| Event | Health and Well-being of Every Child: Modern Strategies for Child Health |
| Date | 22 April 2026 |
| Location | Astana, Kazakhstan |
Description
On 22 April 2026, Kazakhstan hosted the high-level regional conference โ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ: ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ, bringing together the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan, representatives of other governments, international organizations, experts, and partners from across Central Asia.
Opened by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, the conference served as a platform to advance practical solutions for strengthening primary health care, reducing inequalities, supporting early childhood development, creating safer school and digital environments, and promoting the mental health of children and young people. Special attention was given to the voices of children and youth โ their needs, expectations, and meaningful participation in decision-making.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted in his opening remarks:
โPolicies for children become stronger and more effective when children and adolescents are heard, respected, and meaningfully engaged in decisions that affect their lives. Every child has the right to the highest attainable standard of health.โ
A key outcome of the meeting will be the adoption of ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฒ โ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌโ (2026โ2030).
