Presented by Gaudenz Silberschmidt, Director, Policy and Strategic Directions during the 62nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean
Kuwait, 5–8 October 2015
Programmatic focus in 2016-2017
Global health security, preparedness, surveillance and humanitarian response in emergencies: Category 5
Resilient, integrated health systems: Category 4
Scale-up of prevention and control interventions of noncommunicable diseases Category 2
Unfinished agenda of the Millennium Development Goals as well as anticipated agenda of UHC: Categories 1,3 and 5
Emerging priorities, including antimicrobial resistance, hepatitis, ageing and health, health and environment
Key:
HIV – HIV/AIDS
TUB – Tuberculosis
MAL – Malaria
NTD – Neglected Tropical Diseases
VPD – Vaccine Preventable Diseases
NCD – Noncommunicable Diseases
MNH – Mental Health and Substance Abuse
VIJ – Violence and Injuries
DHR – Disabilities and Rehabilitation
NUT – Nutrition
RHR – Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health
AGE – Ageing and Health
GER – Gender, Equity and Human Rights Mainstreaming
SDH – Social Determinants of Health
PHE – Health and the Environment
NHP – National Health Policies, Strategies and Plans
IPH – Integrated People-Centred Health Services
AMT – Access to Medicines
IER – Health Systems Information and Evidence
ARC – Alert and Response Capacities
EPD – Epidemic and Pandemic-Prone Diseases
ERC – Emergency Risk and Crisis Management
FOS – Food and Safety
Alignment & Flexibility
Alignment of funding with the Programme budget 2014–2015 has improved. At the end of 2014, categories 1 to 5 were financed to at least 75% of the approved programme budget level, whereas at the same point in the previous biennium several strategic objectives had greater funding gaps
A slight improvement in the level of flexibility of funding thanks to a change in policy on the part of three donors that are now providing more core voluntary contributions
The Secretariat will further refine its internal management of funding and strategic allocation of flexible funding, with the aim of achieving overall full alignment of funding with the programme budget.
Predictability
The level of predictability at the start of the biennium has improved: 70% at the start of the biennium 2014–2015, compared with 62% for 2012–2013 and 52% for 2010–2011.
Transparency
The introduction of the programme budget web portal has significantly increased the transparency of WHO’s funding situation and its needs by programme area and major office.
Reducing vulnerability
Expanding the contributor base is a long-term process, which has only shown very limited progress so far. Despite the efforts to expand WHO’s contributor base, the Organization continues to depend on just 20 contributors (11 of them non-State actors) for 80% of its voluntary contributions. A study on broadening and deepening the contributor basis is currently being finalized and will inform the forthcoming financing dialogue.