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WHA events in Geneva, May 2017
UHC2030 partners and associate networks will organise various side events on UHC during the 70th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva starting from 20 May, 2017. If you or your colleagues are planning to attend the WHA, please share this list.
UHC2030’s high-level event during WHA will be ‘Partnership matters - Achieving stronger systems for health in practice’ Wednesday, 24 May, 18:00 - 19:30, Palais des Nations, Salle VIII.
In this event, UHC2030 Secretariat will arrange a ceremonial signing session of the UHC2030 global compact for those who newly join UHC2030: Chile, Indonesia, Jordan, Thailand, South Africa, Rockefeller Foundation, OECD and two CSO Engagement Mechanism partner NGOs.
In addition to the signing of the UHC2030 global compact, the main objectives of this side event will be:
- Present the new features of UHC2030
- Welcome new members into UHC2030
- Launch of the Joint Vision paper “Healthy systems for universal health coverage: a joint vision for healthy lives”
- Present and discuss on how UHC2030 can improve coordination and the alignment of investments for UHC and good practice examples for successful and coherent Health System Strengthening
Please note that this side event is by invitation-only or open to WHA delegation/observers only. The UHC2030 Secretariat is not responsible for issuing event pass to WHA restricted area or assisting individuals to register side events organized by partners.
However, this side event, including the ceremonial signing session, will be livestreamed through the UHC Day Facebook Account.
Event: Civil Society engagement mechanisms for UHC2030: Where are we and how to engage?
Date and Time: Wednesday, 24 May, 8:00 - 10:00
Organizer: CSO Engagement Mechanism for UHC2030
Location: 1 rue Varembé, 1202 Geneva – Place des Nations (Room in the Building Hall - next to "Tivoli des Nations" Restaurant)
Registration: ajeantet@ghadvocates.org
Official Event: BRICS effort towards integrated people-centred health services
Date and Time: Wednesday, 24 May, 12:30 - 14:00
Organizer: China and other BRICS countries
Location: Palais des Nations, Salle IX
Registration: Open to all WHA delegations and observers
Official Event: Promoting intersectoral and coordinated actions to further invest in health and social workforce: Towards achieving the 2030 Agenda
Date and Time: Wednesday, 24 May, 12:30 - 14:00
Organizer: France, South Africa, Philippines, Nigeria, Nepal Argentina
Location: Palais des Nations, Salle VIII
Registration: Open to all WHA delegations and observers
Official Event: Partnership matters - Achieving stronger systems for health in practice
Date and Time: Wednesday, 24 May, 18:00 - 19:30, including ceremonial signing session of new UHC2030 members
Organizer: China, Estonia, France, Germany, Ghana, Japan, Myanmar, Slovenia, Sweden, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, supported by the European Union and in co-operation with UHC2030, P4H, and the World Bank Group
Location: Palais des Nations, Salle VIII
Registration: Open to all WHA delegations and observers
Event details:
o Present the new features of UHC2030
o Welcome new members into UHC2030
o Launch of the Joint Vision paper “Healthy systems for universal health coverage: a joint vision for healthy lives”
o Present and discuss on how UHC2030 can improve coordination and the alignment of investments for UHC and good practice examples for successful and coherent Health System Strengthening.
Technical Briefing: UHC: sustained commitment and concrete achievements
Date and Time: Thursday, 25 May, 12:30-14:15
Organizer: WHO Secretariat and The Elders
Location: Palais des Nations, Salle XII
Registration: Open to all WHA delegations and observers
Public Event: Strategizing National Health in the Twenty-First Century: A Handbook
Date and Time: Thursday 25 May, 18:00-19:30
Organizer: WHO
Location: Restaurant Vieux Bois, Geneva
Registration: On invitation only
Event detail: The WHO Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing will be launching its flagship publication Strategizing national health in the 21st century: a handbook on Thursday 25 May 2017. UHC2030 partners are cordially invited from WHO at 18:00-19:30 at Restaurant Vieux Bois just outside the Pregny entrance of the Palais des Nations in Geneva
Event: Health Workers Count – Reception
Date and Time: Thursday 25 May, 18:00-20:00
Organizer: Global Health Workforce Network, Frontline Health Workers Coalition, IntraHealth, FIP, Medicus Mundi International Network
Location: Intercontinental Hotel, Geneva
Registration: On invitation
Event: Universal Health Coverage: The role of the Private Sector in helping to achieve UHC
Date and Time: Friday, 26 May, 12:30-14:15
Organizer: Save the Children, The World Medical Association, GSK and UHC2030
Location: the Red Cross Museum in Geneva
