NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: WHA Highlights - Day 3 of the 77th World Health Assembly (29 May 2024)

No images? Click here Wednesday, 29 May 2024 WHA Highlights Day 3 of the 77th World Health Assembly (29 May) The Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly (WHA) continues at the Palais des Nations in Geneva today and will meet in Plenary, Committee A and Committee B. Working hours today are from 09.00 to 12.00; 14.30 to 17.30; and 18.00 to 21.30 CEST.  The General Committee will meet at 17.30 CEST, while the Drafting group on items 13.3 & 13.4 will hold an entire day of meetings, including the evening session. The detailed programme of work can be found in the Daily Journal N°3, available in six languages of the United Nations (UN).  Simultaneous interpretation will be available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  The live webcast of the proceedings can be accessed here and the provisional list of speakers is available here.   Highlights of the day: Under the agenda item Universal health coverage, Committee A will examine the Consolidated report by the Director-General (A77/4) and will consider two draft resolutions, on the development of a global strategy and action plan for integrated emergency, critical and operative care, 2026–2035 (EB154(6)) and on social participation for universal health coverage, health and well-being (A77/A/CONF./3). Committee A will also consider draft texts on mental health and psychosocial support before, during and after emergencies (A77/A/CONF./11); availability, ethical access and oversight of transplantation of human cells, tissues and organs (EB154(7)); on accelerating progress towards reducing maternal, newborn and child mortality (A77/A/CONF./5); and will consider the adoption of draft global action plan and monitoring framework on infection prevention and control (EB154(8)) On antimicrobial resistance (AMR), Committee A will hear the presentation of the WHO strategic and operational priorities to address drug-resistant bacterial infections in the human health sector, 2025–2035 (A77/5) and will consider a draft resolution on accelerating national and global responses to AMR (A77/A/CONF./1).  The Committee will also discuss the Global technical strategy and targets for malaria 2016–2030 (A77/6) A77/18 Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (Summary of support and health-related technical assistance to the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, in the period from 1 January to 7 October 2023) will be discussed in Committee B Strategic round table: Economics and financing of health and well-being for all: A bold new vision for achieving universal health coverage, 13.00–14.15 CEST, Room XVIII, Palais des Nations Additionally, Committee A will examine the report by the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (A77/INF./3), and discuss other items contained in the Consolidated report by the Director-General (A77/4), including Immunization Agenda 2030, End TB Strategy, Road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030. The Plenary will continue its general discussion on Item 3, the report by the WHO  Director-General (A77/3), delivered on the opening day of the Health Assembly (27 May). For more details and additional items on the programme of the WHA today, please see the detailed programme of work in Daily Journal N°3. The strategic round table Economics and financing of health and well-being for all: A bold new vision for achieving universal health coverage, will delve into pivotal new opportunities for WHO Member States to reposition Health For All as a shared responsibility across all sectors and a powerful driver of sustainable, equitable and purposeful development.  It aims to enable health ministers to champion actions and influence financing across multiple sectors for a whole-of-society approach to advance people’s health and well-being. Watch live here. Speakers: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Chair, WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All Dr Githinji Gitahi, Group Chief Executive Officer, Amref Health Africa Mr Thomas Östros, Vice-President, European Investment Bank H.E. Dr Akmaral Alnazarova, Minister of Healthcare, Kazakhstan Mr Martin Chungong, Inter-Parliamentary Union Secretary General Media resources Provisional programme of work for WHA77 WHA77 live webcast and the provisional list of speakers The WHO Director-General's opening address at the 77th World Health Assembly Broadcast video material and other press content will be updated via Canto.  For any questions related to live video transmission contact tvstudio@who.int    WHA77 photos can be accessed and downloaded without prior registration.  New photos will be added daily: https://photos.hq.who.int/galleries/1764/wha77-27-may-to-1-june-2024-.  For any questions related to photography contact photos@who.int WHA77 documents (on this page you can also find the Daily Journal with a detailed programme of work for the day) WHA77 Daily Updates contain a recap of the discussions in the Health Assembly and are sent at the end of the day Media accreditation for WHA77 is being handled by the United Nations Office at Geneva, please request accreditation via Indico List of side events (also see this calendar of side events, maintained by the UN Foundation) Media contacts: mediainquiries@who.int   You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. 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