WHA69.24
WHA69
WHA69.24
Strengthening integrated, people-centred health services
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The Sixty-ninth
World Health Assembly,
Having considered the follow-up of the report on the framework on integrated, people-centred health services;
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Acknowledging Sustainable Development
Goal 3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages) including
target 3.8, which addresses achieving universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health care services, and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all;
Recalling resolution
WHA64.9 (2011) on sustainable health financing structures and universal coverage, which urged
Member States to continue investing in and strengthening health‑delivery systems, in particular primary health care and services, and adequate human resources for health and health information systems, in order to ensure that all citizens have equitable access to health care and services;
Reaffirming resolution
WHA62.12 (2009) on primary health care, including health system strengthening, which requested the
Director-General to prepare implementation plans for four broad policy directions, including putting people at the centre of service delivery, and also
reaffirming the need to continue to prioritize progress on the implementation plans on the other three broad policy directions included in resolution
WHA62.12: (1) dealing with inequalities by moving towards universal coverage; (2) multisectoral action and health in all policies; and (3) inclusive leadership and effective governors for health;
Recalling resolution
WHA63.16 (2010) on the
WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel and its recognition that an adequate and accessible health workforce is fundamental to an integrated and effective health system, and to the provision of health services;
Recalling also resolution
WHA64.7 (2011) on strengthening nursing and midwifery, which emphasized the implementation of strategies for enhancement of interprofessional education and collaborative practice as part of people-centred care, and resolution
WHA66.23 (2013) on transforming health workforce education in support of universal health coverage;
Reaffirming resolution
WHA60.27 (2007) on strengthening health information systems, which acknowledged that sound information is critical in framing evidence-based health policy and making decisions, and fundamental for monitoring progress towards internationally agreed health-related development goals;
Recalling resolution
WHA67.20 (2014) on regulatory system strengthening for medical products, resolution
WHA67.21 (2014) on access to biotherapeutic products, including similar biotherapeutic products, and ensuring their quality, safety and efficacy, resolution
WHA67.22 (2014) on access to essential medicines, resolution
WHA67.23 (2014) on health intervention and technology assessment in support of universal health coverage and resolution
WHA67.18 (2014) on traditional medicine,
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ADOPTS the framework on integrated, people-centred health services;
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URGES
Member States:
(1)
to implement, as appropriate, the framework on integrated, people-centred health services at regional and country levels, in accordance with national contexts and priorities;
(2)
to implement proposed policy options and interventions for
Member States in the framework on integrated, people-centred health services in accordance with nationally set priorities towards achieving and sustaining universal health coverage, including with regard to primary health care as part of health system strengthening;
(3)
to make health care systems more responsive to people's needs, while recognizing their rights and responsibilities with regard to their own health, and engage stakeholders in policy development and implementation;
(4)
to promote coordination of health services within the health sector and intersectoral collaboration in order to address the broader social determinants of health, and to ensure a holistic approach to services, including health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, disease-management, rehabilitation and palliative care services;
(5)
to integrate, where appropriate, traditional and complementary medicine into health services, based on national context and knowledge-based policies, while assuring the safety, quality and effectiveness of health services and taking into account a holistic approach to health;
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INVITES international, regional and national partners to take note of the framework on integrated, people-centred health services;
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REQUESTS the
Director-General:
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to provide technical support and guidance to
Member States for the implementation, national adaptation and operationalization of the framework on integrated, people-centred health services, paying special attention to primary health services as part of health system strengthening;
(2)
to ensure that all relevant parts of the Organization, at headquarters, regional and country levels, are aligned, actively engaged and coordinated in promoting and implementing the framework on integrated, people-centred health services;
(3)
to perform research and development on indicators to trace global progress on integrated people-centred health services;
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to report on progress on the implementation of the framework on integrated people‑centred health services to the Seventy-first and Seventy-third World Health Assemblies and at regular intervals thereafter.
(Eighth plenary meeting,
28 May 2016 −
Committee B, fourth report)
Committee B, fourth report)
See Annex 15 for the financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of this resolution.
Document A69/39.
See Annex 9.
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