All in for Universal Health Coverage and global health security - reinforcing partner engagement in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Mira Ihalainen; Qaisar Pasha; Arash Rashidian; Awad Mataria; Rana Hajjeh; Ahmed Al-Mandhari; Ramy Rofail

doi:10.26719/2023.29.11.835

All in for Universal Health Coverage and global health security - reinforcing partner engagement in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

East Mediterr Health J. 2023 Nov 30;26(11):835-836. doi: 10.26719/2023.29.11.835.

Authors

Mira Ihalainen¹, Qaisar Pasha², Arash Rashidian³, Awad Mataria⁴, Rana Hajjeh⁵, Ahmed Al-Mandhari⁶, Ramy Rofail⁷

Affiliations

¹ Director, Communications, Resource Mobilization & Partnership, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
² Senior Corporate Partnership Manager, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
³ Director, Science, Information and Dissemination, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
⁴ Director, Universal Health Coverage & Health Systems, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
⁵ Director of Programme Management, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
⁶ Regional Director, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
⁷ Partnership Officer, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.

PMID: 38279877
DOI: 10.26719/2023.29.11.835

Abstract

The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) Vision 2023 "Health for All by All" and the EMR Strategy 2020-2023 "Turning Vision into Action" place partnerships at the centre of WHO engagement, to enhance its voice, extend its technical and operational reach, and mobilize needed resources. To be effective, partnerships need to evolve from primarily transactional imperatives to strategic collaboration based on shared vision, value addition and trust.

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Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Global Health*
Humans
Mediterranean Region
Universal Health Insurance*

Grants and funding

001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International