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in health care (linked to WHA 60.29 on health technology, WHA
67.20 on medical products and WHA 72.26 on patient safety).
3. Support the implementation of the WHO’s resolution ‘Global
action on patient safety’ and the ‘Global Patient Safety Action
Plan 2021-2030’, with special focus on role of radiographers and
radiological technologists to support elimination of avoidable.
ISRRT received a letter stating that they will maintain their Non-
Governmental status in Official relationship with the World health
Organization (WHO) for three years. As your ISRRT President, I am
again excited to say this renewal will allow the ISRRT to continue
to be the global voice of Radiographers/Radiological Technologists
around the world.
Additionally at this meeting in the opening speech the WHO
Director-General outlined five priorities for the world and for the
WHO going forward: WHO commitment in the coming year (2022)
and in the coming five years – is to dramatically strengthen our
ability to deliver results in countries.
First, to support countries to make an urgent paradigm shift
towards promoting health and well-being and preventing disease by
addressing its root causes. The pandemic has demonstrated that the
WHO must elevate protecting and promoting health as top priority,
with significantly increased investment in countries, and at WHO.
The second priority is WHO to support a radical reorientation of
health systems towards primary healthcare, as the foundation of
universal health coverage. That means restoring, expanding and
sustaining access to essential health services, especially for health
promotion and disease prevention, and reducing out-of-pocket
spending.
The third priority is to urgently strengthen the systems and tools for
epidemic and pandemic preparedness and response at all levels,
underpinned by strong governance and financing to ignite and
sustain those efforts, connected and coordinated globally by WHO.
The fourth priority is to harness the power of science, research
innovation, data and digital technologies as critical enablers of the
other priorities – for health promotion and disease prevention, for
early diagnosis and case management, and for the prevention, early
detection, and rapid response to epidemics and pandemics.
The fifth priority is to urgently strengthen WHO as the leading and
directing authority on global health, at the center of the global
health architecture.
The Executive Board unanimously voted to nominate Dr. Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus for a second term as Director-General. With
nominations due last fall, it was clear that Dr. Tedros did not face any
competition for the post.
Nevertheless, it’s an important signal of trust among Member States
for his leadership, which has been marked largely by the pandemic
over the past two years. The Executive Board’s nomination will go
to the World Health Assembly in May; if elected, Dr. Tedros will be
invited to serve another five-year term.
World Health Assembly 75 Informal Pre-Planning meeting with
non-State Actors in Official Relations
On February 28, 2022 both myself and Dimitris also attended the
World Health Assembly 75 Informal Pre-Planning meeting with non-
State Actors in Official Relations.
The purpose to this meeting was to consult non-state actors in
official relation on the planning for the informal pre-meeting and the
constituency statements for the 75th World Health Assembly which
would take place in May, 2022.
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