Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly

27 May – 1 June 2024

By WHO

The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. The main functions of the World Health Assembly are to determine the policies of the Organization, appoint the Director-General, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget. The Health Assembly is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland.

Lives in the Balance: Investing in Women, Children and Adolescents

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Partner events around women's, children's and adolescents' health and well-being

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Walk the Talk 2024 By WHO 26 May 2024	What's killing our youth? The Impact of Road Traffic Crashes and Drowning By Michael R. Bloomberg, WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries 26 May 2024, 17:00-18:30 CET	Congenital Anomalies and Universal Health: Leaving No One Behind By Children's HeartLink 27 May 2024, 08:30-10:00 CET

Diverse, equitable and inclusive innovation for a more secure, malaria-free world By Medicines for Malaria Venture 27 May 2024, 17:30 CET	Geneva Health Forum By University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE) 27-29 May 2024	UHC2030 CSEM Networking Space at WHA77 By UHC2030 27-29 May 2024, 8:00-17:00 CET

All for Health, Health for All: the WHO Investment Case, 2025-2028 By WHO 28 May 2024, 13:00-14:15 CET	Celebrating 50 years of immunization progress: honouring achievements, embracing innovation, and envisioning the future By WHO 28 May 2024, 18:00-21:00	What is the health and economic impact of investing in global health R&D? By Policy Cures Research 28 May 2024, 17:30-19:00 CET

Moving from principles to action on social participation for UHC, health and well-being By UHC2030 28 May 2024, 18:00-20:00 CET	Economics and financing of health and well-being for all: A bold new vision for achieving universal health coverage By WHO 29 May 2024, 13:00-14:15 CET	Toward a Lead-Free Future: A Ministerial Dialogue on Preventing Maternal and Child Exposure to Toxic Lead By UNICEF 29 May 2024, 7:30-9:00 CET

Health in the climate crisis: from global policy to integrated action By Save the Children 29 May 2024, 07:30-09:00 CET	Scaling up integrated models of care to address maternal and child mortality By The African Union Commission, the United Republic of Tanzania, EGPAF and Save the Children 28 May 2024, 07:30-09:00 CET	The power of family caregivers: Building compassionate health systems together By Noora Health 28 May 20224, 09:35-10:05 CET

Devex CheckUP @ WHA77 By Ferring Pharmaceuticals, MSD for Mothers, and partners 28-29 May 2024	How AI Can Enhance Health Service Delivery at the Last Mile By Devex 29 May 2024, 10:30-11:30 CET	Artificial intelligence for health: opportunities, risks, and governance By WHO 30 May 2024, 13:00-14:15 CET

Charting a new path forward for global action against antimicrobial resistance By WHO 31 May 2024, 13:00-14:15 CET	Climate change and health: a global vision for joint action By WHO 1 June 2024, 13:00-14:15 CET	Digital Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes By The International Lactation Consultant Association 28 May 2024, 18:30-20:30 CET

Women Community Health Workers: Leading Change By Women in Global Health 22 May 2024, 14:00-15:00 CET	Driving Local Impact Towards Global Health Equity By Amref 27 May 2024, 08:00-10:00 CET	Accelarting Efforts Towards Reducing Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Africa By Amref 27 May 2024, 17:00-19:00 CET

Clearing the Air to Accelerate Action on Climate and Health By Clean Air Fund 30 May 2024, 12:15- 14:40 CET	Reaching the Most Vulnerable Contexts with Immunization By Gavi and World Vision Internartional 30 May 2024, 15:00-18:00 CET	Implementing Midwifery Models Of Care To Improve Maternal And Newborn Outcomes: A Country Roundtable Discussion By UNFPA, ICM, Government of UK 28 May 2024, 17:30-20:00

Achieving better health for children - leadership and accountability for access to #BetterMeds4Kids By DNDi, Medicines for Malaria Venture and partners 29 May 2024, 12:30-14:00 CET	Local Leadership in Global Health: Learning from Success By USAID 27 May 2024, 18:00-19:30 CET	Political leadership to achieve health equity for persons with disabilities By WHO and partners 27 May 2024, 17:30-19:00 CET

Saving Mothers & Newborns in Crisis: An Action Oriented Roundtable By IAWG- Interagency working group on reproductive health crises and partners 29 May 2024, 07:30-10:00 CET	The role of parliamentarians in moving the global health agenda forward By IPU 29 May 2024, 17.30-19.00 CET	Empowering tomorrow: Sexual and reproductive health and rights as central to health, well-being and sustainable futures By WHO 28 May 2024, 07:30-08:45 CET

Lunch talk : « Femmes et maternité en contexte humanitaire et de crise » (in French) By MSF 29 May 2024, 12:00-13:30 PM	Menstrual health and hygiene: Self-care from policy to action By WHO 30 May 2024, 18:00-19:30 CET