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Global Health Centre
Sunday
18
May
wha-2020-1

Introduction to the 78th World Health Assembly: Critical Perspectives on Multilateralism in Global Health in 2025

International Geneva Global Health Platform and UN Foundation
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Hybrid: Auditorium Ivan Pictet, Geneva Graduate Institute, Maison de la paix and livestreamed on YouTube.

Introduction to the 78th World Health Assembly.

Moderated panel discussion followed by a reception.

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Description

Alongside the Seventy-Eighth World Health Assembly (WHA), the Geneva Graduate Institute's Global Health Centre (GHC) and United Nations Foundation are co-hosting the annual open briefing, this year titled Critical Perspectives on Multilateralism in Global Health in 2025. Since 2015, this public event has raised the curtain on WHA with a preview of the modalities and relevant topics, including negotiations on the Pandemic Accord, for delegates, non-state actors, the media, and general audiences. This event is being presented virtually and in-person at the Ivan Pictet Auditorium at the Geneva Graduate Institute.

The tenets and precedents that have guided global health practice in the 21st century face significant headwinds in 2025. Yet, global cooperation on health is needed more than ever to meet the complex challenges of today, which are driven by changing population demographics, shifting disease burdens, and increasing risks of health emergencies resulting from conflict, humanitarian crises, and natural disasters. At the 78th World Health Assembly, countries will come together to debate and decide on key health priorities and policies in an unpredictable environment that features deepening political rivalries and increasingly limited resources. Will the "spirit of Geneva" prevail?

 

Speakers

Opening Remarks:

  • Marie-Laure Salles | Director, Geneva Graduate Institute
  • Cecilia Mundaca Shah | Vice President for Global Health Strategy, United Nations Foundation

Speakers:

  • Gian Luca Burci | Academic Advisor, Global Health Centre, Senior Visiting Professor, International Law, Geneva Graduate Institute
  • Joy Phumaphi | Executive Secretary, African Leaders Malaria Alliance
  • Björn Kümmel | Deputy Head of Unit, Global Health, German Federal Ministry of Health
  • Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert | Senior Adviser, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
  • Ilona Kickbusch | Founder and Chair, International Advisory Board, Global Health Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute

Closing Remarks by Vinh-Kim Nguyen | Co-Director, Global Health Centre, Professor, Anthropology and Sociology, Geneva Graduate Institute

More speakers will be announced soon.

 

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The Global Health Centre's International Geneva Global Health Platform and United Nations Foundation.

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