This series of Strategic Roundtables brings together delegates, experts from WHO, partner agencies and civil society to discuss current priorities and next solutions on vital issues for global public health.
The events take place at The Palais de Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and is being webcast on this web page.
Watch the sessions on 22–27 May 2023 at 13:00–14:15 CEST.
Sessions
Room XVIII, Palais de Nations (Geneva, Switzerland)
Monday 22 May 2023, 13:00–14:15 CEST
The World Together: Member State-led processes to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response
This roundtable will focus on the Member State-led processes to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. It will, for the first time, bring together the three key Member State-led processes: the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement, or international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response; the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (WGIHR); and the high-level meeting of Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response by the United Nations General Assembly.
Tuesday 23 May 2023, 13:00–14:15 CEST
Protecting and investing in the health and care workforce: An action-oriented agenda for the second half of the SDGs
This roundtable builds on the 5th Global Forum on Human
Resources for Health held
in April 2023, and
on WHA consensus (A75.17 (2022), A74.14, A74.15 (2021)). It provides an
action-oriented agenda to protect and invest in the health and care workforce in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Learn more about the roundtable event
Wednesday 24 May 2023, 13:00–14:15 CEST
The role of the Health Community in Climate Action: taking stock and moving forward
This roundtable will discuss the role of the health community – including frontline health workers, ministries of health, intergovernmental and nongovernmental health organizations and health academics in addressing the climate crisis. It will identify opportunities (including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP28, the UN Secretary-General Climate Ambition Summit 2023, and the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly) to firmly place the health community and WHO as key actors in addressing the climate crisis, and to drive action.
Thursday 25 May 2023, 13:00–14:15 CEST
Ending TB by 2030: Universal access to care, multisectoral collaboration, and innovations to accelerate progress and combat antimicrobial resistance
This roundtable will focus on the challenges and opportunities to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030, by building on equitable universal access to TB prevention and care, and in alignment with the agendas of universal health coverage, antimicrobial resistance, and pandemic preparedness.
Friday 26 May 2023, 13:00–14:15 CEST
A safer and healthier tomorrow through restoring essential immunization today
Many countries are already making remarkable progress towards immunization recovery. This roundtable will examine the factors that drive this success. Special attention will be given to the role of community health workers in achieving global immunization targets. We will hear from health-care workers, ministers and representatives of government, multilateral organizations, and civil society about what each stakeholder needs to do to reach all children and adolescents in support of #HealthForAll.
Saturday 27 May 2023, 13:00–14:15 CEST
Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: a fit-for-purpose life-saving treaty
As part of WHO's 75th anniversary, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the key milestones in the history of WHO: the adoption of the first international public health treaty. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), an evidence-based instrument, provides new legal dimensions for international cooperation. This roundtable will call for Member States to set up implementation of the WHO FCTC measures and in particular support increased tobacco taxes towards public revenues which can be reinvested in public health.