The eighth assembly was held from Tuesday 13th – Thursday 15th December 2022, chaired by Professor Brian Greenwood (London College of Hygiene and Tropical Medication – UK) and Professor Samba Sow (Centre for Vaccine Improvement – Mali). Some 40 Members and WHO employees mentioned international updates, regional and nation implementation, operationalizing nation assist, product improvement and pointers, surveillance, the funding case to defeat meningitis, and advocacy actions.
Among the many collaborative discussions led by members of the Taskforce, the next shows offered by companions and WHO regional focal factors had been a few of the highlights:
- Nation-based improvement of a regional implementation framework to defeat meningitis: the PAHO expertise
- Strengthening linkages between the incapacity agenda and defeating meningitis highway map at international and nation ranges: challenges and alternatives
- The World Meningitis Genome Partnership
- Improvement of nationwide plans to defeat meningitis: course of and materials, the expertise of AFRO
- The MenMap undertaking; strengthening the surveillance of invasive bacterial infections in North Africa and the Center East
- Enhancing analysis, remedy and administration of acute mind accidents
- Well being promotion and entry to care in Chad
- Monetary entry to high quality well being care Nationwide medical insurance scheme in Ghana: protection for malaria and for meningitis
“Loads has occurred over the previous few years, together with integration of meningitis management into major well being care and, promotion of ordinary care packages for the analysis and administration of meningitis. The 12 months 2023 ought to see the conclusion of those promising advances and technology of the monetary assist wanted to maintain them” mentioned Professor Brian Greenwood, Technical Taskforce chair.
“There’s a want for nation advocacy and communications plans and community-based efforts, the important thing to success will probably be listening to what the international locations themselves want and need” mentioned Professor Samba Sow, Technical Taskforce co-chair.
“The roadmap could have advantages past meningitis management, by strengthening immunization programmes, international well being safety, entry to incapacity assist and first well being care. The COVID-19 pandemic is an illustration of the world’s capability to reply to international well being threats with innovation and willpower. With the identical innovation and willpower, defeating meningitis is inside our attain. Let’s act now,” mentioned Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-Basic, World Well being Group.
Extra details about the Defeating Meningitis initiative could be discovered right here.
[[The Technical Taskforce (TTF) plays an essential role under the general authority of WHO, with specific responsibility for leading and coordinating the implementation of the WHO Defeating Meningitis by 2030 Global Road Map, globally and regionally, by providing a forum for technical exchange and cooperation on meningitis and Road Map related activities.]]