“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.
