Health and Social Development

Mrs. Fathia Alwan
Director Health and Social Development

Health and Social Development

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.

         The key functions of the Division are:

  • 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

Latest News and Updates

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May 25, 2023

Republic Uganda with support from IGAD held the 12th National Coordination Mechanism for Migration Meeting

May 24, 2023 (ENTEBBE, Uganda): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in collaboration  with the Government of Uganda and the…
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May 15, 2023

Governors of Central Banks Converge to Harmonize Remittance Policies

May 15, 2023 (NAIROBI, Kenya): The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, and the…
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May 12, 2023

IGAD and the government of Djibouti (MOH) kick-off strengthening Djiboutian Digital Disease Surveillance and Monitoring through SORMAS

May 10, 2023 (DJIBOUTI-VILLE, Djibouti): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), in collaboration with the government of Djibouti:  Ministry of…
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Upcoming Events

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Thursday April 13
8:00 am - 5:00 pm High-Level Workshop on Engaging the IGAD Roster of Mediators and Experts on Crisis Response and Fact-Finding Missions
Monday April 17
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Cross-border Meetings between Ethiopia-Sudan and Sudan-South Sudan to Develop Joint Vaccination Calendar & Surveillance Plan
Tuesday April 18
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Kenya National Meeting Towards Drafting of Pastoral Laws in Line with the Regional Protocol on Transhumance
Tuesday April 25
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Ethiopia National Meeting Towards Drafting of Pastoral Laws in Line with the Regional Protocol on Transhumance
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Consultative Meeting on Somalia Blue Economy Framework and Sectoral Investment Plans
Wednesday April 26
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Peace and Security Coordination Mechanism PSCM
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Regional Forum for the “Professional Networks of Judges, Prosecutors and Crime Investigators to Enhance Criminal Information Sharing against Transnational Security Threats”
8:00 am - 5:00 pm IGAD Regional Advocacy Meeting for the Implementation of the Cross Border Health Data Sharing and Protection Policy Framework
Wednesday May 3
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Capacity Building Workshop for Youths and CSOs. Regional Training of Youths and CSOs on Developing and Disseminating Gender Sensitive Alternative and Counter Messaging to Prevent Violent Extremism
Thursday May 4
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Regional PPR Control & Eradication Coordination Meeting to Review Implementation of National & Regional Strategies and Road Maps
Monday May 8
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Regional Development of Incidents Atlas with ArcGIS
Tuesday May 9
8:00 am - 5:00 pm IGAD Exporting & MENA Importing Countries Inter-regional Meetings for Regulatory Bodies & Private Sectors
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Sudan National Meeting Towards Drafting of Pastoral Laws in Line with the Regional Protocol on Transhumance
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Regional Validation Workshop of the IGAD Criminal Justice Sector Capacity Needs Assessment.
Thursday May 11
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Inaugural meeting the Post conflict Needs Assessment (PCNA). Brief Description – OSESS in Coordination with the AU is Planning to Conduct an Inaugural Meeting for the Post Conflict Needs Assessment (PCNA)
Monday May 15
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Ethiopia National Workshop for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Sector to Promote Interagency Cooperation and Coordination in Addressing the Transnational Security Threats.
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Workshop on updating the regional conflict profiling and scenario building report of 2021
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Training to IGAD member States on the UNECA Blue Economy Valuation Toolkit
Tuesday May 16
8:00 am - 5:00 pm South Sudan National Meeting Towards Drafting of Pastoral Laws in Line with the Regional Protocol on Transhumance
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Capacity Building Workshop for Criminal Justice System Officers Enhancing Capacity of Regional Criminal Justice System in P/CVE: Integrating Gender Perspectives in Investigation and Adjudication of Terrorism and Violent Extremism Cases
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Conflict Sensitive Training for Media Practitioners.
Monday May 22
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development for the Republic of South Sudan
Tuesday May 23
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Regional Conference on the Existing Cyber Security Frameworks
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Validation of the Blue Economy Strategy for Djibouti
Thursday May 25
8:00 am - 5:00 pm CEWARN is Planning a Mid-Year Staff Retreat.
Monday May 29
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Technical Committee on Early Warning and Response Meeting
Tuesday May 30
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Partners Meeting
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