[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – SUMMARY – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your summary. The summary condenses the main points for the news that starts below. The summary is in bold and not longer than 300 characters, including spaces. The counter at the bottom can help.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||20px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
At their 2025 meeting in Geneva, Commonwealth health ministers committed to long-term, equitable health financing, with a strong focus on innovation, primary care and support for vulnerable nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – TEXT OF THE NEWS – BLOCK 1 – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your news. PLEASE USE ONLY THE FEATURED IMAGE FUNCTION on your right column to add the image.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||1em||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n At the 37th Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting<\/a> in Geneva, leaders from across the Commonwealth endorsed a strategic blueprint to strengthen health systems for 2.7 billion people. Held ahead of the 78th World Health Assembly<\/a>, the meeting emphasised equitable, resilient, and inclusive financing frameworks to address the growing strain on healthcare systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Commonwealth Secretary-General the Hon Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey<\/a> and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus<\/a> urged countries to move from fragmented short-term fixes to long-term investment in primary health care, digital tools, infrastructure, and the health workforce.<\/p>\n Chaired by the Hon Selibe Mochoboroane<\/a> of Lesotho<\/a>, the ministerial gathering called for innovative financing\u2014including blended finance and public-private partnerships\u2014while stressing the importance of regulation and equity. In breakout sessions, ministers examined pressing themes such as climate resilience, non-communicable diseases, mental health, and healthy ageing. The Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub<\/a> was praised for helping countries navigate complex climate funding processes.<\/p>\n The meeting concluded with a renewed commitment to close health coverage gaps and promote sustainable development. These priorities will feature prominently at the upcoming Commonwealth Business Summit<\/a> in Namibia<\/a>, linking health to inclusive economic growth.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – TEXT OF THE NEWS – BLOCK 2 – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your news. PLEASE USE ONLY THE FEATURED IMAGE FUNCTION on your right column to add the image.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At their 2025 meeting in Geneva, Commonwealth health ministers committed to long-term, equitable health financing, with a strong focus on innovation, primary care and support for vulnerable nations.At the 37th Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting in Geneva, leaders from across the Commonwealth endorsed a strategic blueprint to strengthen health systems for 2.7 billion people. Held ahead…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":987774200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3024,127,126,135],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987774197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987774197"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987774197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987774215,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987774197\/revisions\/987774215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987774200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987774197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987774197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987774197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}