Guy Mbayo K. – Technical officer WASH and CHE Team

Transcript:Guy Mbayo K. – Technical officer WASH and CHE Team:
Guy Mbayo K. – Technical officer WASH and CHE Team Lead a.i. WHO-AFRO Climate Change and Health Green Climate Fund Readiness webinar 16 and 17/06/2020 Members-States falling under WHO AFRO (Green, red and orange) Key frameworks for climate change work in AFRO 4 (a) conduct assessments of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change; (b) develop and implement health national adaption plans to climate change; (c) support capacity building for mainstreaming climate resilience in health programming so as to improve early warning and surveillance of climate sensitive diseases; (d) promote win-win partnerships, intersectoral collaboration, and advocacy for Member States access to global multilateral financial mechanisms, including the GEF and the GCF (e) support community engagement through awareness raising and social mobilization, and the development and implementation of community-based adaptation programmes. ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE WHO AFRO strategic priorities (Resolution AFR/RC61/R2) Health and Environment history graph The first Interministerial Conference for Health and Environment (IMCHE) was held in Africa in Libreville (Gabon). African ministers of Health and Environment from 52 African countries signed the Libreville Declaration. The aim of the declaration is to secure political commitment for catalyzing the policy, institutional and investment changes required to reduce environmental threats to health, in support of sustainable development. The 11 priority actions of the Libreville Declaration commit countries to establishing a strategic alliance between health and environment (HESA) as a basis for joint plans. To facilitate the process, the WHO-UNEP Joint Task Team developed the situation analysis and needs assessment (SANA) guide. The SANA process places ecosystems at the centre and assesses environment-related health factors and risks. The development and field testing of the SANA guide took place in Gabon and Kenya. The 14th African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN) was held in Arusha, Tanzania – recalling the Libreville Declaration and Luanda Commitment and providing guidance to implement the key outcomes of Rio+20 on Sustainable Development. SANA was initiated in 17 countries and completed in 12 countries. This resulted in the first SANA Synthesis Report. The second Interministerial Conference for Health and Environment (IMCHE 2) in Africa was held and the Luanda Commitment for Implementation of the Libreville Declaration. 2008 2009 2010 2012 Health and Environment history graph The SANA process was initiated in 39 countries and completed in 19 more. The National Plans of Joint Action (NPJA) were finalized in 17 countries and Intersectoral Action reports were finalized in 8 countries. A second