DUSHANBE, December 11, Asia-Plus — World health report 2007 focusing on building a safer future has been presented in Dushanbe.
Speaking at report-presentation in Dushanbe on December 10, Mr. Santino Severoni, the head of the World Health Organization (MHO) Mission in Tajikistan, noted that the world health report 2007 concerned issues related to fulfillment of international medical-sanitary requirements, global cooperation in conducting epidemiological supervision and preventing outbreak of diseases as well as increasing global and national resources to train personnel and strengthening capacities of laboratories..
On cooperation between WHO Tajikistan, Mr. Severoni noted that the WHO mission in Tajikistan was closely cooperating with the ministries of health, agriculture and environmental protection, as well as committee for emergency situations.
In cooperation with the relevant organizations, he WHO mission in Tajikistan is carrying out work on preventing spread of avian influenza to Tajikistan and opportunely responding to natural disasters, Mr. Severoni said. “At present we are working on improving hospital service, which would be ready to provide assistance to all those needing medical help,” the WHO mission head said.
He further added that WHO intended to closely cooperate with the government of Tajikistan in preventing diseases related to deterioration of the environment. “We are currently in cooperation with the Tajik government outlining the main directions of cooperation in this field and we will begin work in the near future.”
According to him, WHO intends to organize a number of activities in Tajikistan on fulfillment of international medical-sanitary requirements, strengthening capacities of laboratories for testing influenza, as well as exchange of information and methods of detecting viral diseases
This year’s World Health Report entitled “A safer Future: Global Public Health Security in the 21st Century”, in particular, noted that more than at any previous time in history, global public health security depends on international cooperation and the willingness of all countries to act effectively in tackling new and emerging threats. The report concludes with six key recommendations to secure the highest level of global public health security: full implementation of the revised International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) by all countries; global cooperation in surveillance and outbreak alert and response; open sharing of knowledge, technologies and materials, including viruses and other laboratory samples, necessary to optimize secure global public health; global responsibility for capacity building within the public health infrastructure of all countries; cross-sector collaboration within governments; and increased global and national resources for training, surveillance, laboratory capacity, response networks, and prevention campaigns.
