
Lindiwe Makubalo
@makubalo
Assistant Regional Director WHO AFRICA
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26-03-2009 07:39:10
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At #ACS23, WHO African Region UHC/Healthier Populations Director Dr Dr Adelheid Onyango reminds us that the climate crisis is indeed a health crisis. Let's work to make health systems stronger & more resilient to increasingly hazardous impacts of climatic events.

Africa CDC Deputy Director General 𝔻𝕣. 𝔸𝕙𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕆𝕘𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 - 𝔽𝔸ℙℍ says the #AMR problem is a global pandemic that is a threat to health, security and economic growth noting that Africa should focus on “improved surveillance & mitigation of harm amongst patients infected with #AMR organisms.”


Africa CDC 𝔻𝕣. 𝔸𝕙𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕆𝕘𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 - 𝔽𝔸ℙℍ AU-IBAR WHO African Region World Organisation for Animal Health World Organisation for Animal Health in Africa Ministry of HealthZW AU-IBAR Director Huyam Salih highlighted the need to move from antibiotics over dependency, noting that combatting #AMR requires a collective action & equitable funding. #WAAW2023




Today, I had the honour of joining the commemoration of the 2023 Continental Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week alongside the Government of Zimbabwe, Quadripartite partners Food and Agriculture Organization, UN Environment Programme, World Health Organization (WHO), World Organisation for Animal Health, Africa CDC, & AU-IBAR in #Harare #Zimbabwe.

