Health Conference .. Khoja: The health issue is the responsibility of everyone

The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population held a dialogue session entitled "Wise Governance for the Sahih residents", as part of the activities of the World Population, Health and Development Conference, which was held under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah Al -Sisi, President of the Republic, during the period from 5-8 September, 2023, in the administrative capital New.

Dr. Tariq Tawfiq, Deputy Minister of Health and Population for Population, Mr. Nasser Issa Kawra, Chairman of the National Population Committee, Nigeria, Dr. Khaled Zakaria, Advisor to the Minister at the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, and Professor Mohamed Rezal Martoa Damannik, Vice President of Training, Research and Development in the National Council For population and family planning in the Republic of Indonesia, Professor Tawfiq Ahmed Khoja, Secretary -General of the Arab Hospitals Union, and Mr. Neil Data, Executive Director of the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Native Health (EPF), and in the presence of a number of stakeholders in various local and international bodies.

Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, explained that the session revolved around the role of good governance in promoting the health of the population, formulating effective policies and implementing them in the field of health and development, discussing ways to improve health system management, and exploring the integration of evidence in the decision -making process.

The session also dealt with a review of the experiences of the countries of Nigeria, Indonesia and Armenia in the Health and Population Department, to study and discuss how to benefit from them, and to translate research into policies and practices.

At the beginning of his speech, Dr. Tariq Tawfiq stressed the need to develop clear policies, systems and guidance for service providers, ensuring their commitment to quality standards and best practices, indicating that governance helps reduce shortcomings, ensures the ability to withstand the costs of health care services, and enhance the general performance of the system to reach Adel to health care, regardless of the social and economic situation, sex, race or geographical location.

He said, "The role of good governance in promoting the health of the population is a decisive role in promoting health for all to ensure effective and efficient management of health care systems and fair access to health care services," noting that it supports effective management of health care systems, by developing infrastructure and resource allocation, And provide the service.

Tawfiq pointed out the need to address the social determinants of health that contribute to inequality, provide affordable health care to reduce financial barriers, and to implement targeted interventions to reach weak population groups to protect public health.

Tawfiq said that rational governance and the development of frameworks and policies guarantee the strengthening of public health systems and the promotion of pre -emptive measures to prevent and combat diseases, as well as ensuring effective monitoring and response mechanisms to address emergency situations related to public health and spread diseases and other health threats, adding that the governance frameworks support the development and implementation of policies and interventions based on Evidence for promoting healthy behaviors, preventing chronic diseases and protecting the environment.

Dr. Tariq Tawfiq, Deputy Minister of Health for Population, also reviewed examples of the application of good governance for the health of the healthy people to achieve sustainable development, pointing to the HPM model (HPM), which is applied in programs related to health issues.

For his part, Professor Tawfiq Khoja, Secretary General of the Arab Hospitals Union thanked the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdel -Fattah El -Sisi, for his patronage of the conference, and thanked the Minister of Health and Population Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar for organizing the conference, reviewing the history of dealing with health and population issues since the Ottawa Charter (1986) and enabling people to Increased control of their health and improvement.

Khoja stressed the need for everyone to join hands for a healthy and efficient system, allocate more investments to health and hold more exercises, as the health issue is the responsibility of everyone.

At the end of the session, the Deputy Minister of Health of the State of Armenia, Lina Nanuchian, thanked and gratitude to the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdel Fattah El -Sisi, for the establishment of the World Health and Population Conference, pointing to the experience of its country in good governance and how it was able to achieve comprehensive coverage of health care.

Nanucciana added that there must be important pillars to achieve totalitarianism and accountability through new structures and innovative ideas, noting that provide the field in health education and open new health care institutions, electronic systems in addition to working to prevent corruption, achieve integrity and transparency, and thus health protection and achieve well -being for all.