The Declaration of the XV Conference of Ibero-American Ministers of Health, held on September 5-6, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, includes an important commitment for the promotion of programs of control and prevention of vector-borne diseases, as Chagas, which impose “an excessive social and economic burden to the Ibero-American States”, according to the Ministerial Declaration.
The Chagas Coalition (represented in the conference by three of its members, ISGlobal, DNDi y Mundo Sano) supported the inclusion of that commitment in the final Declaration, as part of the preliminary works and meetings for the Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government to be held on October, in Cartagena, Colombia.
Leire Pajín, representative of the Chagas Coalition and ISGlobal in the conference, welcomes the commitment: “It stimulates the Coalition to carry on working jointly with Health Ministries and associations of patients in the region. It also recognizes the work done by the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) and the Pro-tempore Secretariat of the last Health Ministers meeting in Veracruz, Mexico, which specifically addressed the need of extending the analysis and response to Chagas disease in the Ibero-American community”.
The Declaration also highlighted the Sustainable Development Goals to be reached in 2030, an specifically points out the Goal number 3 aimed at strengthening health systems and ensuring their sustainability. The Declaration emphasized the need to reduce health inequalities and gaps of access to quality health services, thus reaffirming the commitment with the World Health Strategy for Women and Children Health 2016-2030. The results of the First and Second High Level meeting of the UN General Assembly about the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases were considered as starting points.
Alejandro Gaviria, Colombian Minister of Health and Welfare said in the press conference that the 20 commitments collected in the Declaration “should lead to a closer collaboration of all the Ibero-American States that results in improved public politics”.
The Declaration of the XV Conference of Ibero-American Ministers of Health, held on September 5-6, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, includes an important commitment for the promotion of programs of control and prevention of vector-borne diseases, as Chagas, which impose “an excessive social and economic burden to the Ibero-American States”, according to the Ministerial Declaration.
The Chagas Coalition (represented in the conference by three of its members, ISGlobal, DNDi y Mundo Sano) supported the inclusion of that commitment in the final Declaration, as part of the preliminary works and meetings for the Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government to be held on October, in Cartagena, Colombia.
Leire Pajín, representative of the Chagas Coalition and ISGlobal in the conference, welcomes the commitment: “It stimulates the Coalition to carry on working jointly with Health Ministries and associations of patients in the region. It also recognizes the work done by the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) and the Pro-tempore Secretariat of the last Health Ministers meeting in Veracruz, Mexico, which specifically addressed the need of extending the analysis and response to Chagas disease in the Ibero-American community”.
The Declaration also highlighted the Sustainable Development Goals to be reached in 2030, an specifically points out the Goal number 3 aimed at strengthening health systems and ensuring their sustainability. The Declaration emphasized the need to reduce health inequalities and gaps of access to quality health services, thus reaffirming the commitment with the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health 2016-2030. The results of the First and Second High Level meeting of the UN General Assembly about the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases were considered as starting points.
Alejandro Gaviria, Colombian Minister of Health and Welfare said in the press conference that the 20 commitments collected in the Declaration “should lead to a closer collaboration of all the Ibero-American States that results in improved public politics”.
