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Sunday, 19 May 2019 | 15:00 - 18:00
Auditorium Ivan Pictet, Maison de la paix
The 72nd session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) takes place from 20th to 28th May 2019 in Geneva. This annual introductory briefing for WHA delegates and other participants aims to maximise participation of a wide-range of stakeholders in the Assembly’s work by highlighting its relevance and welcoming WHO and other experts involved in selected key issue.
Programme
15:00 - 15:15 | Welcome
Ilona Kickbusch, Director, Global Health Centre, the Graduate Institute
John E. Lange, Ambassador; Senior Fellow for Global Health Diplomacy, United Nations Foundation
2019: Global health disruptions - What is at stake - Ilona Kickbusch
15:15 - 15:30 | WHA procedures and Governance
Gian Luca Burci, Adjunct Professor, the Graduate Institute; Senior Fellow, Global Health Centre; Former Legal Counsel, WHO
15:30 - 16:30 | Panel Discussion: Transforming the WHO - What are the Implications?
WHO Representative
Anders Nordström, Ambassador for Global Health, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Socorro Flores Liera, Ambassador; Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Christopher Elias, President, Global Development Programme, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Mareike Haase, International Health Policy Advisor, Bread for the World
Moderator: Ilona Kickbusch
16:30 - 17:50 | 72nd World Health Assembly: What is at Stake
Health emergencies - Jaouad Mahjour, Assistant Director-General, Emergency Preparedness and International Health Regulations, WHO
Achieving Universal Health Coverage and Plans for the UN High-Level Meeting on UHC - Ranieri Guerra, Assistant Director-General, Lead for UN High-Level Meeting on UHC, WHO
The Nagoya Protocol: its public health implications and its impact on seasonal virus sharing - Steven Solomon, Principal Legal Officer for Governing Bodies, WHO
Improving the transparency of markets for medicines, vaccines and other health-related technologies - Andrew Rintoul, Scientist, Access to Medicines, Vaccines and Pharmaceuticals, WHO
Antimicrobial resistance - Hanan H. Balkhy, Assistant Director-General for Antimicrobial resistance, WHO
Moderator: John E. Lange
17:50 - 18:00 | Closing
Ilona Kickbusch and John E. Lange
Join us from 14:30 for a networking coffee.
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Best wishes, Neil
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