🧵 2/2 Dr. Lishimpi Kennedy, Parmanent Secretary, @mohzambia noted that collective resilience depends on stronger regional solidarity, coordinated preparedness and effective partnerships. Delegates will share lessons learned and best practices, address implementation challenges, and explore opportunities for joint programming, culminating in a Joint Action Framework to strengthen regional health emergency preparedness, response and resilience. #HEPRRPUpdates #IGADHealth

🤝 Advancing Regional Collaboration for Health Emergency Preparedness and Response 📍 Lusaka, Zambia | 14–16 October 2026 IGAD, working jointly with @SADC_News, has convened fellow African Union Regional Economic Communities (RECs), AU institutions and international partners in Lusaka to strengthen implementation of the Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience Programme (HEPRRP) for Eastern and Southern Africa. The meeting brings together SADC, @COMESA_HQ, @jumuiya, IGAD and @CEEAC_ECCAS, alongside @ECSA_HC, the @WorldBankGroup, @WHOAFRO, @AfricaCDC, the African Medicines Agency (AMA), @WOAH and HEPRRP coordinators from 11 participating countries. Representing the Executive Secretary, Amb. Moussa @Meigague the Director, @IGADHealthS emphasised that Africa’s health security required a coherent continental approach, anchored in country ownership and strengthened through regional collaboration. 🧵 1/2

🌍 IGAD advances Africa’s common position on labour migration ahead of Doha Dialogue From 22 to 23 September 2026, #IGAD joined African governments, employers, workers’ organisations and regional partners in Nairobi to strengthen a common African approach ahead of the Doha Dialogue II on Labour Migration in Dar es Salaam. Discussions focused on fair recruitment, worker protection, skills recognition, social protection and gender-responsive labour mobility. 🔗 Read the full story: igad.int/igad-amplifies-unif…

2/2 As Africa prepares for the 2nd @_AfricanUnion – Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)+ Labour Migration Dialogue in Dar es Salaam, IGAD remains committed to advancing fair, safe and sustainable labour mobility. In remarks, representing the Executive Secretary, Amb. Meigague, emphasized that Africa must approach the Doha Dialogue with a united voice, ensuring that labour mobility is fair, safe, regular and rights-based, while placing the dignity and protection of migrant workers at the centre of its agenda. #IGADMigration #LabourMigration #RisingWithIGAD

📣𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚’𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐃𝐨𝐡𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🧵/ The Tripartite Meeting to Advance a Common African Approach for the 2026 Doha Dialogue on Labour Migration concluded today in Nairobi, Kenya. Led by Amb. Moussa @Meigague, the Director, Health and Social Development, the IGAD delegation contributed regional perspectives on fair and ethical recruitment, migrant worker protection, skills recognition, social protection, gender-responsive governance and stronger cooperation between countries of origin and destination.

𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐃-𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 Yesterday, Director, Health and Social Development, Amb. Moussa @Meigague, led the IGAD team at the @WHOAFRO–#IGAD High-Level Strategic and Partnership Meeting in Nairobi, convening partners to strengthen regional collaboration on health emergency preparedness and response. Discussions focused on One Health, health security, innovative financing, local manufacturing, Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience (#HEPRR) financing opportunities, and pandemic reprogramming, while leveraging national capacities to build stronger, more resilient health systems. In his remarks, the Director reaffirmed IGAD’s commitment, on behalf of Member States, to advancing safer cross-border health systems and universal health care for all.

🤝𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🧵 The Director @IGADHealthS, Amb. Moussa @Meigague, and the Head of Mission to Somalia, Dr. @MohamoudKaarshe, are leading the IGAD delegation at the Horn of Africa Confederation of Trade Unions (HACTU) Leadership Meeting. The meeting was graced by H.E. Prof. Salim Alio Ibro the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs @SomaliaMolsa, @AmbGamal, Minister of Commerce and Industry @mocisom and the @AddisIlo Director, @KhumbulaILO Representing the Executive Secretary, @DrWorkneh, Amb. Moussa highlighted that labour, employment and human mobility are central to IGAD’s efforts to advance peace, resilience, regional integration and shared prosperity, as reflected in the 2021 Djibouti Declaration on Labour, Employment and Labour Migration and the IGAD Protocols on Free Movement of Persons and Transhumance.

🏠 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐃 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 Today, the Director of Health and Social Development, Amb. Moussa @Meigague, accompanied IGAD Executive Secretary @DrWorkneh at the launch of IGAD Migration Fund (#IGADRMF) investments in Djibouti, aimed at supporting migrants, refugees and host communities. The EUR 10.48 million #IGADRMF investment, supported by @BMZ_Bund through @KfW_FZ_int, includes: ↗️ Community Market – Ali Addeh ↗️ Community Development Centre – Ali-Addeh ↗️ Community Market – Ali-Sabieh ↗️ Rehabilitation & Extension of Lycée Technique – Ali-Sabieh Over 35,000 people in Ali-Sabieh and Ali-Addeh, including host communities, migrants and refugees, are expected to benefit directly and indirectly through improved access to economic opportunities, basic services, skills development, community facilities, information and migrant orientation services. #IGADMigration #RisingWithIGAD

🚸 How do we turn regional commitments on children’s rights into action at the national level? 🌍𐦂𖨆𐀪𖠋 The @IGADSecretariat, working with @SC_RMCP and @SwissDevCoop, is convening a national workshop with experts from relevant ministries, departments and agencies in #Ethiopia to develop a National Action Plan (NAP) for implementing the regional #IGADChildPolicy Framework. Adopted by IGAD Member States in December 2024, the Framework provides a shared commitment to advancing children’s rights and welfare. The NAP will turn this commitment into concrete actions, clarify responsibilities, mobilise resources, and set targets and timelines to track progress and strengthen accountability. The Director of @IGADHealthS, Amb. Moussa @Meigague, urged participants to ensure the NAP drives coordinated action, with clear priorities, resources, accountability, monitoring and meaningful children’s engagement. #ChildRights #IGADat40

Strengthening for the Implementation of #HEPRR Project | #IGADHealth 📍Kigali, Rwanda Earlier today, the Director of Health and Social Development, Amb. Moussa @meigague, met with Prof. Dr. @CMuvunyi, Director General of the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (@RBCRwanda), which hosts the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Programme (#HEPRRP) in Rwanda. The Directors discussed ways to strengthen collaboration between IGAD Health Programmes and #RBC under @RwandaHealth, including IGAD’s technical assistance in implementing #HEPRR Programme activities in Rwanda. The @IGADSecretariat and @ECSA_HC serve as the regional coordinating organizations for the @WorldBankGroup-funded HEPRR Programme across Eastern and Southern Africa. #HEPRRPUpdates