The UAE government is collaborating with World Health Organisation to help it bolster the healthcare standards globally. Under the partnership, WHO will implement UAE’s accelerators model to accomplish key targets more quickly and also ensure healthier lifestyles for global population.

An agreement was signed by Mohammed Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs, and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organisation, in the presence of Ohoud Al Roumi, Minister of State for Governmental Development and Future; Abdulla Nasser Lootah, director general of the Prime Minister's Office; Huda Al Hashimi, Deputy Minister of Cabinet Affairs for Strategic Affairs; as well as officials from the UAE government and the WHO. 

WHO will work in close collaboration with UAE government to deliver its Work Programme 2019-2023 and achieve its Triple Billion Targets, that aims to secure universal health care coverage without economic stress to 1 billion people, ensure 1 billion more people are better protected from health emergencies and 1 billion more of the world's population experience better health and well-being.

Mr Al Gergawi stressed the critical need to incorporate inter-governmental and inter-organisational collaboration. He expressed UAE’s keenness to share its successful work models and advanced initiatives that have been developed over the past years to render support to international efforts for achieving global sustainable development goals.

Dr Ghebreyesus highlighted the UAE’s significant role in achieving its goals for the future. “The need for global collaboration on data and evidence has never been felt more acutely than during the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said. “WHO is committed to being a modern, data-driven organisation to make a measurable impact on the lives of those we serve. WHO is very pleased to collaborate with the government of the UAE to realise this vision.”

The UAE Government and the WHO will work together to make their top global priority the health challenges, with a focus on bolstering health services capacity, moulding leaders who are capable of executing strategic plans and delivering positive change to WHO institutions.