This year’s World Health Assembly (WHA) was again a week full of intensive debates on key global health issues, both within the formal Committee meetings and in a never ending series of formal and informal side events (see overview provided by G2H2). This year a particular attention on WHO governance resulted from the election of a new WHO Director General. You might consult the great WHO Tracker website for an overview and analysis of key WHA agenda items from a critical civil society point of view.
The MMI Network at the 70th WHA
The MMI delegation included Network and project representatives, in particular from our Global Health Governance team, our working groups on Human Resources for Health and Effective Health Cooperation and the joint PHM/MMI WHO Watch project.
As an organization in official relations with WHO, the Medicus Mundi International Network submitted a number of statements under items concerning technical issues.
For a first time, MMI, together with PHM, TWN and G2H2 published “WHA Today“, an informal update produced by a team of civil society organizations watching and critically commenting the World Health Assembly, with a focus on civil society analysis and input.
MMI Network: key events during the 70th WHA
Civil society meetings before the WHA
19-21 May 2017
The global health governance team of the MMI Network has been a co-organizer of a civil society strategy meetings for some years. We have now handed over this role of a convenor to the “Geneva Global Health Hub” (G2H2) project hosted by the MMI Geneva office. G2H2 will also have its first Annual General Meeting on the weekend before the World Health Assembly.
www.g2h2.org/posts/event/may2017/
- Responding to the Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) – Perspectives of Civil Society, Intergovernmental Organizations and Developing Countries
Official WHA side event
Monday 17:45-18:45 hrs, Palais des Nations, Room IX
Organizers: MSF, DNDi, HAI, MMI - Health Workers Count
Thursday, 18:00-20:30 hrs, Hotel Intercontinental
Organizer: WHO HIS/HWF and the Global Health Workforce Network
Co-sponsors: Intrahealth, FHWC, IPF, MMI - “We will build the future now, together”
MMI Annual General Assembly
Saturday 27 May 2017, 9:30-11:30 hrs at the ICRC Museum
www.medicusmundi.org/contributions/events/2017/Assembly2017 - Health cooperation beyond aid
Public lunch event as side event to the MMI Assembly
Saturday 27 May 2017, 12:30-14:30 hrs at the ICRC Museum
www.medicusmundi.org/contributions/events/2017/Sideevent2017
Enquiries: Thomas Schwarz
office@medicusmundi.org