Menu

Événement Réunion d'organe d'administration

77th World Health Assembly

27 Mai 2024 – 01 Juin 2024

Lieu: Palais des Nations & World Health Organization

Organisation: Organisation mondiale de la santé

Santé et environnement

ODD3

The Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly is being held from 27 May to 1 June 2024 in Geneva under the theme All for Health, Health for All.

About the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly (WHA77)

The Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly (WHA77) — the decision-making body of the World Health Organization that meets annually in Geneva — will kick off on Monday 27 May 2024 after the Sunday 26 May 2024 traditional Walk the Talk: Health for All Challenge healthy kickstart event. Held this year under the theme “All for Health, Health for All“, WHA77 offers an occasion to put the spotlight on and advance action on environmental health issues and is expected to conclude on 1 June 2024.

Official Website | 77th World Health Assembly

Climate Change and Health

The cumulative effects of climate change, disease outbreaks and conflict mean ever more pressure on WHO to respond to the world’s health needs,”

 Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General

WHA77 set new ambitions for the Member States and the WHO in the area of climate and health with the adoption of a dedicated Resolution on climate change and health, as well as the approval on 28 May of WHO’s 2025–2028 strategy, GPW 14 with the response to climate change being selected as one of its six key strategic objectives.

The Climate Change and Health resolution, initially proposed as a draft decision for WHA77 adoption by Barbados, Fiji, Kenya, Monaco, Netherlands, Peru, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 154th session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization held last January, was adopted on 31 May 2024.

Antimicrobial Resistance and Health

A new resolution on antimicrobial resistance to mobilize action initially tabled by Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Ecuador, Egypt, the European Union and its 27 Member States, Georgia, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America was approved on 30 May 2024. The resolution welcomes WHO strategic and operational priorities to address drug-resistant bacterial infections in the human health sector (2025–2035), with the four strategic priorities of: prevention of infections; universal access to affordable, quality diagnosis and appropriate treatment of infections; strategic information, science and innovation; and effective governance and financing of the human health sector response to AMR.  The resolution urges Member States to apply these priorities and implement the core package of country-level interventions through their AMR national action plans and requests the Director-General to provide a status update and guidance to countries in preparation for the HLM on AMR.

GEN Events on the Sidelines of the WHA

The Silent Threat: Exploring pollution’s impact on health | GHF2024

27 May 2024 | 09:00 – 10:30 CEST

The Plastics Crisis as a Health Crisis: How Can the International Health Community Support the Global Response to Plastic Pollution & the Plastics Treaty?

28 May 2024 | 08:00 – 09:30 CEST

 

Environment @ World Health Assembly

While no official side events will be organized, various off-site Member State-led Side Events and strategic roundtables where the environment will feature predominantly will take place in various locations in Geneva. These include:

27 May 2024

28 May 2024

29 May 2024

30 May 2024

1 June 2024

On the sidelines of WHA:

  • The Geneva Health Forum Conference 2024 will provide a unique platform conveying the perspectives of scientists, medical practitioners and field actors on the main challenges and opportunities for global health. The event, taking place from 27 to 29 May 2024 at Campus Biotech, will center on three key themes, among which “Health and Environment: A Time for Solutions” building on the momentum generated by the WHA77 presentation of a report on actions undertaken by WHO to address the impact of climate change on health, as well as the impact of chemicals, waste, and pollution on human health. The Health and Environment theme will be explored on 27 May 2024 through various sessions, symposia, challenges, and an evening event.
Geneva Health Forum 2024
  • Geneva Health Week | The International Geneva Global Health Platform hosts a series of side events and discussions around critical global health issues, raising awareness among member states attending WHA meetings. During the Geneva Health Week, the Platform provides important exposure for a wide range of global health actors, enhancing collaborations and partnerships for future discussions and events:

  • Data for Forecasting a Healthier Future | |The International Geneva Global Health Platform, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and The Lancet |  – 

28 May 2024 

The World Health Assembly parallel events timetable and locations agenda is regularly updated and available on the WHA portal, and the UN Foundation dedicated webpage.

Links