This document provides an introduction and overview of implementing Vision 2023 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. It includes progress updates on SDG 3 targets and coverage of critical interventions. Charts and data are presented on physician density, disease elimination, immunization coverage, and humanitarian needs in the region from 2000 to 2023.

1. Introduction to the report
on implementing Vision
2023 (2a)
Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari
WHO Regional Director for the Eastern
Mediterranean

6. Progress on SDG 3.8.1 and 3.8.2 in the Eastern Mediterranean
Region and other WHO regions, 2000–2017

18. Number of countries/territories implementing critical IPC and
AMR interventions, 2017–2022

26. Density of physicians, nurses and midwives in the Region, by
country/territory (2021 or latest available)

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Closure of cVDPV polio outbreaks, 2018–2022

35. Mobilizing the
community for
nOPV2 vaccination
in Egypt

39. Coverage of DTP3 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2010–
2022

40. Validated communicable disease elimination in countries of the
Region, 2018–2023

44. HIV self-testing is safe, accurate
and effective

51. A patient receives
chemotherapy in
Kabul, Afghanistan

56. In northwest Syria only
50% of health facilities are
functioning. To address
the health needs of the
four million people, the
majority of whom are
internally displaced, WHO
established a referral
system.
In northwest Syria only
50% of health facilities are
functioning. To address
the health needs of the
four million people, the
majority of whom are
internally displaced, WHO
established a referral
system.

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used a regional diagnostic and mapping tool to generate evidence on health
system governance to inform their national health system transformations

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64. Number of people in need of humanitarian assistance globally
and in the Region, 2018–2022

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used a regional diagnostic and mapping tool to generate evidence on health
system governance to inform their national health system transformations
Orders delivered by WHO global logistics hub, Dubai,
2018–2022

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used a regional diagnostic and mapping tool to generate evidence on health
system governance to inform their national health system transformations
Index of average IHR (2005) core capacities in the Eastern
Mediterranean Region, 2018–2022

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used a regional diagnostic and mapping tool to generate evidence on health
system governance to inform their national health system transformations
Trends in estimates of the maternal mortality ratio in the Region
2000–2020

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Adolescent fertility rates in countries of the
Region, 2021

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Number of projected deaths attributable to climate change per
100 000 people, 2030–2050

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Regional Network of Institutions for Evidence and Data to
Policy (NEDtP) membership as at August 2023

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WHO collaborating centres in the Region, by country, as at
September 2023

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used a regional diagnostic and mapping tool to generate evidence on health
system governance to inform their national health system transformations

108. Programme Management
Prioritization | Resource Allocation | Monitoring | Evaluation
Regional KPI measurement
framework is used to track
progress
Evaluation function established
The 22 countries/territories
revised the priorities for
collaboration with WHO for
2024-2025
Identified priorities will be
the basis for WHO planning
and resource allocation at
country level

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110. Regional Office social media growth

112. Regional Health Alliance coordinating work to accelerate
progress on the health-related SDGs

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Status of CCS development in countries of the Eastern
Mediterranean Region, 2023

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