77th World Health Assembly 27th May – 1st June 2024
CLICK HERE and HERE for the webcasts and documentation
Executive Board EB155
WHO/UNICEF/IBFAN Code status report 2024
FIND YOUR NATIONAL LAW on IBFAN’s Website
REGISTER Digital Marketing Side Event
Governments speaking at the event:
MEXICO: Dr López Ridaura, Under-Secretary for Health Prevention and Promotion
BANGLADESH: Dr Samanta Lai Sen, Hon Minister of Health and Family Welfare
BRAZIL: Ana Estela Haddad, Secretary of Information and Digital Health at the Ministry of Health of Brazil
LESOTHO: Dr Makhoase Ranyali-Otubanjo, Acting Director General, MoH
KENYA: Dr Martin Sirengo, Director of Health Coordination
- 360 Report, Dr Nigel Rollins, WHO, Katie Pereira-Kotze, First Step Nutrition
- 2024 Code Status report Patti Rundall, IBFAN.
- Scoping review on digital marketing, Agnieszka Miciul, Save the Children Norway
- WHO’s Guidance on Digital Marketing, Laurence Grummer-Strawn, WHO
NEW REPORTS
Marketing of breast-milk substitutes: national implementation of the International Code, status report 2024
https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/376854/9789240094482-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
NEW WHO report on Digital Marketing:Restricting digital marketing in the context of tobacco, alcohol, food and beverages, and breast-milk substitutes – Existing approaches and policy options https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240077249
Pilot study of the WHO Europe on Digital Marketing Portuguese study.
Topics that IBFAN will be covering several topics relevant to Maternal Infant and Young Child health:
Here are statements we made in January at EB154: Recordings and text.
WHO 14th General Programs of Work (GPW14) IBFAN comments on GPW14. IBFAN intervention EB154.
WHO 13th General Programme of Work. (GPW13) IBFAN comments on GPW13.
IBFAN Statement Draft fourteenth general programme of work, 2025–2028. Patti Rundall
Thank you for engaging the global network IBFAN on this important GPW. Its implementation must ensure: The protection of breastfeeding and optimal child feeding throughout all WHO local offices – especially from misleading digital marketing – welcome to our side event tonight! Policy coherence with WHO in trade rules would prevent MS facing time wasting challenges.‘Operational’ activities must not undermine WHO’s unique role in analysing global data for wise norm-setting. Streamlining of operations must not prevent the adoption of Resolutions that save children’s lives. WHO must correct its Conflict of interest policy and strengthen FENSA to safeguard its independence, integrity and trustworthiness. WHO should ideally be100% publicly funded but till then voluntary funding must not compromise WHO’s purpose. Transparency is vital and anonymous donations forbidden. Thank you
Links related to the EB154 in January:
Transcript of EB154 debate on MIYCN. Excerpts MS NSA. EB154.
MS embassies in Geneva EB Members (34). EB 154 Participants list
IBFAN/SCF/ILCA/UNICEF side event
WHO Basic Documents 49th Edition. Constitution of WHO
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:
Upcoming meetings:
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