Africa, Asia and Eastern Mediterranean 2012 and 2013
Africa, Asia and Eastern Mediterranean 2012 and 2013
Africa, Asia and Eastern Mediterranean 2012 and 2013
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advocacy, policymaking <strong>and</strong> oversight including budget scrutiny <strong>and</strong><br />
approval;<br />
- To ensure enabling <strong>and</strong> enforced legal frameworks for the development,<br />
maintenance, appropriate <strong>and</strong> comprehensive use of health information;<br />
In furtherance of the above objectives we propose following specific actions:<br />
Urge the IPU <strong>and</strong> EAC to cooperate in periodically re-packaging information<br />
on maternal, new born <strong>and</strong> child health to make it user friendly for<br />
parliamentarians;<br />
Urge EALA to develop an action plan for bringing the parliamentary<br />
perspective into on-going initiatives on improving civil registration <strong>and</strong> vital<br />
statistics;<br />
Implore EALA <strong>and</strong> the IPU to support meetings of national parliaments with<br />
Human Rights Commissions within their countries to adopt a rights approach<br />
to the issue of MNCH;<br />
Request EALA to compile a record of successful MNCH parliamentary<br />
practices in East <strong>Africa</strong> for the purposes of sharing with Partner States;<br />
Urge National Parliaments which have adopted the IPU resolution, Access to<br />
health as a basic right: the role of parliaments in addressing key challenges to<br />
securing the health of women <strong>and</strong> children, to report to the IPU periodically on the<br />
implementation of the resolution;<br />
Encourage National Parliaments to advocate for better information on <strong>and</strong> for<br />
prioritising provision of essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn<br />
<strong>and</strong> child health services to vulnerable women <strong>and</strong> children, including those<br />
with disabilities, those in the poorest households, those living in rural areas<br />
<strong>and</strong> those living with HIV/AIDS;<br />
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