AFRO-NETS> Open Letter to African Members of the WHO Executive Board...(3)

[Lola Dare <chestrad@yahoo.com>]

Open Letter to African Members of the WHO Executive Board...(3)
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--- A Odutola <chpss_abo@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> A question for Dr. Dare:
> 
> Do you truly believe that sustainable improvements in health sys-
> tems in African nations are dependent on who the WHO D-G is?
>


WHO (and by inference its DG) plays a key role in re-directing in-
vestments and efforts to building health systems. WHO remains the in-
ternational agency charged with setting standards and norms and with 
the strengthening of health systems. Should the new DG continue to 
invest time and other resources in what is now globally referred to 
as targeted initiatives and in R&D to develop new tools, methods and 
drugs only, then the marginalization of investments in health systems 
that will deliver these benefits will continue to suffer. Sustainable 
health systems will depend on a lot of factors, but the first thing 
is to call attention to their deficiency and the benefit of investing 
in them. The new DG has a crucial role to play in this.

Dr. Lola Dare
Executive Secretary
African Council for Sustainable Health Development [ACOSHED]
Abuja, Nigeria
mailto:chestrad@yahoo.com

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