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

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Wednesday August 30
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Regional Workshop on Gender Dynamics in Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Returnees by Criminal Justice Officers in P/CVE
Monday September 4
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Regional Dialogue to Validate the Synthesized Existing Research on Livestock Political Economy in ASALs of the IGAD Region
8:00 am - 5:00 pm South Sudan National Consultations on the Implementation of the Djibouti Declaration and The IGAD Qualifications Framework
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Africa Climate Summit
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Africa Climate Week
Wednesday September 6
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Participation of Pastoral Value Chain Actors, from IGAD MS, in the International Agricultural Show of Kenya
8:00 am - 6:00 pm South Sudan National Consultative Workshop on Global Refugee Forum 2023 and Draft IGAD Policy Framework on Refugee Protection
Monday September 11
8:00 am - 5:00 pm ClimSA project forum
Wednesday September 13
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Uganda National Consultations on the Implementation of the Djibouti Declaration and The IGAD Qualifications Framework
Thursday September 14
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Collective Opportunity in the REDSEA and Gulf of Aden Dialogue between IGAD Taskforce, Private Sector Institutions and Civil Society Organisations from IGAD Member States.
Saturday September 16
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Djibouti National Consultations on the Implementation of the Djibouti Declaration and The IGAD Qualifications Framework
Monday September 18
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Regional Review and Validation Workshop for the IGAD Policy Framework on Refugee Protection
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Somalia National Consultations on the Implementation of the Djibouti Declaration and The IGAD Qualifications Framework
Thursday September 21
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Uganda National Consultative Workshop on the Kampala Declaration on Jobs, Livelihoods and Self-Reliance for Refugees, Returnees, and Host Communities
Saturday September 23
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Somalia National Consultative Workshop on Preparations for the Global Refugee Forum 2023
Monday September 25
8:00 am - 5:00 pm High-Level Ministerial Conference on the Development and Adoption of The IGAD Youth Policy
Tuesday September 26
8:00 am - 5:00 pm ICPALD/MS Participation in the ASK Nairobi International Trade Fair Show
Thursday September 28
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Regional Review and Validation of the IGAD Migration Action Plan
Friday September 29
8:00 am - 6:00 pm IGAD Moyale Coordination Office and Regional Migration Fund (RMF) Infrastructure Project Implementation Launch
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