On 23 October WHO/Europe, together with UNICEF and the Government of Kazakhstan, is co-hosting an international conference to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Alma-Ata and 5th anniversary of Astana declarations on primary health care. The conference "Primary health care policy and practice: implementing for better results" will be an official side event of the 73rd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, in October 2023.

The Conference will:

• take stock of progress implementing the commitments in the Declaration of Astana on primary health care since 2018, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and demonstrate concrete results;
• shift focus from concepts to action by identifying implementation success factors based on country experiences; and
• identify policies and practices to future-proof primary health-care transformation for moving towards universal health coverage, for greater resilience in the face of emergencies, and better health and well-being. 

Structure of the Conference

Pre-Conference (1 September–22 October)

In the lead-up to the Conference, 4 moderated 3-hour virtual roundtable discussions will be held in order to establish a solid technical foundation for the Conference. The virtual roundtables will provide an opportunity to examine the evidence behind each of the plenary sessions, involve stakeholders to debate without capacity constraints, and come up with a summary set of points to feed into each of the plenary sessions. Key academic institutions and non-State actors will be invited to co-organize these sessions.

Conference (23 October)

The Conference programme is built around plenary and parallel sessions. The Conference will be livestreamed on the online platform in real time. Videos of the sessions will be available asynchronously.

A poster exhibit will feature country stories of transforming primary health care based on the WHO/Europe country vignette series and other published case studies.

Innovation booths will provide the opportunity to feature innovative approaches to primary health-care transformation and change management.

The meeting will be held in English, with simultaneous interpretation in English and Russian in the main panel and selected parallel technical sessions. Interpretation to other languages is being discussed. Materials on the online platform will be posted in English.

 Further information on the conference

Event detail

From:

23/10/2023 07:30 

to:

23/10/2023 18:00

Location:

Astana, and online

Country:

Kazakhstan