Health

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The Secretariat’s Health Section works at policy level with member governments towards ensuring that health is an integral part of sustainable development and poverty alleviation. It does so by developing and implementing projects that are responsive to the needs of Commonwealth citizens.

This includes the successful ‘Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Health Workers’ which provides guidelines aimed at tackling the migration of health workers from Commonwealth countries, resulting in a global demand for the Commonwealth’s expertise in this area.

The section also has programmes on Maternal Health, involving workshops and training of midwives.

Commonwealth citizens are disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic with an estimated 60 per cent of the world’s sufferers living in the Commonwealth. In this area, the Health Section has assisted member countries in implementing policies that address the role of men in preventing HIV/AIDS. It is also helping countries strengthen the health and education sectors' response to HIV/AIDS.

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