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Enabling the change agenda In order to deliver on the change agenda outlined above, WHO clearly needs to continue to reflect on and change, where necessary, how we work as an organization – including our organizational structure, budget and resource allocation, staff development, and management and accountability practices. This will include considering gender and health equity at the forefront of our everyday work, and as a core aspect of every staff member’s duties. We will also seek to make WHO a health-promoting, “green” workplace.
A. WHO’s work with countries One of the legacies of the former Regional Director, Dr Shin, is the Western Pacific Region’s culture of “putting countries at the centre” of all of our work – and the Regional Office and country offices working together with staff in WHO headquarters as one team to support countries. This principle will continue to be the foundation of our work in the coming five years. WHO’s work with countries will be geared towards working with all countries to address the thematic priorities and common agendas outlined above – recognizing that each country will address the shared challenge in its own way. We will also continue to work with each country and area in response to its specific priorities and concerns, and ensure tailored support where it is needed – such as for Pacific island countries and areas – recognizing that while countries of the Region share many challenges in common, every country is different. To help achieve this, we will continue to look for opportunities to strengthen WHO’s country offices in the Region – and ensure the appropriate staffing fit for each country office. We will also continue to engage in dialogue with high-income countries – in new forms of engagement that go beyond the traditional donor country relationship, aiming at better leveraging the experience and expertise of high-income countries to support other countries in the Region, and vice versa.
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