Conference primer: Global Health / Guide de conférence : Santé mondiale: Global Health / Santé mondiale 2023

This meeting for the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) will be held from Monday to Thursday inclusive 20-23 March 2023.

The 152th session of the EB will take place from 30 January to 7 February 2023

The world's largest Big Six youth organizations, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Foundation (UNF), invite you to the Global Youth Mobilization (GYM) virtual events to celebrate and reflect on 2 years of youth-led global action and the launch of GYM’s final impact report.
During the "Unstoppable Together: Celebrating 2 Years of Youth-Led Global Action" main virtual event on 15 February, the GYM will launch its final impact report, including project case studies, highlighting the reach, impact and investment in young people engaged in addressing the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to access the platform to watch the main virtual event on 15 February 2023.
The main event will be preceded by a youth-led roundtable discussion on 11 February 2023, to provide a platform for the young people leading the GYM to share their reflections, lessons learnt and aspirations to kick off the week of the virtual events.

Virtual Conference.
The Global Model WHO is organized by the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Global Model WHO will provide an authentic student-led simulation of the World Health Assembly (WHA) to high school and university students from all over the world and from different academic disciplines. Students can register individually or as part of a school or university delegation.
The Global Model WHO aims to be inclusive and diverse in participation ensuring representation from different disciplines, geographical regions, gender identities and income settings.

The purpose of these Briefing is to brief on the development, approach and structure of the Zero Draft of the pandemic accord, as well as to provide a proposal from the Bureau regarding modalities for INB4 and INB5.

WHA76 will take place from 21 to 30 May 2023

Background The World Health Organization is hosting the inaugural meeting of the WHO Youth Council. The Youth Council is a newly set up mechanism for meaningful youth engagement with the WHO and provides direct advice to the Director-General. Its members consist of international youth organizations that will meet for the first time in person in Geneva.
Watch opening session here.

We are building a strong civil society space in Geneva for more democratic global health.

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