In the week before the 152nd Session of the WHO Executive Board, a series of public policy debates and civil society strategy meetings organized by the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) and its members will provide spaces for sharing, assessing and debating health policy and governance challenges that go beyond the items covered by the formal agenda of WHO EB, bridging from health policies to people’s realities, addressing determinants of health and promoting democratic governance.

To of the sessions are co-organizerd by the MMI Network. All public sessions can be attended individually and are open to all interested. For the series of public sessions: register here (Zoom)

Programme

Monday 23 January 2023, 15.00-16.30 CET, Zoom webinar
Pandemic and Authoritarianism – the judgement of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) on President Jair Bolsonaro
Policy debate organized by Society for International Development (SID) and PPT

Tuesday 24 January 2023, 12.00-13.30 CET, Zoom webinar
The “Universal Health and Preparedness Review”: one year since the first briefing with civil society, what has happened and where are we going?
Briefing and policy dialogue organized by Save the Children and supported by the WHO UHPR Secretariat

Tuesday 24 January 2023, 15.00-16.30 CET, Zoom webinar
Moving together for universal access to healthcare? What to expect from a UN High Level Meeting on UHC and a related resolution of the WHO Executive Board?
Policy debate organized by MMI Network, People’s Health Movement, Save the Children and Wemos

Thursday 26 January 2023, 13.00-14.30 CET, Zoom webinar
Advancing health equity for persons with disabilities and older people in the 2023 WHO and UN agendas
Policy debate organized by CBM, HelpAge International, Humanity & Inclusion, and Sightsavers on behalf of the International Disability in Development Consortium

Friday 27 January 2023, 15.00-1630 CET, Zoom webinar
“Common but differentiated responsibility”? Expectations related to the application of the CBDR principle in the field of international health and pandemic preparedness, prevention and response
Policy debate organized by Frontline AIDS, MMI Network and Third World Network (TWN)

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The Secretariat of G2H2 is hosted by MMI
Website of January meetings: https://g2h2.org/posts/january2023/