The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, held a bilateral meeting with the regional director of the WHO for Europe, Hans Kluge, who valued the success of vaccination against COVID-19 and the management of the pandemic in Spain, alleging which is “an example for all”.
According to the Ministry of Health through a statement, the meeting, which took place at the Moncloa Complex, was also attended by the member of the WHO-Euro Permanent Committee, the Canarian Amos Garcia Rojas.
During the meeting, the good pace of vaccination was highlighted, referring to the current figures with almost 90 percent of the target population vaccinated, “a figure well above the average,” Kluge said.
In this regard, the regional director of the WHO congratulated Minister Darias and the Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, “for their leadership in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic”. “In Spain, people trust the vaccine, the Primary Care system and its strength, which is very important,” he highlighted.
In addition, Kluge has remarked that Spain, “despite having a very high level of vaccination, continues to put pressure on the virus and is not giving up despite the figures.”
For this reason, he has communicated that the WHO has reached an agreement with the Ministry of Health to document good practices in Spain “so that they serve as an example both for the rest of Europe and for the rest of the world”, he added.
For her part, Minister Carolina Darias highlighted solidarity vaccination, referring to the COVAX and other bilateral mechanisms, through which more than 20 million doses of vaccines have been donated to countries without access to them within the commitment to Pedro Sanchez to reach 50 donated doses before the first quarter of 2022.
At the meeting between the two officials, collaboration was agreed in reducing the stigma and discrimination of HIV, working together in the Spanish Presidency of the European Union in 2023 and collaborating with experts in Primary Care, “not only for the European region, but also for Pan America, an interregional collaboration that is very important”, they added.
In addition, Kluge congratulated the Government of Spain for the financial protection because “Spain is a country that has not left anyone behind” and recalled that, recently, “assisted human reproduction has been included for single women, lesbians, bisexuals and trans people with gestational capacity”, which he has described as “very important”.
“Thank you for being an example in gender issues, for the WHO it is very important to move forward without leaving anyone behind and, especially, people who cannot afford to pay for the health system”, insisted the Regional Director of the WHO.
Finally, among other issues, both representatives have shared ideas on the common approach to policies related to the promotion of Primary Care and HIV. Issues that are part of two lines of strategic collaboration between Spain and the WHO Euro in the coming years.

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