Few people in the region see the problems as requiring priority attention.
In the United States alone there are hundreds of thousands of sites contaminated with hazardous wastes, with more than 1,200 requiring priority attention.
However, dental caries is actually the main oral health concern in children in Nigeria and a problem that requires priority attention.
While the humanitarian needs of child refugees require priority attention, other threats are emerging from the crisis in Syria, including the risk of introducing polio into Europe, with Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey and Armenia particularly at risk.
However, at all levels, including the central level, significant problems requiring priority attention with vaccine forecasting and ordering, cold chain equipment use, and programmed maintenance and repair were identified.
Simultaneously, the documentation and evaluation processes continue to be improved with the goal of ensuring that all communications interventions are based on epidemiological and programme data and that they demonstrate patterns in refusal, source of information about campaigns and other indicators of low coverage that will help pinpoint areas and issues requiring priority attention.
Ensuring that all staff involved are highly competent, as well as ensuring that there are enough staff available, requires continued priority attention to training and staffing activities from the NTP, other sectors of the Ministry of Health, other ministries, as well as from donors and other partners, over the coming years.
"Western states will get priority attention".
There are new arrivals that get priority attention.
The latter priority has required particular diplomacy.
In increasingly devolved systems greater attention to the practice and consequences of priority setting are required to promote accountability, efficiency, effectiveness and equity.
