Country focus initiative and strengthening WHO Country Offices: an update
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1. The Country Focus Initiative of WHO aims at increasing the focus of its work on technicalsupport to countries for the attainment of national and internationally-agreed goals such as theMillennium Development Goals. It is linked to the overall performance of the variousprogrammes of the Organization, as operations at country level depend on the quality andstrength of WHO presence.2. The Country Focus Initiative consists of the Country Cooperation Strategies; adjustingcompetencies and capacities of country teams; effective functioning of WHO country offices;coherent programmatic and technical support from regional offices and headquarters (of WHO);information, knowledge management and working with United Nations and other developmentpartners. It should be noted that the first objective stated in the Strategic orientations for WHOaction in the African Region, 2005–2009, strengthening WHO country offices, directly addressesthe Country Focus Initiative.Citação
Regional Committee for Africa, 58. (2008). Country focus initiative and strengthening WHO Country Offices: an update. WHO. Regional Office for Africa. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/92220