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Executive summary
Cabo Verde is a democratic, politically stable, middle-income, small island developing state (SIDS). The country recently published its National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development 2022–2026 (PEDS II), presenting a clear vision for its development in the context of ongoing global crises.
Since 1970, the country has built a strong primary health care (PHC) system that has contributed to increased lifespan, high rates of childhood immunization, low maternal and child mortality and widespread access to affordable primary health services. In 2024, Cabo Verde faces specific health challenges, including widespread prevalence of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), providing suitable mental health services, improving the numbers and quality of the health workforce, improving the quality of health services at all levels, integrating the private health sector into the health system, improving the health system’s abilities to respond to all-hazard emergencies and improving its health information systems (HIS) through the application of digital technologies.
The WHO Country Office in Cabo Verde (WCO) consulted over 50 stakeholders from Government, the academic sector, civil society and bilateral cooperation agencies and embassies on ways to address these challenges and on what WHO should be doing to help the country respond to them over the next five years. Based on these consultations, the WCO selected six priorities for its CCS 2024– 2028.
WHO will commit 80% of its technical and financial resources to advancing these priorities. The WCO will provide strategic advocacy, policy support and training, develop strategic plans, create, update, or adapt normative guidelines and standard operating procedures (SOPs), convene stakeholders and support consensus where required. The focus on these six priorities is designed to optimize WHO’s contribution to resolving Cabo Verde’s most important health challenges.