NCDs at the 74th World Health Assembly
24th May 2021
24th May 2021
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WHA74 will take place virtually again. The sessions can be watched live from Monday 24 May 2021 until Tuesday 1 June 2021 here. To follow the discussions, check out the WHA's provisional agenda here.
Pillar 1: One billion more people benefitting from universal health coverage
Pillar 2: One billion more people better protected from health emergencies
Pillar 3: One billion more people enjoying better health and well-being
Pillar 4: More effective and efficient WHO providing better support to countries
Within the agenda, the most relevant items have been identified for the NCD community. These include:
1. Item 13.2: Follow-up to the Third UN HLM NCDs
Oral health resolution
GCM decision
Diabetes proposed resolution
2. Item 13.4 Global strategy and plan of action on public health, innovation and intellectual property - proposed resolution
3. Item 13.9: Integrated people-centred eye care – resolution
4. Item 15: Health workforce - proposed resolutions
5. Item 16: Global Strategy on Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health: Rheumatic heart disease
6. Item 17: Public health emergencies: preparedness and response - proposed resolution
17.1 COVID-19 response
17.3 WHO’s work in health emergencies
7. Item 22.1: Social determinants of health - resolution
This briefing note provides background and key advocacy messages on the NCD Alliance’s priorities for the 74thWorld Health Assembly (WHA74) in 2021. This note deals with key noncommunicable disease (NCD)-relevant items in the order of the provisional agenda of WHA74. You can download the advocacy briefing note here.
A full list of side events from the NCD Alliance and the NCD community on NCDs and WHA74 can be found in our event page here.
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You can also keep up to date with the WHA74 by following the hashtags #WHA74 and #ActOnNCDs