{"id":24918,"date":"2021-03-12T20:10:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T20:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=24918"},"modified":"2021-03-12T20:10:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T20:10:22","slug":"sustainable-uhc-for-africa-must-be-developed-by-africans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/sustainable-uhc-for-africa-must-be-developed-by-africans","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sustainable UHC for Africa must be developed by Africans\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> THE fourth edition of the Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC 2021) ended yesterday with a message that sustainable Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Africa can only be developed by Africans.<\/p>\n<p>A statement released by organisers said the conference was marked by calls from a diverse group of stakeholders for greater cross-border and multi-sectoral collaboration to achieve UHC in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The 3-day virtual conference under the theme \u2018Decade for Action: Driving Momentum to Achieve UHC in Africa\u2019, attracted 3,000 participants logging in from 98 countries across the African continent and beyond, including high profile guests and speakers such as Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya and World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeld against the backdrop of Covid-19 recovery efforts, AHAIC 2021 provided a platform for representatives from the health sector, political leadership, development organisations, private sector, academia and civil society to explore the continent\u2019s health challenges, identify opportunities and propose sustainable solutions for, and by, Africa,\u201d reads the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConversations on the Covid-19 vaccine, health financing, health systems strengthening, technology and innovation, youth engagement and gender equity in health leadership took centre stage, with speakers repeatedly calling for a unified, pan-African approach built on stronger political will and action to drive momentum towards achieving UHC in Africa by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking when he officially opened the conference, President Kenyatta called for greater political will, collaboration and coordination among African nations to make UHC a reality, and highlighted the need for countries to focus on investment in primary health care, expand affordability and harness the innovativeness of youth to promote development and uptake of e-health solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently, about 600 million people across the African continent do not have access to health services. To address this, we must make increased investments in physical facilities, medical equipment, drugs, and trained personnel,\u201d said President Kenyatta.<\/p>\n<p>On vaccine equity, availability, affordability and delivery, stakeholders reiterated the need for Africa to urgently create its own capacity to manufacture and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine, in response to heightened nationalism that has threatened to deny lower- and middle-income countries \u2013 many of them in Africa \u2013 access to the critical resource as developed countries race to stockpile the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to ensure vaccine equity, it is important that we build Africa\u2019s manufacturing capacity. We have seen it with the COVID-19 pandemic, from personal protective equipment (PPE) to vaccines, lack of equity in distribution is affecting many developing countries that don\u2019t have manufacturing capacity,\u201d Dr. Tedros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Tanzania: THE fourth edition of the Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC 2021) ended yesterday with a message that sustainable Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Africa can only be developed by Africans. 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