Ten-year Strategic Action Plan and other resources from IMCHE3 now available
Libreville, Gabon, November 2018
Libreville, Gabon, November 2018
The Third Interministerial Conference on Health and Environment in Africa (IMCHE3) took place from 6-9 November 2018 in Libreville, Gabon. Building on the progress recorded and valuable lessons learnt since the first such meeting held in Libreville in 2008, the aim of the conference was to serve as a platform for countries to unite and reaffirm high-level commitments to working at the intersection between environment and health. This meeting produced a number of outputs including the Strategic Action Plan To Scale Up Health And Environment Interventions In Africa 2019 –2029. This and many other technical and communication resources are now available for download on this site.
IMCHE3 was an opportunity for Ministers to reflect on and share their countries’ progress and challenges encountered since the Libreville Declaration on Health and Environment in Africa was first adopted in 2008. The Declaration serves as an effective umbrella framework on which African countries and their development partners can build for addressing environmental determinants on human health and ecosystems.
Ministers and stakeholders during IMCHE3 agreed that tackling issues in these sectors has to be achieved in an integrated manner. It is in this spirit that the Strategic Action Plan to Scale Up Health and Environment Interventions in Africa 2019 – 2029 was adopted. The plan is a step towards a clearer, more widely shared roadmap for countries to improve their intersectoral efforts for realizing the goals laid out in the Libreville Declaration and contributing to the achievement of the SDGs.
The Strategic Action Plan outlines the following key objectives that were agreed on by the member states:
To achieve these objectives, the following priority interventions were outlined:
In addition to this, a Framework for Scaling Up Investments in Priority Health and Environment Interventions was also prepared following the conference, to address the various financial challenges raised by the countries.
Visit the Resources page or click on the links below to access this and other outcome papers and resources prepared as a result of IMCHE3:
IMCHE3 advocacy film: A call to action for decision makers in Africa to integrate health and environment in national activities and action plans