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Pan African Health Professionals Organisation (PAHPO)

Pan African Health Professionals Organisation (PAHPO)

The Pan African Health Professionals Organization (PAHPO) is a Non-Profit Organization founded in 2020. It aims to strengthen African healthcare systems by fostering innovation, research, and professional collaboration among African health workers. PAHPO’s inter-professional network provides vital technical support for delivering the COP26 Health Programme Commitments by leveraging continent-wide health expertise.

PAHPO plays a critical role in advancing both climate resilience and health system decarbonisation. PAHPO's network mobilizes local and regional technical knowledge, essential for conducting robust Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments (V&As) and developing effective Health National Adaptation Plans (HNAPs). This expert coordination facilitates knowledge sharing and best practices dissemination, while strengthening the technical rationale required for member countries to access climate change funding.

By promoting advanced practical and innovative approaches, PAHPO assists in identifying sustainable, low-carbon healthcare solutions. The organization mobilizes professionals to support baseline assessments of greenhouse gas emissions, including in supply chains, and helps develop tailored action plans and roadmaps for sustainable low-carbon health systems, ultimately supporting the goal of achieving health systems net-zero emissions.

Supporting the following commitments:

  • Commitment 1: Conduct climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessments (V&As) at population level and/or health care facility level.
  • Commitment 2: Develop a health national adaptation plan (HNAP) informed by the health V&A, which forms part of the National Adaptation Plan.
  • Commitment 3: Use the V&A and HNAP to facilitate access to climate change funding for health.
  • Commitment 4: Set a target date by which to achieve health systems net zero emissions (ideally by 2050).
  • Commitment 5: Deliver a baseline assessment of greenhouse gas emissions of the health system (including supply chains).
  • Commitment 6: Develop an action plan or roadmap by a set date to develop a sustainable low carbon health system (including supply chains).

Country experience: 

Ghana: Commitments 1, 2, and 4

Nigeria: Commitments 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6