WHA68 PreviewWebinar

Katherine Hagen13 May 2015

Global Social Observatory

• Founded in 2004 to provide a neutral and inclusive forum for dialogue and collaboration

• Contributing to mutual understanding of diverse perspectives

• Facilitating a broadened search for solutions

• Promoting action and partnership building

• Serving as a clearinghouse for research on social issues

• Evolution from addressing HIV/AIDS and diabetes in workplace wellness strategies to multi-stakeholder action on NCDs and Scaling Up Nutrition

Webinar Agenda

• Overview of WHA schedule

• Responding to the Ebola Crisis

• Framework of Engagement with Non-State Actors

• Health in the Post-2015 Development Agendao Climate and health

• NCDs and nutrition

• Anti-microbial resistance action plan

• IP-related issues

Overview of WHA68 ScheduleCommittee A

o Communicable diseases – Monday & Tuesday Ebola outbreak

o WHO reform - Wednesday Non-State actors

o Preparedness, surveillance and response - AMRo Health systems - Thursday

SSFFC, CEWG and IP issueso Promoting health through the life course – Fri/Sat

MDGs, Post-2015, air pollution, adolescent, women

o Noncommunicable diseases – Fri/Sat ICN2, maternal,infant and child nutrition Third high-level meeting in 2018

Overview of WHA68 ScheduleTechnical Briefings

Mon: Health in Post-2015 andGlobal Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health

Tues: Ebola outbreakWednes: Climate and HealthThurs: Getting to 2018 for NCDsFri: Cancer prevention and controlMon : Changing trajectory for HIV/AIDS,

viral hepatitis and STIs

Ebola Crisis ResponseInterim assessment report

o New approaches needed beyond institutional siloso Interaction of public health emergencies and other

humanitarian emergencieso Changing operational capacity and culture

Global Health Emergency Workforce Contingency Dund New structure within the WHO

o IHR revisionso Separate proposal on fund for health system

strengthening

Ebola Crisis Responsein other settings

o Ebola Summit in April 2015, Washington, DC Proposed regional recovery plan for West Africa Pandemic Emergency Facility at World Bank

o UN MEER established August 2014 Special Envoy David Nabarro Coordinator Peter Graaf

o UN High-Level Panel on Lessons Learned Chair: Jakaya Kikwete, Pres. of Tanzania Other members include Micheline Calmy-Rey,

Rajiv Shah, Celso Amorim, Joy Phumaphi and Marty Natalagewa

Non-State Actors Proposal

A68/5: Framework of engagement with non-State actors with:

• Draft overarching framework

• Policy and operational procedures for

o Nongovernmental organizations

o Private sector entities

o Philanthropic foundations

o Academic institutions

Draft Overarching Framework

• Principles for engagement

• Definitions

• Types of interactions

• Management of conflict of interest

• Due diligence and risk assessment

• Risk management

• Transparency

• Policy, norms and standard-setting

Controversies

• Definitions: private sector entities and inferences

• Preoccupation with economic/financial interests

• Institutional versus individual conflict of interest

• Exclusions: “WHO will exercise particular caution when engaging with other industries affecting human health or affected by WHO’s norms and standards.”

Controversies cont.

• Banning some or all secondments

• Transparency and Public Registry Requirements

• Risk management

o Engagement Coordination Group

o Independent Expert Oversight Advisory Committee

NCDs and Promoting Health

NCDs:Follow-up to Second International Conference on Nutrition

Maternal, infant and child nutrition

Commission for Ending Obesity in Children

Preparing for NCD follow-up and high-level meeting 2018

Epilepsy

Promoting healthPost-2015 Development Agenda

Adolescent health

Women and health in follow-up to Beijing+20

Health and the environment – air pollution

Post-2015 Development Agenda

• Health Goal to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages – nine targetso Three related to the MDGso Three on NCDs and injurieso Three on cross-cutting systems

Universal health coverage Access to sexual and reproductive health care

services Reducing the hazards of air, water and soil

pollution

Non-communicable Diseases

• Concerns about uneven progress following second UN high-level meeting in July 2014

• Debate on process indicators• Multiple reporting lines and dates – Annex 2 of report• Global Coordination Mechanism

o Working groupso Dialogueso Proposed general meeting of all participants in 2017o Reporting on contributions from private sector, civil society

and philanthropic entities

• Possible ministerial-level conference in 2016 or 2017• Third UN high-level meeting in 2018

Action Plan for Anti-microbial Resistance

• Tripartite collaboration with OIE and FAO• Provisions for

o Human, animal and agricultural healtho Use of medicineso Global surveillanceo Research and knowledge gaps

• Five Guiding Principles o Whole of society engagement and one healtho Prevention firsto Access to health services and productso Sustainabilityo Incremental targets for implementation

• Five Strategic Objectives• Monitoring and evaluation every two years

IP-related Issues

• SSFFCo No resolutions anticipated o Lack of strict definitions

• CEWGo Proposal for a new R&D fund for AMR, emerging infectious diseases

and neglected diseaseso Projects are very outdated and missing innovationo Not enough attention to how biotech innovation happens

• Global Strategy on Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property o Extend overall project to 2022o Evaluation process rooted in datao Eight work streams for innovation and accesso Research and development especially in developing countries

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