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The aim of the High-Level Forum (HLF) on the Health Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) is to provide an opportunity for candid
dialogue between senior policy makers and identify opportunities
for accelerating action on the health-related MDGs.
The idea for the High-Level Forum emerged from a meeting of
development agencies and developing countries that took place in
Ottawa, hosted by the Government of Canada, the World Bank and the
United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) in
May 2003. The HLF is coordinated jointly by the World Health
Organization and the World Bank, which together form the HLF
Secretariat..
The first High-Level Forum (HLF) on the Health Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) took place in Geneva in January 2004. It
brought together heads of agencies, ministers and senior officials
from seventeen developing countries (including, nine ministers of
health and several ministers of finance, economic planning and
local government); heads of eleven bilateral agencies; eight
multilateral agencies; and nine foundations, regional organizations
and global partnerships.
The second High-Level Forum on the Health MDGs is to be held on 2-3
December, 2004 in Abuja, Nigeria. Preparations are taking place in
the secretariat of the High-Level Forum and with the coordinating
agencies. The major topics of discussion will be:
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- Global overview of progress toward health MDGs in low
and middle income countries
- Global overview of progress with MDG-oriented PRSPs and
sector strategies
- Monitoring Performance and Tracking Resource Flows
- Human Resources
- Countries under stress and in crisis: focus on aid
effectiveness
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more information on the planning of the High-Level Forum on the Health MDGs
in Abuja, please see the HLF
Programme of Work.
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