WHO Core voluntary contribution 2018-2019

UHC /Life course dept: SRHR Latest WHO recommendations on sexual reproductive health enabled countries to update their national strategies on sexually transmitted infections, cervical cancer and unsafe abortion prevention Rwanda and Namibia updated their family planning guidelines, and Madagascar revised their national training guidelines Release of updated recommendations on the use of contraception by women at high risk of HIV infection following the publication of a study in the Lancet, “Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes (ECHO)” Integrating equity, gender and human rights approaches into programming was a key pillar in the operational planning process for the programme budget 2020-2021   A framework for action to strengthening quality midwifery education for UHC 2030 was published in 2019   World health emergencies:   -Real-life simulations to test emergency response readiness in 125 countries The development of national action plans to respond effectively in 65 countries.   Healthier populations: (More specificallyhighlights under the objectives related to: Health and the environment and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH): The 2019 WHO global strategy on health, environment and climate change was released with a framework for action to respond to environmental health risks At the United Nations 2019 Climate Action Summit, 50 countries, representing over 1 billion people, answered WHO’s call to provide citizens with clean air by 2030 and committed to achieve the WHO Air Quality Guidelines values Work on the BreatheLife campaign, coordinated by WHO with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Bank, advanced the implementation of the WHO Air Quality Guidelines by sharing best practices The BreatheLife campaign reached 76 cities and locations impacting nearly 300 million people. Thirty countries have already made significant progress in meeting their commitments to improve safe WASH in health facilities   WHO-Reform agenda, some highlights: Organizational learning is now anchored in WHO’s work – helping improve its performance The Evaluation Workplan 2018-2019 helped assess progress made by countries in the WHO African Region—on-track to ending AIDS—and to define a way forward based on the lessons learned The transformation agenda drove five new special global initiatives tackling mental health, cardiac health, cervical cancer, childhood cancer and elimination of trans-fat from the global food supply Key performance indicators (KPIs) measurement framework, which was introduced in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, is helping make WHO regional and country offices more responsive and results-driven A new value-for-money planning model supports strategic planning for WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work (GPW 13), and an output scorecard was designed to measure its delivery External engagement and donor relations were strengthened further by investment in the International Aid Transparency Initiative-compliant web portal (open.who.int), which provides transparent financial information.

WHO's GPW13, the implementation of which has already been initiated this year (2018) has the over-arching goal of: Ensuring health lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages The foundation of GPW13 is therefore SDG3. GPW13 summarizes WHO's mission which is to (without internal ranking ): 1. Promote health 2. Keep the world safe 3. Serve the vulnerable GPW13 us hence structured around three interconnected strategic priorities to ensure healty lives and well-being for all at all ages; advancing universal health coverage, addressing health emergencies and promoting healthier populations. These strategic priorities are supported by three strategic shifts: stepping up leadership; driving impact in every country; and focusing global public goods on impact -which reflect WHO's six core functions (for more details see p6 GPW13). More specifically, in response to the challenge to "leave no-one behind, GPW13 sets ambitious goals of 1 billion people for earch of its strategic priorities i.e. 1 billion more people enjoying better health and well-being; 1 billion more people better protected  from health emergencies; 1 billion more people benefitting from universal health coverage. In line with the SDG-agenda all 1-billion-targets are to be achieved in year 2030. Although the three strategic priorities are presented separately, they are not mutually exclusive and thus require implementation that is mutually reinforcing. For instance, strengthening health systems also makes them more resilient and better able to detect and control outbreaks before they spread and improved public health funtions contribute to good-quality health care within UHC and the strong surveillance systems necessary for early disease detection and control. The foundation of WHO’s work is SDG 3: ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages. WHO is an organization focused principally on promoting health rather than merely fighting disease, and especially on improving health among vulnerable populations and reducing inequalities. The new GPW marks the shift of a stronger focus on the promotion of well-being rather than fighting disease. During the agreement period (ie 2018-2019) Sida will follow a selection of indicators linked to the PB2018-2019 in addition to some selected indicators linked to GPW13. The reason for somewhat "prematurely" bringing in indicators for GPW13 is that WHO has already in year 2018 started using indicators linked to GPW13. Therefore, the assessment at hand will take into consideration both indicators from PB2018-19 as well as those from GPW13.