- Home
- Preface
- European Year for Development
- COP21 and the Paris Agreement
- I. Luxembourg’s official development assistance in 2015
- II. Cooperation with the main partner countries
- III. Regional cooperation and cooperation with other countries
- IV. Multilateral cooperation
- V. European Union
- VI. Cooperation with non-governmental development organisations
- VII. Humanitarian action
- VIII. Programme support
- IX. Development education and awareness raising
- X. Inclusive finance
- XI. Evaluation
- XII. Report on the progress of the work of the Interministerial Committee for Development Cooperation
- Appendices
IV. Multilateral cooperation
UNAIDS: 90-90-90, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action, Romain Schneider; former Deputy-Minister and current Minister of Health of Laos, Prof. Dr. Bounkong Sihavong; Director of ENDA Santé, Dr Daouda Diouf; Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, and the 90-90-90 Special Ambassador, Marc Angel
Health
2015 was marked by several major events and activities in the health sector related to development.
GAVI
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) Pledging Conference took place in January 2015 in Berlin to replenish the fund’s resources for the period 2016-2020. Luxembourg was represented at the Conference by Luxembourg’s Ambassador in Berlin, Georges Santer, and the Directorate of Cooperation multilateral desk. The Conference, chaired by the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Angela Merkel, was a great success and obtained the US$ 7.5 billion requested by GAVI. Luxembourg made a pledge for another five years at the same level of funding as previous years, i.e. 810 000 euros per annum.
EU-LU-WHO Universal Health Coverage Partnership
The EU-LU-WHO Universal Health Coverage Partnership, which was due to end on 31 December 2015, was extended by Luxembourg and the EU for a period of three years. The EU will add seven new countries in 2016, while in August 2015 Luxembourg added a sixth country, Laos, alongside its five African partner countries. The partnership was initially designed to build countries’ capacities in political dialogue and in drawing up national health policies, plans and strategies. It has proven its added value in the 19 countries where it was implemented between 2011 and 2015; this has led not only to its expansion to 27 countries but also to the expansion of its scope to health funding policy and development effectiveness in line with the International Health Partnership Global Compact (IHP+). Furthermore, the partnership made universal health coverage its prime objective.
Some concrete results obtained in 2015 were the creation of a human resources strategy for health in Cabo Verde, the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation plan with the national, regional and district-level structures in Mali, and annual reviews of the health sector in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal. Another flagship event in 2015 was the ceremony to launch Laos as the 20th country in the partnership; the event was held in Vientiane on 19 November in the presence of the Minister of Health, Prof. Dr Eksavang Vongvichit, the WHO country director, Juliet Fleischl, and representatives of WHO Geneva and Luxembourg’s development cooperation.
