G2H2 policy debate, 18 January 2024
organized by the MMI Network and partners
Since the launch of the WHO Handbook on Social Participation for UHC in 2021, there has been growing political leadership among WHO Member States on social participation, leading to the proposal of a resolution to be adopted by the 77th World Health Assembly in May 2024. The agenda of social participation – and social accountability – is strongly supported by a range of civil society actors, including those who engaged in dialogues with the WHO Director General in 2021 and continue to participate in consultations with the Member State co-chairs of the proposed resolution, Slovenia and Thailand.
In this well-attended session, the organizers, after introducing the draft WHA resolution scheduled for consideration at EB154, already looked at the next steps and explored avenues and best practices for institutionalizing and sustaining social participation at national level. We heard from the pen holders of the WHA resolution about their ambitions and also from Member States and civil society on realities and expectations regarding the current implementation of social participation and accountability.
Programme
- Welcome
Thomas Schwarz, MMI Network - From national commitments to a WHA resolution
Vesna Kerstin Petrič, Head, Office for Collaboration with WHO, Ministry of Health, Slovenia
Nanoot Mathurapote, Head Global Collaboration Unit, National Health Commission Office, Thailand
talking with Margot Nauleau, Save the Children - Leaving no one behind – experience from Argentina on social participation
Paloma Loreti Gambaccini, Fundacion Huesped, SPHERE consortium - Youth-led social accountability – experience from Kenya
Margaret Wanja, Youth for Sustainable Development (YSD – Kenya) - Building inclusive and equitable health systems though social participation
Suraya Dalil and Kira Koch, WHO Secretariat - Discussion: How can a WHA resolution contribute to advancing social participation and accountability
moderated by Margot Nauleau, Save the Children
Documentation and references
- Recording of the meeting
(Zoom cloud) - EB154/CONF./10
Social participation for universal health coverage, health and well-being
Draft resolution, WHO EB154, January 2024 - Social participation for universal health coverage: technical paper
WHO 2023 - Advancing Social Participation for Universal Health Coverage
Building support for a resolution at the 77th World Health Assembly
CSEM Advocacy brief, 2023 - WHO Handbook on Social Participation for UHC
WHO 2021 - Social participation and accountability within and beyond Covid-19
Input paper and asks for commitment and action
Civil society dialougue with WHO DG Dr Tedros, 16 October 2020
More about this session
- Language: English
- Session organized by: Save the Children, MMI Network, CSEM and co-hosted by Thailand and Slovenia
- Contact: Margot Nauleau, margot.nauleau@savethechildren.org
- Website of series of G2H2 debates: https://g2h2.org/posts/january2024/