Health and Social Development

Amb. Moussa Ali Meigague
Ag. Director Health and Social Development

About Health and Social Development Division

The goal of Health and Social Development Division is to enhance the quality of life of people of the region towards longer life expectancy. The division is encompassing all the human development issues and upgrading the human capital in the IGAD region with focus on youth, children, women, and other vulnerable population. The mandate of the division is to coordinate, implement and oversee the regional health projects for vulnerable population. It also provides health and basic social services to the most needed population (cross border mobile population, refugee, returnees, IDPs, pastoralist population) in order to enhance development for the people of the IGAD region.

The Health and Social Development Programme area is encompassing all the human development issues and upgrading the human capital in the IGAD region with focus on youth, children, women, and other vulnerable population.

Our Mandate:

  • Cross border Health, Digital Health and Disease surveillance
  • Migration and forced displacement
  • Education, science and technology
  • Employment and labour affairs
  • Social Protection
  • Youth, culture and sports

Areas of Intervention

Migration &
Forced Displacement
Health
Education
Science & Technology
Employment
Entrepreneurship & Youth

Reports and Publications

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Migration and Displacement: Inclusion and Social Cohesion (Connecting Research, Data and Policy)

IGAD Migration Statistics Report (2010 - 2019)

Djibouti Declaration on Refugee Education in IGAD Member States

Djibouti Declaration on Refugee Education in IGAD Member States

Media

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Download The IGAD Regional Education Policy Framework

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