The Minister of Health, Monique Garciajoins, after 20 years of absence from Spain, as representative of the Executive Committee of WHO Europe, from where he plans to promote primary care, highlight the importance of climate change for health and promote gender equality in this area.
The nomination of García, who presented his candidacy in May, took place October 30even if, “out of respect for the situation” experienced in the areas affected by dana, the ministry preferred not to make it public, as indicated in a press release published Thursday.
From there, the minister aspires to promote at the global level what she already promotes from the ministry: “Primary care as the heart of health systems, taking care of professionals, highlighting the importance of climate change for health, promote gender equity in health and combat childhood obesity through sport, healthy eating and social determinants of health.
The WHO Executive Board is made up of 34 technically qualified health-related individuals, each nominated by a Member State empowered to do so by the World Health Assembly, WHO’s highest decision-making body. The mandate, which will last three years, will extend from 2025 to 2028.
The current 34 members are mostly senior officials from the health or health ministries of 7 African countries –Cameroon, Comoros, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Senegal, Go And Zimbabwe– ; six other Americans –Barbados, Brazil, Canada, Pepper, USA And Costa Rica– ; and three from Southeast Asia –Maldives, North Korea And Thailand-.
From Europe, they come from Bulgaria, Slovakia, Israel, Norway, Poland, Moldova, Swiss And Ukraine; from the eastern Mediterranean area, Morocco, Lebanon, Somalia And Yemen and, from the Western Pacific, Australia, China, Brunei, Micronesia And South Korea.
This organization holds two annual meetings. The first, larger, takes place in January and sets the agenda and votes on resolutions presented to the Health Assembly, WHO’s most important decision-making body, whose function is to establish public health policies. at the global level, including setting priorities, guiding strategies and approving work programs.
The assembly meets every year at Genevawith the participation of delegations from all WHO member states, and at these meetings, issues crucial to global health are discussed; Among its responsibilities are the election of the Director-General of the WHO, the supervision of the organization’s finances and the approval of the budget which allows the execution of public health programs and projects.
