Health Ministers Meetings

Commonwealth Health Ministers Meetings

The next CHMM will be held in Geneva, Switzerland on Sunday, 20 May 2012. The theme is:

• Linking Non-Communicable and Communicable Diseases (2012)

Recent Commonwealth Health Ministers Meetings (CHMM) have covered themes such as:

• Non-Communicable Diseases - A Priority for the Commonwealth (2011)
• The Commonwealth and the Health MDGs by 2015 (2010)
• Health and Climate Change (2009)
• E-Health (2008)
• Lifestyle Diseases: Health Systems Approaches (2007)
• Human Resources for Health (2006)

As the largest intergovernmental grouping within the WHA, Commonwealth Health Ministers make a substantial contribution to defining and shaping global health priorities.

Last Meeting

The last Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting was held in Geneva, Switzerland on 15 May 2011 under the Chairmanship of Bangladesh's Health & Family Welfare Minister, the Honourable Prof A F M Ruhal Haque.

Read the Chair's statement