The Ministry of Human Capacities signed a two-year agreement with WHO European Regional Office for cooperation in the fields of prevention and treatment of contagious and non-contagious diseases, lifelong health development and healthcare systems for the 2016-17 period.
Priorities within the agreement have been established taking into account global and regional necessities, the state of the Hungarian healthcare system and in line with the guidelines of the Health 2020 European strategy.
Establishing and improving the conditions of effective cooperation with international organizations is an important goal for Hungary. The global and regional activities of inter-governmental organizations – and the WHO in particular – have a prominent social and economic impact. Hungary deems it important to be an active participant in the WHO’s work because our goal is to be a proactive partner in the international healthcare support and development initiatives through sharing our knowledge and experience with other member states as well as in finalizing and executing sustainable development goals past 2015 and share the benefits of the WHO’s international activities.
Professional cooperation with the World Health Organization plays an important role in strategic Hungarian public health thinking while at the same time the WHO is also able to relay Hungarian best practices such as public health program components to its other member states.