Ar the 73rd session of the World Health Assembly (AMS), which for the first time since the creation of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, was held in videoconference on May 18 and 19, Dr. Marie Greta Roy Clément, the Minister of Public Health of Haiti in her intervention decalred :

Extract from Minister Clément's speech :

"Madam President,

[...] Like most countries, Haiti has adopted measures to prevent and control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Even before the manifestation of the disease in the territory, the Haitian authorities have developed, according to the directives of the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization, a preparation and response plan.

March 19, 2020, following the confirmation of the first case https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30319-haiti-health-origin-of-the-first-2-cases-of-covid-19-in-haiti.html , the authorities immediately decreed a state of health emergency throughout the national territory.

In the same vein, a scientific cell https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30384-haiti-politic-creation-of-a-scientific-cell-to-manage-the-covid-19-crisis.html , a multisectoral management commission https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30472-haiti-news-zapping.html have been set up. Barrier measures have been strengthened and finally additional resources have been mobilized for the implementation of the plan.

[...] However, it must be recognized that due to the weakness of its health system, Haiti is unable to cope on its own with the many challenges linked to the pandemic. International solidarity and cooperation are more than ever essential.

Madame President,

This Covid-19 pandemic has underscored for us the need for strong and resilient health systems, based on international solidarity as the foundation of global health security and universal health coverage.

In this regard, Haiti fully supports the international platform aimed at accelerating the development and equitable distribution of tests, treatments and vaccines as well as strengthening the health systems of the most vulnerable countries.

[...] Finally, Haiti offers its condolences to all the victims of Covid-19 and takes this opportunity to express its solidarity with health workers, governments and people affected by the pandemic.

Haiti is convinced that, by pooling our resources and our knowledge, we will be able to overcome this unprecedented global health crisis.

Thank you for your attention."

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30816-haiti-flash-the-epidemic-is-progressing-in-the-country-596-cases-and-22-deaths.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30814-haiti-covid-19-daily-report-may-19-2020.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30472-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30384-haiti-politic-creation-of-a-scientific-cell-to-manage-the-covid-19-crisis.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30319-haiti-health-origin-of-the-first-2-cases-of-covid-19-in-haiti.html

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