post-Corona health care strategies
The Federation of Arab Hospitals approved 17 recommendations in a meeting to launch new post-Corona health care strategies, which was organized by the Federation of Arab Hospitals in Cairo in cooperation with the League of Arab States, the Council of Arab Health Ministers, the World Health Organization, Arab health unions, and in strategic partnership with Hamad Medical Corporation - Qatar and the participation of the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi, in the presence of the Minister of Health and Population of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Sheikh Abdullah Al Hamed - Head of the Health Department in Abu Dhabi, Dr. Firas Abyad - Minister of Public Health in the Lebanese Republic, representative of the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Ambassador Said El-Hadi, Regional Director of the World Health Organization Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, and heads of Egyptian bodies.
The Secretary-General of the Federation of Arab Hospitals, Professor Tawfiq Ahmed Khoja, explained that the meeting, which concluded its activities in Cairo, came out with 17 recommendations, represented in:
Strengthening the role of the union to be a platform or a communication network through which all public and governmental civil organizations, and all private organizations, and all private organizations come together to coordinate on how to cooperate in the health system in general.
Coordination, education, training and sharing of expertise and capabilities available in all health sectors in the Arab countries, which is the only way to deal with the future and prepare and coordinate among them through the Arab Hospitals Union, which should be an important platform to help the ministries of health in the Arab countries develop unified strategies that can Through which to cooperate and coordinate to reach integration among them.
The increase in human investment in education and continuous training, interest in medical research and studies, the unification of Arab health legislation and the integration of health policies in various sectors, as well as the standardization of quality and accreditation standards in Arab health institutions, work on awareness and health education and support the correct health and medical media.
Work to strengthen effective partnership between the public and private sectors to improve health services at various levels to meet the challenges facing the Arab health system.
Professor Khoja added that the recommendations also included
Investing in the formulation of policies and systems, launching health strategies, and following up on them by developing executive plans and following them up to achieve them and disseminate them to the Arab health system as a whole.
Follow-up on the implementation of the emergency and disaster preparedness plan launched by the Federation, which aimed to strengthen the call to a platform for building effective programs and networks for disaster and emergency management between Arab health facilities and institutions.
Work to spread the Arab strategy for digital health launched by the Federation and follow up its implementation with the concerned authorities, which emphasized improving quality and ensuring the sustainability of health and care through the provision of safe, high-quality and effective services, better access to health care, and the efficiency of the health system.
Empowering women in health care and playing a role in their leadership and management of the health system through gender equality and supporting the public and private sectors to highlight their role
Encouraging work to give opportunities and an effective and leading role for the nursing sector in the Arab world, whether in facilities, institutions and government departments.
Work to implement the project of the Arab Council for Accreditation in the Health Sector of the Federation of Arab Hospitals, because of its Arab necessity and importance through which the health sector in all Arab countries rises to excellence and the application of quality, and also helps train and develop cadres so that the concept turns into “accreditation for all”.
Khoja pointed out that the recommendations also included the following points
Launching the new vision for the design of health care facilities that the Arab Hospital Association works on, which aims to help develop a new concept of the safe hospital, the smart hospital, and the sustainable hospital, and it is an exceptional reference paper that health care facilities need to advance health in the Arab countries.
– “An Arab Health Expertise House” launched by the Union as a concept, slogan and goal for the next stage, which through its implementation will support and help the Arab health sector in all its countries and integrate with them to achieve health advancement in all countries through experts and consultants who work under its umbrella.
Urging the Federation of Arab Hospitals to develop and establish training programs to improve the performance of health cadres in Arab institutions, in cooperation with relevant organizations, universities and training centers.
Emphasizing the establishment of the twenty-fourth forum and determining its location with the concerned authorities.
Thanks to the sponsor of the conference, the League of Arab States, and all the ministers, officials and lecturers who participated in the forum, led by Minister Hamad Al-Manea, Minister Maha Rabat, Minister Mohamed Awad Taj El-Din, Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, Mr. Muhammad Al-Nuaimi and Mr. Ali Khater, MP Fadi Alama, Professor Tawfiq bin Ahmed Khoja, the Executive Director of the Federation, Mrs. Alice Yameen Boyce, the Vice President of the Federation, Mr. Muhammad Al-Nuaimi, and to all members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Council of the Arab Hospitals Federation.
Congratulation to all honored at the forum in appreciation of their outstanding efforts during the COVID-19 crisis and for the development of the Arab health care sector.
Thanks to the partners of the Union, including the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean of the World Health Organization, led by Professor Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, Director General, who spoke in detail about the role of the organization and the challenges facing the region and the Arab health sector in confronting epidemics, as well as the presence of the Arab League, which we hope will adopt the recommendations of this forum With executive decisions due to the importance of the recommendations on the Arab health sector, which is full of excellent health workforce, doctors, nurses and workers who fill the whole world and have great contributions in the health, pharmaceutical and research sectors wherever they are.
Professor Khoja stressed that it is the culmination of two consecutive years of efforts and virtual meetings of the Federation’s Board of Directors and the Executive Council, and active participation in cooperation with Arab expertise inside and outside the Arab world. Distinguished health for the Arab peoples.
