77th World Health Assembly 27th May – 1st June 2024
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The 77th WHA will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 27 May – 1 June 2024 with the theme All for Health, Health for All.
Links related to the EB154 in January:
Transcript of EB154 debate on MIYCN. Excerpts MS NSA. EB154.
Recordings of IBFAN statements and text.
MS embassies in Geneva EB Members (34). EB 154 Participants list
IBFAN/SCF/ILCA/UNICEF side event
WHO Documents Agenda All WHA77 documents. Governing bodies website
Side-events at 77th World Health Assembly: There will not be official side-events organized during the WHA77 at the Palais des Nations. Instead, the Secretariat is organizing high level Strategic Roundtables during the Assembly. More information on them will be on the WHO website and the WHA77 Programme of Work. However, many side-events are organized outside the Palais des Nations, and as previous years, United National Foundation will be hosting the calendar of events on their website and you are welcome to send them information on your side-event to be listed there, should you be hosting one. Kindly contact Camden Malone cmalone@unfoundation.org. For any other questions, please contact us at HMP@who.int.
Side events:
WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros, will host a celebratory launch of the WHO Investment Round on Sunday, 26 May 2024, at WHO headquarters from 17:00 to 18:30 CEST. A reception hosted by the Minister of Health of the Federal Republic of Germany, Professor Karl Lauterbach, will follow. Participants will have the option of remaining in the WHO building and attend the Health For All Film Festival awardsceremony, starting at 20:00 CEST. The first Strategic Roundtable during the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly (27 May – 1 June 2024) will launch “All for Health, Health for All: the WHO Investment Case, 2025-2028.” The event will take place on Tuesday, 28 May 2024 at 13:00 CEST.
Due to the continuation of the INB meetings to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, the schedule for the meetings for Members States has been adjusted to allow space for the negotiations. This has impacted the dates reserved for the Informal WHA77 pre-meetings, and new dates have been confirmed as below:
Friday 12 April at 13:00-16:00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Meeting between non-State actors in official relations and the Secretariat on:
- modalities for participation in WHA77 and EB155
- coordination of constituency statements
Friday 19 April 13:00-16:00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Pillar 2: One billion people better protected from health emergencies
- 13.4 Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response
Resolution expected
Pillar 4: More effective and efficient WHO providing better support to countries
- 17. Draft fourteenth general programme of work
Resolution to approve GPW14
Tuesday 14 May 09:00-12:00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Pillar 1: One billion more people benefitting from universal health coverage
- 11.1 Reorienting health systems to primary health care as a resilient foundation for universal health coverage and preparations for a high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on universal health coverage
Resolutions proposed: Development of a global strategy and action plan for integrated emergency, critical and operative care, 2026-2035 (Decision EB154(6)), and Institutionalizing social participation for health and well-being.
- 11.2. Political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, and mental health
Resolutions proposed: Increasing availability, ethical access and oversight of transplantation of human cells, tissues and organs (EB154(7)), and Strengthening mental health and psychosocial support before, during and after armed conflicts, natural disasters and health and other emergencies
Thursday 16 May 09:00-12:00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Pillar 1: One billion more people benefitting from universal health coverage
- 11.7 Acceleration towards the Sustainable Development Goal targets for maternal health and child mortality
Resolution proposed: Acceleration towards SDG targets for maternal mortality (3.1) and child mortality (3.2)
Pillar 3: One billion more people enjoying better health and well-being
- 15.4 Climate change, pollution and health including Impact of chemicals, waste and pollution on human health and Climate change and health
Resolution proposed: Climate change and health