20 May - 28 March 2019
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UHC2030 partners and related initiatives will organise various official and informal side events on UHC during the 72st World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva starting from 20 May, 2019. For those planning to attend the WHA, please see below for some events of interest.
WHA72 unofficial side events (UHC2030 and partners):
Friday 17-18 May
09:00-18:00 WHO, civil society and “non-State actors”: How to deal with a difficult relationship
Closed civil society strategy meeting
Organiser: Geneva Global Health Hub and its working groups and members
Venue: Ecumenical Centre World Council of Churches
Sunday 19 May
09:45-13:00 Walk the Talk: The Health for All Challenge 2019
Venue: Place des Nations
UHC and Leave no one behind (TBC)
Organiser: The Commonwealth Secretariat with the Commonwealth Member states
Monday 20 May
14:00 – 16:00 Digital Natives Fight Fake Medicines
Organiser: Fight the Fakes Campaign IFMSA UCL Pharma Trust Commonwealth Pharmacist Association
Venue: InterContinental Geneva 7-9 Chemin du Petit-Saconnex
18:00-20:00 Rethinking global health: A prerequisite for achieving UHC
Organiser: NCD Alliance
Venue: Intercontinental
18:00-21:00 Financing Sustainable Community Health for All: The Importance of Women Leaders
Organiser: Center for Global Health and Diplomacy, Communities at the Heart of UHC, Living Goods, Last Mile Health, and the What to Expect Project
Venue: Intercontinental
Tuesday 21 May
07:30-09:00 High-Level Ministerial Breakfast on Nutrition in Universal Health Coverage at the World Health Assembly
Organiser: Scaling up Nutrition
Venue: Villa le Bocage, Palais des Nations, Geneva
15:30 – 17:00 “Universal Health Coverage Town Hall”
Organiser: Global Health Council
Co-sponsors: Frontline Health Workers coalition, Living Goods, Intra Health, NCD Alliance
Venue: Geneva Press Club
18:00-20:00 Profiting from profit: aligning private sector interests with UHC goals
Organiser: UHC2030, WEF. WHO, IAP
Venue: Restaurant Vieux-Bois Flyer of the event
Wednesday 22 May
08:00-10:00 How Communities Can Deliver UHC for Women and Adolescents
Organiser: Communities At The Heart of UHC, Pathfinder International, and the What To Expect Project
Venue: Geneva Press Club
14 :00-15.30 UHC2030 Private Sector Constituency Meeting at the 72nd World Health Assembly
By invitation only
Organiser: World Economic Forum
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Geneva - Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 7-9, 1209 Genève
Thursday 23 May
07:30-09:00 Primary Health Care for All, Starting with Better Measurement
Organiser: Primary Health Care Performance Initiative (PHCPI)
Venue: Intercontinental
18:00-21:30 Invest in health workers
Organiser: Global Health Workforce Network
Venue: Intercontinental
Friday 24 May
7:30-9:00 - Breakfast session. Informal Briefing for UHC2030 members - Country offer - By invitation only
Venue: Restaurant Vieux-Bois
14.30-16.00 Are NGOs spoiling our societies
Organiser: Medicus Mundi International Network
Venue: Graduate Institute
Saturday 25 May
11:30-13.30 UN High-Level Meeting on UHC and Global Action Plan on SDG3 (GAP). Public lunch event following the MMI Assembly. For registration please see here
Organiser: Medicus Mundi International Network
Venue: Graduate Institute
WHA72 Member states official side events:
Monday, 20 May
12:30-14:00: Primary Health Care towards Universal Health Coverage and Sustainable Development Goals ( Palais des Nations, Room 24)
Sponsoring Member States: China, Denmark, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Spain
12:30-14:00: Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All: a commitment to accelerating together (Palais des Nations, Room VII)
WHA Technical Briefing
Organizer: WHO Secretariat
Source: Preliminary Journal of the WHA
Tuesday 21 May
12:30-14:00: Universal health coverage (Palais des Nations, Room XII)
WHA Technical Briefing
Organizer: WHO Secretariat
Source: Preliminary Journal of the WHA
18:00-19:30: Partnerships for Health Systems Strengthening - Prepared for Emergencies
Follow-up on last year Call to action – UHC in emergencies (Palais des Nations, Room 24)
Sponsoring Member States: Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Switzerland
Co-sponsors: UHC2030
Wednesday 22 May
12.30 – 14.00: Good Governance and Multisectoral - actions for UHC – Partnerships and Paradoxes
Contributions from civil society, private sector and other stakeholders (Palais des Nations, Room 7)
Sponsoring Member States: Thailand, Japan, Kenya, Georgia, Germany, Lao PDR and Luxembourg
Friday 24 May
12.30 – 14.00 Towards the sixth replenishment, scaling up the fight against HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis (Palais des Nations, Room 7)
Sponsoring Member States: Zimbabwe
*For more official side events organised by Member States, please check this list
WHA72 Non-State actors official side events:
Tuesday 21 May
18:00-18:50 Action and accountability on UHC: building momentum towards the UN High-level meeting
Organizers: Save the Children, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, UHC2030, Civil Society Engagement Mechanism, Action contre la Faim and International and Global Health Council
Venue: Room IX of the Palais des Nations, Geneva
Wednesday 22 May
18:00-18:50 “Achieving women's and girls' health and human rights: Putting gender equality at the center of Universal Health Coverage” - Room IX
Organizers: International Women's Health Coalition Inc, Women Deliver, Inc., and the International Planned Parenthood Federation
Thursday 23 May
18:00-19:30 Boosting community-led responses to reaching the most marginalized communities: from local communities, to primary health care to UHC” - Room IX
Organizers: Stitching Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) and Supported by Medicus Mundi International
*For more official side events organised by Non State Actors, please check this list