Dr. Jalila bint Al -Sayed Jawad Hassan, Minister of Health, participated in the work of the 20th Health Summit (H20), which was held at the headquarters of the World Health Organization in Geneva, organized by the health and development partnership of the Group of Twenty and the Group Investors, civil society, and academic circles, to assess the current global health challenges, and to provide concrete recommendations to the heads of the Group of Twenty and the Group of Seven to help accelerate the achievement of the United Nations Development goals by 2030 and beyond.
During the opening session of the summit, under the title “Re -building partnerships and promoting confidence in global health”, she emphasized that enhancing confidence in health systems requires comprehensive partnerships based on solidarity and joint action. Reviewing the experience of the Kingdom of Bahrain in adopting a national model based on integrated governance, strategic investment in health, and implementing community initiatives in a way that reflects the Kingdom’s commitment to building flexible health systems that have the confidence of society.
In the launching session of the “World legislators on noncommunicable diseases and mental health”, the Minister dealt with the impact of challenges related to valid diseases and mental health to achieve sustainable development goals, stressing the need for effective institutional leadership, comprehensive governance, and multi -sectors cooperation to enhance the ability of health systems to deal with various challenges. Stressing the importance of following a comprehensive approach that guarantees an effective and integrated response towards health challenges related to noncommunicable diseases and mental health, and reviewed the national efforts in this framework, referring to the public health law in the Kingdom that enhances integration between policies, and establishes accountability mechanisms, in addition to the role of the national team to combat noncommunicable diseases that brings together governmental and community authorities to ensure coordination of health response with the needs of society.
She also participated in a high -level discussion session entitled “Seizing health innovations today: investment to achieve the immediate and future impact”, during which she reviewed the qualitative initiatives of the Kingdom of Bahrain, the most prominent of which is the project of investment status of non -communicable diseases in partnership with the World Health Organization and the United Nations Development Program, which showed the feasibility of expanding early examination of chronic diseases.
As well as launching the National Genome project, which reflects the Kingdom’s orientation towards innovation in personal medicine. It also dealt with the Kingdom of Bahrain’s experience in promoting primary health care and expanding the use of digital health.
In conclusion, the Minister of Health indicated the importance of conferences as platforms to exchange experiences and best practices at more than one level, stressing the Kingdom of Bahrain’s keenness to continue the regional and international joint work to build more flexible and comprehensive health systems.
