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BVI joins world health leaders to set priorities in the Americas | Virgin Islands News Online

British Virgin Islands (VI) Health Minister Honourable Carvin Malone (AL) and Chief Medical Officer, Dr Irad Potter join hundreds of world health leaders to discuss priorities at the Pan American Health World Health Organization (PAHO) 57th Directing Council.
The five-day council meeting that began on September 30, 2019 is also the 71st Session of the Regional Committee of World Health Organization (WHO) for the Americas and will conclude on October 4, 2019. PAHO’s 57th Directing Council was preceded by the 37th Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development that took place on September 28 and 29, 2019; both taking place in Washington DC, USA.

PAHO's Directing Council meetings provide a forum for discussion and joint action on health issues of regional concern, providing crucial guidance for PAHO’s technical cooperation with its member countries. Health authorities from North, South and Central America as well as the Caribbean seek agreement on regional strategies and plans that address their common and most pressing health challenges. These include a plan to reduce heart disease by eliminating industrially produced trans-fatty acids in foods; a strategy to make access to organ, tissue and cell transplants more equitable; and a plan to improve the quality of care in health services delivery.

More than a hundred delegates and civil society representatives are participating in the meeting. PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and Bahamas Minister of Health Duane Sands spoke at the opening along with US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex M. Azar II and the heads of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Inter-American Development Bank.

Dr Etienne launched PAHO’s new 2020-2025 strategic plan which builds on region-wide improvements in public sanitation, housing, nutrition, and health care while addressing persisting inequities in health, particularly for populations living in conditions of vulnerability. The new strategic plan also sets out goals and actions for reducing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which are now the leading causes of death and illness throughout the Americas. Taking lessons from past public health emergencies such as the 2009 influenza pandemic and the Zika epidemic, the new plan also seeks to build countries’ preparedness for disease outbreaks and other health emergencies.

Delegates also considered a plan aimed at improving the health of indigenous, Afro-descendant and Roma populations, whose numbers exceed 170 million in the Americas.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development aspires to provide a caring and integrated system of health and social services that facilitates human development and quality of life in the [British] Virgin Islands.
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