Minister Highlights Importance of Health Security, Sovereignty for African States
« The multiplicity of health determinants, the heterogeneity of threats to global health security and the porosity of national and regional borders require, from a pan-African perspective, a new management of health risks and their impact on ecosystems, a rethinking of approaches and priorities, and the promotion of common values, » added the Minister who took part in the first African Conference on Health Risk Reduction, placed under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI,
This approach « is not a choice, but an imperative dictated by the situation and justified by past events in human history and the burden of our responsibility to future generations, » said Ait Taleb who spoke at a roundtable discussion focused on « the challenges and opportunities of health systems in the world: Africa as an example. »
He added that the health risk management, the control of health determinants, and the establishment of resilient health systems today require a common mobilization for the Africa of tomorrow, an inclusive leadership that makes the best possible use of skills, expertise, and opportunities; ambitious and clear cooperation schemes, a digital and technological transition for health and the establishment of an autonomous Continental Health Security Fund.
« This conference and the profound changes in global health governance constitute a historic opportunity to establish an African Charter for Health Systems Resilience, under the inclusive leadership of a high-level Pan-African Network for Integrated Multi-Sectoral Health Risk Management, » said Ait Taleb.
