Conference: Sixth Conference of African Union Ministers of Health (CAMH6)
22-26 April 2013
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
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The Sabin Vaccine Institute reported that the CAMH6 conference concluded on April 26, 2013 “with a strong call for African countries and development partners to increase support for neglected tropical disease (NTD) control and elimination programs. This call for action supports the World Health Organization’s (WHO) goal to control or eliminate ten of the most common NTDs by 2020.”
…The African Ministers of Health acknowledged “the tremendous work done by country governments, the WHO Regional Office for Africa, and development partners, highlighting the development of 36 multi-year, national NTD control and elimination plans, the WHO Roadmap for Implementation titled, Accelerating Work to Overcome the Global Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases, and the January 2012 London Declaration on NTDs. The Ministers called on African governments and partners to build on this momentum by making financial commitments towards the implementation of the national NTD control and elimination plans…”
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