08.10.07
The World Health Organization-Morocco case.
A.2 WHO
A document prepared for the meeting by the Office of the WHO Representative in Morocco was distributed to the various participants; it outlined the following items for colleagues of the other agencies of the United Nations system:
• WHO — its role and objectives
• WHO’s social goal — health for all
• Ministry of Health/WHO cooperation for the implementation of the national strategy for Health For All by the Year 2000:
• the national health strategy and trends in the main health indicators;
• strengthening of disease prevention and control programmes;
• strengthening of national capabilities to analyse and take into consideration the interdependence of health, environment and development.
• mobilization of intersectoral and multidisciplinary action to promote the health of the most vulnerable and underprivileged groups;
• strengthening of the national infrastructure in order to ensure access of all communities to health care, especially to the essential components of primary health care;
• promotion of optimal management of financial and human resources for health;
• strengthening of community action so as to involve the community actively in health development and encouragement of sectors other than the health sector and all potential partners and consideration of their contribution;
• encouragement of the transfer of knowledge on proven, cost-effective technologies and their application where they are most needed, and sharing of health, technical and scientific information.
Cooperation between the Ministry of Public Health and WHO is governed by WHO’s Eighth General Programme of Work and details of this cooperation are provided in the report of the joint programme review mission. This joint mission takes place every two years in Morocco and recommends that activities selected under WHO regular budget (US$ 3 million) and extrabudgetary funds (US$ 1 million) should be planned and implemented within the framework of the national strategy for Health For All by the Year 2000 detailed above.
