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WHO watch statements read at EB144

WHO watchers read out statement at EB144 - see video links below.

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PHM Analysis and Commentary on issues before the WHO Executive Board in Jan 2019

PHM’s analysis and commentary on the issues coming before the Board is now published on PHM’s WHO Tracker site (here).

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World Health Assembly: Countries Pledge to Improve Access to Assistive Technologies

Assistive technology (AT), a subset of health technology, embodies scientific and technological innovations. It refers to application of organised knowledge and skills related to assistive products, including systems and services. Assistive products include any external product – devices, equipment, instruments or software – especially produced to maintain or improve an individual’s functioning and independence, and thereby promote his or her well-being. As per WHO estimates, more than 1 billion people require assistive technology, while 90 per cent of these have no access to it.

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AC/VC: The Shock of WHO Funding

If you didn’t know, the World Health Organisation (WHO) gets its funding in two ways:

Its member states (MS) are committed to pay WHO assessed contributions(ACs), the amount being determined by that country’s wealth and population (i.e.

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The Road to Access – Discussions on Medicines at 71st World Health Assembly

The debate around access to medicines within the WHO comes with a long and complicated history, and it is usually one of the most hotly debated topics during the organisation’s high-level meetings.

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General Program of Work as Strategic Priority For World Health Organization

The General Programme of Work 13 (GPW) provides a framework for the WHO’s work in the coming five years. The new GPW, it is claimed, will strengthen the role of WHO in global health governance, enable the organisation to address its decade long financial crisis, and contribute to the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The areas of ‘strategic importance’ were identified through online public consultations in an attempt to make the drafting of the programme more transparent and participatory.

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Temperature Rose at World Health Assembly over Palestine Discussion

The 71st World Health Assembly (WHA), held in Geneva from 21-26 May, had a discussion on the Director General’s report on health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory and the occupied Syrian Golan, and a

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No Fencing Away For ‘Private-Collaborators’ : the New WHO Director General Pacifies the Private Sector

The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the decision-making body of World Health Organisation. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by its Executive Board.

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Countries vote on Support for Palestine in World Health Assembly

20 countries abstained and 6 countries opposed a ‘draft decision’ on 23 May, proposing support to Palestine in its endeavour to provide health services in the current conflict ridden situation.

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PHM Watch Team at the World Health Assembly 71

The People’s Health Movement was at the 71st World Health Assembly in Geneva between May 21-26 as part of PHM’s WHO Watch programme.

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