 21stcentury;

1.3 Strengthen national capacity in the areas of health policy formulation, strategic planning, health economics and health care financing;

1.4 Sustain political, management and financial commitment to ensuring the sustainability of an effective health system based on primary health care;

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REQUESTS

2.1 Continue and expand the regional consultation process and consider organizing a regional conference in this regard;

2.2 Initiate the process of developing detailed strategies for health-for-all policy for the 21st century;

2.3 Present the revised document to the Forty-sixth Session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean for approval.

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