73rd World Health Assembly Starts 18th May 2020 !

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Seventy-third World Health Assembly (WHA) is starting from 18th May 2020!

The program will be from 18th May 2020 to 19th May 2020.

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the 73rd World Health Assembly will be virtual. The agenda has been reduced to fit into two days, starting on Monday 18 May and concluding no later on Tuesday 19 May.

The best part of the program is that you can Watch it Live!

The program will cover:

  • Opening of the Health Assembly by WHA 72 President
  • Election of the President and five Vice-Presidents
  • Presidential address
  • Statements by invited speakers
  • Address by the Director-General (on COVID-19 pandemic response)
  • Statements by Heads of delegation on COVID-19 pandemic
  • EB: election
  • Closure/suspension (The WHA will consider suspending and reconvening later in the year to consider the remaining items on the agenda)

According to World Health Organization (WHO), the May 2020 session of the Health Assembly will be a virtual de minimis meeting, with the intention to defer consideration of most items of the Health Assembly to written procedure or a resumed meeting later in the year.

What is World Health Assembly?

The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. The main functions of the World Health Assembly are to determine the policies of the Organization, appoint the Director-General, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed program budget. The Health Assembly is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland.

Provisional Documents of 73rd WHA:

You can also access all the provisional documents of 73rd World Health Assembly from the following link: Provisional documents of 73rd WHA

News Source: https://www.who.int/about/governance/world-health-assembly/seventy-third-world-health-assembly

Date: 18th May 2020

 

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Sandesh Adhikari (MPH, WHO-TDR Scholar, BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health, Bangladesh) has more than eight years of experience in public health sector. He has worked under different thematic areas of disaster, health, nutrition, HIV and AIDS, youth engagement, research etc., targeting diverse audience of different age groups. Mr. Adhikari has performed diverse roles of public health program coordinator, central information management officer, nutrition coordinator, research coordinator, consultant, academician and strategic partnership coordinator in different programs, projects and academic institutions of Nepal. Mr. Adhikari holds immense experience in working closely and persistently with government organizations, non-government organizations, UN agencies, CSOs and other stakeholders at the national and sub-national level. He has successfully led and coordinated different projects involving multi-sector participation and engagement. Moreover, he has also contributed as a core technical team member for the development different health and nutrition guidelines and manuals of Government of Nepal.