RC74: The WHO Investment Round

Remarks by WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti

Excellencies, colleagues, and friends,

Over the last two decades, the African region has made progress in reducing the public health burden of communicable diseases including HIV, NTDs, vaccine preventable diseases among others.

Close to ninety percent of our countries have put primary health care and universal health coverage at the center of their national health development agenda.

Despite this progress, our region is not on track to meet the health SDGs.