WFN WHO Activities and Interventions
2025
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| 21–24 May 2025 |
WFN intern Dr Ksenia Pochigaeva delivered statements at WHA78 supporting resolution WHA74.4 (2021) on reducing the burden of noncommunicable diseases through strengthening diabetes prevention and control, and supporting the Defeat Meningitis by 2030 initiative. |
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| 3–11 February 2025 |
Executive Board 156th session (EB156) Geneva, Switzerland 3–11 February 2025 |
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2024
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| 9 January 2024 | Preparations for the 154th session of the WHO Executive Board to take place | • | ||
| 22–27 January 2024 |
154th session of the Executive Board EB154/1, Geneva, Switzerland |
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| 29 January 2024 | Follow-up of RC73 NSA meet and greet discussion: Co-Creation of WHO Engagement Plan with Non-State Actors | • | ||
| 5 February 2024 | NSA Engagement Plan for the WHO European Region | • | ||
| 7 February 2024 | IGAP Partner meeting (with the Brain Health Unit) | • | ||
| 8 April 2024 | Kick-off Meeting of the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on Noncommunicable Diseases (WHO GCM/NCD) | • | ||
| 12 April 2024 | WHA77 Informal pre-meeting | • | ||
| 19 April 2024 | Informal pre-meeting for the WHA77 (Pillar 2 and Pillar 4) | • | ||
| 26 April 2024 |
The first High-level Meeting to Defeat Meningitis by 2030, Paris, France |
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| 30 April 2024 | Universal Health and Preparedness Review (UHPR) | • | ||
| 21 May 2024 | WHA77 Pre-meeting - Pillar 1, Agenda Item 11.7 Acceleration towards the Sustainable Development Goal targets for maternal health and child mortality | • | ||
| 27 May – 1 June 2024 |
77th World Health Assembly (WHA77), Geneva, Switzerland |
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| 8 July 2024 | WHO launch of IGAP implementation toolkit | • | ||
| 22 July, 2024 | EURO Strategic Partnerships: Virtual briefing session on the 74th session of the WHO Regional Committee (RC74) and the opportunities for NSAs to engage | • | ||
| 23 July 2024 |
Launch of WHO report on Improving access to medicines for neurological disorders |
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| 24 July 2024 |
Brain Health Conference, Beijing, China |
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| 11 September 2024 | Semi-regular partner meeting on issues related to neurology and implementation of the Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders | • | ||
| 9-10 October 2024 |
WHO Mental Health Forum 2024, Geneva, Switzerland
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| 28 October 2024 |
Inaugural Non-State actor event: Celebrating and strengthening engagement opportunities to promote health in the WHO European Region Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| 29-31 October 2024 |
74th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (RC74) welcoming development of the Framework for resilient and sustainable health systems in the WHO European Region 2025–2030. |
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| 30 November 2024 | WHO Europe: Follow-up of RC73 NSA meet and greet discussion: Co-Creation of WHO Engagement Plan with Non-State Actors | • |
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Wolfgang Grisold speaking at the WHO Mental Health Forum 2024, Geneva. |
Dr Ksenia Pochigaeva |
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2023
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| 4 April 2023 | Open Session of the meeting of the 24th WHO Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines | • | ||
| 27 April 2023 | Open Session of the meeting of the 24th WHO Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines | • | ||
| 24 April 2023 | Informal WHA76 pre-meeting for Member States, non-State actors in official relations and the Secretariat | • | ||
| 26 April 2023 | Launch of the new Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs (KAP) and consultation on the draft Global Coordination Mechanism (GCM) Engagement Strategy | • | ||
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27 April 2023 |
Open Session of the meeting of the 24th WHO Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines |
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28 April 2023 |
Launch of the new Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs (KAP) and consultation on the draft Global Coordination Mechanism (GCM) Engagement Strategy |
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| 10 May 2023 | Informational briefing session related to the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (WGIHR) | • | ||
| 17 May 2023 | WHO Briefing Session on NSA engagement opps for the 73rd session of the WHO Regional Committee (RC73) & the International Conference Commemorating Alma-Ata 45 & Astana 5 Primary Health Care Policy &Practice: Implementing for Better Results | • | ||
| 21–30 May 2023 |
76th World Health Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland |
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| 08 June 2023 | Defeating meningitis by 2030: Strategy Support Group | • | ||
| 23 August 2023 |
NGO meeting on IGAP implementation |
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| 5-6 September 2023 | Improving access to medicines for neurological disorders and the WHO Essential Medicines List (EML), WHO HQ, Geneva and virtual | • | • | |
| 13 September 2023 | IGAP dissemination and implementation Follow-up meeting | • | ||
| 2 October 2023 | NSA RC73 Opportunities and Joint Statement Coordination Session | • | ||
| 23 October 2023 | WFN/Medical Center Hospital of the President's Affairs Administration: Implementation of IGAP at the country level: High-level Meeting, 23 October 2023, Astana, Kazakhstan | • | • | |
| 24–26 October 2023 |
73rd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, Astana, Kazakhstan |
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| 30 November 2023 |
Strategy Support Group for the Global Road map to Defeat Meningitis by 2030 - 2nd meeting |
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