WHO and Armenia have entered a new five-year Country Cooperation Strategy for 2026–2030. The strategy is informed by an evaluation of WHO’s contribution in Armenia, looking at the importance of sustained technical cooperation, trusted relationships with national counterparts, the ability to connect normative expertise with country-level implementation, and the need to ensure that learning is carried forward into future strategic choices.
The report draws on contributions from 43 stakeholders, including national health authorities, public health institutions, WHO colleagues, development partners, civil society and front-line health care providers. It highlights progress made across universal health coverage, health financing and primary health care, preparedness and emergency response, mental health, tobacco control, surveillance, immunization, and broader health system strengthening.
Results achieved
During the 2023 refugee response in Armenia, WHO coordinated the deployment of emergency medical teams, which performed approximately 600 surgical procedures. WHO also supported continuity of essential care by supplying medicines and medical kits, including for noncommunicable diseases. WHO-supported mobile services reached approximately 11 000 refugees and 4500 host community members. Training of 62 primary care doctors and 609 nurses helped strengthen psychosocial support within primary care.
WHO’s technical support helped inform the development of a national model of care for urban and rural settings, aligned with Armenia’s reform priorities. WHO also provided technical support for tobacco control legislation and Armenia’s first national rehabilitation and assistive technology strategy and costed action plan.
The evaluation examines where WHO added value, what enabled results, and how those lessons can help move from shorter-term operational planning towards a more strategic, long-term partnership aligned with national priorities and WHO’s regional and global frameworks.
For WHO/Europe, this publication is therefore more than the completion of an evaluation. It is an example of how evaluation can make results visible, turn experience into institutional learning, and help us use evidence to strengthen the impact of our work across the WHO European Region.
WHO contribution in Armenia 2020–2024: evaluation report
WHO contribution in Armenia 2020–2024: evaluation report brief