Every child should have access to quality healthcare

Plenary sessions featuring heads of international organizations, ministers, and experts are being held as part of the World Summit “Investing in Children’s Wellbeing: A Path Toward Sustainable and Just Development for Future Generations” and the Second International Congress on Childhood Cancer, taking place in Samarkand.

At a session titled “Investing in equitable and resilient child health systems that deliver measurable outcomes across the life course”, Melitta Jakab, Head of Office for the WHO European Centre for Primary Health Care, delivered a presentation on the organization’s efforts to ensure early detection and treatment of common childhood diseases, preventive vaccination against infectious diseases, and programs and projects in childhood cancer.

During the session, the Minister of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan Eldor Adilov provided information on measures being implemented in the country to protect children’s health and improve the quality of healthcare services provided to them.

During the discussions, participants emphasized that countries around the world must work together to safeguard children’s health and that every child, regardless of where they live or their financial circumstances, must be guaranteed the right to access quality, modern healthcare services.

G. Khasanov, UzA