| No images? Click here  Monday, 22 January 2024 | Issue 238 22-27 January154th Session of the Executive BoardThe 154th session of the Executive Board takes place on 22–27 January 2024. Proceedings will be webcast from this page. The Executive Board is composed of 34 technically qualified members elected for three-year terms. The main functions of the Board are to implement the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, and to advise and generally facilitate its work. The meeting convened at 9:30am CET on Monday, 22 January 2022. The working hours will be as follows: · Monday 22 January: 09:30-12:30 and 14:30-17:30 CET · Tuesday 23 January onwards: 10:00-13:00 and 14:30-17:30 CET · Monday 22 January, WHO Director-General will deliver his report and is expected at 10 am CET · Tuesday 23 January at 10 am CET, members of EB will consider the appointment of the Regional Directors for the Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions respectively. Documents are available here: EB154/43 Monday 22 January 2024, 13:00 – 14:00 CET At the side of the 154th session of WHO Executive Board, an informal briefing was held on Monday 22 January 2024. It is on the processes related to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (INB) and the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (WGIHR). Link: https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/01/22/default-calendar/inb-wgihr-informal-briefing-on-the-occasion-of-the-154th-session-of-who-executive-board  Tuesday, 23 JanuaryIntegration of Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) in the Institutionalization of Evidence-Informed Decision-makingHybrid Side event at the 2024 Prince Mahidol Award Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 9:00-12:30 Learn more and register here.  Tuesday, 23 JanuaryTrachoma: Accelerating progress to elimination as a public health problemSightsavers and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) are holding an online event on 23 January 2024 to share and discuss learnings around how to eliminate the infectious eye disease trachoma. The event, which will take place from 14:00 – 16:00 GMT, will share the findings from a new collection of research papers – 'Trachoma: Accelerating progress to elimination as a public health problem' in the RSTMH journal International Health. You can read the research supplement here. Register for the event here.  Wednesday, 24 January100 Days Mission Report LaunchWHO's Chief Scientist, Dr Jeremy Farrar, will provide opening remarks at a report launch event for the 100 Days Mission, which is supported by the International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat. The 100 Days Mission has the goal of making tests, therapeutics and vaccines available, safe, effective and affordable within the first 100 days after a pandemic threat is identified. Zoom registration available here.  Wednesday, 24 JanuaryWebinar: The role of vaccines to reduce antimicrobial resistance15:00 – 16:30 CET Agenda 1. Opening remarks: Pilar Ramon-Pardo, AMR Special Program & Comprehensive Immunization Program, PAHO 2. The role of vaccines in reducing AMR: Mateusz Hasso-Agopsowicz, Technical Officer, WHO 3. Regional overview of vaccine introduction, vaccination coverage and epidemiological surveillance: Alvaro Whittembury, Comprehensive Immunization Program, PAHO 4. Potential of ReLAVRA+ network to measure the impact of vaccines on AMR in the region: TBC. 5. Vaccines as tools to reduce AMR: the perspective of the USA: Shelley Magill, US-CDC 6. Q&A A short, moderated discussion will follow each presentation. Interpretation will be available in Spanish. Register here Sign up for our newsletters here. Check out the WHO series, Science in 5. Access WHO photos available for media use here.  WHO Media contacts: You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. |
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