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DECEMBER 2020

Visit of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and His Delegation to TRNC

Health Journal of Foreign Affairs and EU

IN THE DECEMBER EDITION

• Visit of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and His Delegation to TRNC

• Resumed Session of the 73rd World Health Assembly

• HIMSS + Eurasia Health Information —————————— and Technologies Conference and Expo Dr. Selami KILIÇ Director General • Visit of the Prime Minister of Ukraine —————————— Denys Shmyhal and His Delegation to Publication Board Dr. Selami KILIÇ Arif ÇETİN • National Immunization Technical Azmi EKMEN —————————— Advisory Group (NITAG) Turkey Meeting Advisory Board • 6th Ministerial Meeting of the Global Arif ÇETİN Dt. Abdullah SERT Health Security Initiative Yusuf IRMAK Azmi EKMEN • Declaration of 2021 the International Ömer GÖKÇEN Year of Health and Care Workers —————————— nd Editors • 2 MIKTA Senior Officials Meeting Arif ÇETİN • Europe NITAG Web Seminar Atınç ATALAY —————————— • Health Ministers Declaration Translators Meeting Nazlı MUTLU Abdullah KARAKAYA • Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan Gülnaz ÇELİK (3RP) Meeting —————————— December 2020 — No: 93 Monthly Magazine —————————— Address: Bilkent Yerleşkesi Üniversiteler Mah. Dumlupınar Bulv. 6001. Cad. Kat: 6 06800 Çankaya Ankara/Turkey Tel: +90(312) 585 6666 - 585 6700 ——————————- http://disab.saglik.gov.tr

Visit of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and His Delegation to TRNC

he Minister of Health Dr. Fahrettin Koca been constructed under the Protocol Between the accompanied President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Government of the Republic of Turkey and the T on his visit to TRNC on November 15, 2020. Government of the Turkish Republic of Northern President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Cyprus on the Building of a 100-Bed Pandemic Erdoğan and the President of TRNC Ersin Tatar Hospital in Nicosia and a 500-Bed Hospital in opened the 100-bed pandemic hospital which has Nicosia signed on September 8, 2020.

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Visit of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and His Delegation to TRNC

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Resumed Session of the 73rd World Health Assembly

he 73rd Session of the World Health Assembly The representatives of the General Directorate was held on May 18 and 19, 2020 online due attended the session where issues such as health T to the COVID-19 pandemic and a resumed emergencies, universal health coverage and better session was planned with physical participation. Due health were discussed. The 73rd Session of WHA to the epidemiological circumstances, it was decided approved 2021 to be the International Year of Health to also hold the resumed session online. The and Care Workers upon Turkey's proposal. The Resumed Session of the 73rd WHA was held online Minister of Health Dr. Fahrettin Koca sent a video between November 9 and 14, 2020. message to the Assembly.

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HIMSS + Eurasia Health Information and Technologies Conference and Expo oday, developing health informatics countries in the region and developing countries by technologies and digitalization of hospitals having the most hospitals with HIMSS 6 and HIMSS T have become important in providing high- 7 standards after the US. To share Turkey's quality healthcare services. Within the framework of experience on this matter with other countries, the HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management HIMSS + Eurasia Health Information and Systems Society) Standards, which allow Technologies Conference and Expo was held under international evaluation and comparison of hospitals the auspices of the MoH between November 11 and by looking at the level of use of information 13, 2020 online. technologies, Turkey has become a role model for

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Visit of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and His Delegation to Turkey

he Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal Relations Dr. Selami Kılıç, and Coordinating Chief visited Turkey on November 29-December 1 Physician of Ankara City Hospital Dr. Aziz Ahmet T and also paid a visit to Ankara City Hospital Surel and then visited various departments of the on November 30, 2020. Shmyhal and his delegation hospital and received information about the were welcomed by the Deputy Minister Prof. Emine hospital's PPP management system. Alp Meşe, Director-General of EU and Foreign

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National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) Turkey Meeting

he National Immunization Technical Advisory The meeting, which was chaired by the Deputy Group was established with representatives of Minister Prof. Emine Alp Meşe, was attended by the T the Ministry, WHO Country Office, WHO Director-General of Public Health Dr. Fatih Kara, Regional Office, WHO GDO and medical professionals members of the scientific committee Prof. Levent to prioritize the target recipients of the COVID-19 Akın, Prof. Ateş Kara and Prof. Alpay Azap, Dr. vaccine. Liudmila Mosina and Dr. Niyazi Çakmak from WHO The National Immunization Technical Advisory Group EURO, and Dr. Batyr Berdyklychev, Dr. Irshad held its first meeting on November 9, 2020, online. Shaikh and Dr. Bahadır Sucaklı from WHO Turkey Office.

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6th Ministerial Meeting of the Global Health Security Initiative

he Global Health Security Agenda Meeting was In the meeting, the Deputy Minister said that it hosted by Thailand on November 19-20. would be possible to achieve global health security based on a global framework. T The Deputy Minister of Health Prof. Emine Alp Meşe sent a video message to the meeting, which was held online.

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Declaration of 2021 the International Year of Health and Care Workers

pon the proposal of the Minister Dr. The proposal was approved by the World Health Fahrettin Koca to declare 2021 the Organization by gaining full support of all member U International Year of Health and Care states at the General Assembly of the 73rd World Workers, the informal negotiation process with the Health Assembly held on November 11, 2020. World Health Organization (WHO) was kicked off by the Permanent Ambassador Sadık Arslan on November 4, 2020.

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2nd MIKTA Senior Officials Meeting

IKTA, which is an informal consultation One senior official from each participant country's and coordination platform among , ministries of foreign affairs and health attended the M , Korea, Turkey, and second meeting. Participants were asked to raise established on the sidelines of the 68th Session of their opinions about the two agenda items, which the UN General Assembly on September 25, 2013, were previously identified by Korea. The meeting was held the first edition of its senior officials meeting on attended by representatives from the Ministry of COVID-19 online on October 15, 2020, in which the Foreign Affairs and the General Directorate of EU and Director-General of EU and Foreign Relations Dr. Foreign Relations. Following the group photograph, Selami Kılıç represented the Government of Turkey. the country representatives delivered their speeches. The second meeting of senior officers was held on November 26, 2020, online.

Europe NITAG Web Seminar

he Strategic Advisory Group of Experts-SAGE On November 19, 2020, a webinar was held for the of the World Health Organization published a National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups of T series of recommendations about various WHO EURO member states to discuss the ETAGE epidemiological and vaccine supply scenarios on the recommendations on the prioritization of the target COVID-19 pandemic on October 19, 2020. On groups to be vaccinated. 205 representatives from the November 11-12, 2020, the European Technical WHO Region of Europe attended the meeting where Advisory Group of Experts-ETAGE was held. At this Turkey was represented by the Head of the National meeting, experts developed the criteria for identifying Immunization Program Dr. Halit Ümit Özdemirer, the age groups of those to be vaccinated and for Member of the Scientific Committee Prof. Levent adapting SAGE recommendations to the region of Akın, and representatives from the General Europe. Directorate.

G20 Health Ministers Declaration Meeting

20 Health Ministers Declaration Meeting was from the DG also attended the meeting where the held online on November 20, 2020 under the Declaration text was drafted. G presidency of Saudi Arabia. Representatives

Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) Meeting

epresentatives from the General Directorate (3RP) meetings held online on November 20, 2020, by of EU and Foreign Relations and the General the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees R Directorate of Public Health attended the (UNHCR) and the United Nations Development 2021-2022 Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan Programme (UNDP).

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