27th May 2024 07:00 UTC - 1st June 2024 21:00 UTC

Highlights for this year's #WHA77, which is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland from 27 May through 1 June 2024.

Photo of closing ceremony at 76th world health assembly

Every year, WHO Member States come together to agree on WHO leadership, priorities, budgets and policies. This year's World Health Assembly is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland from 27 May through 1 June 2024

This year, UHC2030 is focusing on the resolution on Social participation for universal health coverage, health and well-being and election advocacy. See below for event details.


26 May 2024: Walk the Talk Geneva

Join us to at Place des Nations to celebrate health for all and promote equitable and resilient health systems. Come find the UHC2030 booth, where we will be sharing resources and raising awareness about UHC, election advocacy and the pursuit of health for all.  

  • Date: 26 May 2024
  • Time: 9:00 AM CEST 
  • Location: Place des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Register here

 

27–29 May 2024: Civil society networking space

On the sidelines of the WHA, UHC2030 and the CSEM will provide space for civil society to network and discuss advocacy strategies to drive action on UHC at the country level. Join us from Monday, May 27 to Wednesday, May 29, 2024 to exchange with partners or to organize UHC-related sessions. 

  • Dates: 27–29 May 2024
  • Time: 8:30 AM – 5 PM CEST 
  • Location: International Geneva Welcome Centre (CAGI), Route de Ferney 106, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
  • Learn more here

 

28 May 2024: Side event on social participation

This side event, titled Moving from principles to action on social participation for UHC, health and well-being is co-hosted by Brazil, France, Norway, Slovenia, Thailand Tunisia and United States of America, in collaboration with the European Health Observatory, the UHC Partnership, UHC2030 and the CSEM. Come hear from Ministers of Health, Member State delegations and civil society representatives on the importance of social participation in accelerating progress towards UHC, health and well-being; and the priority actions needed to advance social participation implementation, particularly at the country level. 

  • Date: 28 May 2024
  • Time: 6:00 PM – 8 PM CEST 
  • Location: Cuisine Lab, Rue Michelle Nicod 2, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
  • Register here

28 May 2024: Side event on the Lusaka Agenda

This roundtable side event, titled The Lusaka Agenda: Where Are We and Where to Next?, is co-hosted by UHC2030 and Lusaka Agenda Working Group Co-Chairs Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director-General, Ghana Health Service and Desta Lakew, Group Director of Partnerships and External Affairs, Amref Health Africa. Participants will hear how partners are taking forward the Lusaka Agenda’s five key shifts in their work and discuss how civil society organizations are engaging or can engage. They will also be able to contribue to early thinking on arrangements for ongoing collaboration to advance the five shifts in the broader global health financing ecosystem. 

  • Date: 28 May 2024
  • Time: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CEST 
  • Location: Online and in person, at International Geneva Welcome Centre, 106 Route de Ferney 1202 Genève Switzerland
  • Register here