On accreditation of representatives of foreign mass media to the Global Conference on Primary Health Care and 73rd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe

Dear representatives of foreign mass media!

The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) are hosting the Global Conference on Primary Health Care, dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the Alma-Ata Declaration and the 5th anniversary of the Astana Declaration on Primary Health Care, to be held in Astana on October 22-23, 2023 as well as the 73rd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe on October 24-26, 2023.

These events are expected to be attended by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Henri P. Kluge, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe Regina De Dominicis, as well as 80 official delegations of WHO member states at the level ministers of health, representatives of international organizations, young scientists, medical workers, etc., which makes in total 600-650 delegates in person, as well as more than 1000 participants online.

In this regard, we invite you to cover these events.

For accreditation, it is necessary to fill out the attached form and send it to
 e-mails rymbayevaa@who.int and mfa.pskz@gmail.com until 3 p.m. on October 17, 2023.

In case of additional questions, please contact the Communications Officer of the WHO Country Office in Kazakhstan, Aizhan Rymbaeva, mob. +7 (777) 999-91-93 and the contact person at WHO/Europe for Foreign Media – Banu Batnagar,
e-mail bbhatnagar@who.int and the Press Secretary of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan Assel Artakshinova, mob.+7 (701) 255-94-79, e-mail a.artakshinova@dsm.gov.kz.

The program and venue of the events are to be announced by the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan.