Lithuania will contribute to the closure of the WHO office for chronic non-communicable diseases in Moscow
Minister of Health Arūnas Dulkys, who is now in Stockholm, Sweden, together with Hans P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, signed an agreement on Lithuania's contribution to the closure of the WHO Office for Chronic Non-Infectious Diseases (CHND) in Moscow and its relocation to Copenhagen.
Since Russia went to war with Ukraine, WHO European Region countries have been outraged that the WHO Office for Chronic Non-Infectious Diseases is operating in an aggressor country. To make such a relocation possible, a group of WHO member states in the European region - Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and Slovenia - have expressed their intention to make a financial contribution, on a joint and several basis, to the closure of the WHO Office of Chronic Non-Infectious Diseases (OCHD) in Moscow and to its relocation in Copenhagen for the period from 2024-2027.
The WHO Office for Chronic Non-Infectious Diseases is responsible for providing technical support to the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region in the prevention and surveillance of chronic non-communicable diseases.
Mr Dulkys is on an official visit to Sweden for the annual Ministerial Conference of the Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being on 16-17 January. Lithuania will chair the 2024-2025 cycle of the Partnership.
The main objective of the Partnership is "to promote sustainable development in the Northern Dimension area by improving human health and social well-being". In doing so, it aims to reduce the spread of major communicable diseases and prevent the spread of lifestyle-related chronic non-communicable diseases, as well as to improve people's social well-being.
The countries currently participating in the Partnership are: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Iceland and Finland. Russia's membership was suspended following the outbreak of war with Ukraine.
Last updated: 15-07-2024
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