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SUN Movement at the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA77)
SUN Movement at the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA77)
April 29, 2024 - Last update: May 27, 2024Background
The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board.
Nutrition at WHA77
From 27 May to 1 June 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) will host the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA). Given the current context of increasing malnutrition and food insecurity, it is critical to integrate essential nutrition actions into health systems as a foundational component of Universal Health Coverage and scale up multi-sectoral nutrition sensitive approaches in agriculture/ food systems, social protection, water and sanitation, and education. Nutrition is central to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals and must be incorporated into every policy, budgetary, financing, and development consideration. WHA77 offers an important moment for SUN countries to advocate for nutrition and contribute valuable insights to incorporate nutrition into the health agenda.
Media assets
With nutrition being the power button to ignite change for all the SDGs, as well as a cornerstone of Universal Health Coverage, it is crucial to advocate for the integration of nutrition actions into every agenda, policy, budgetary and development consideration. Through this social media toolkit, the SUN Movement wishes to provide some ready-to-use posts and assets for Partners to advocate for nutrition at WHA77.
SUN Movement hosted eventsAt WHA77 the SUN Movement will be co-hosting three side events
Date: 28 May 2024
Date: 29 May 2024
Date: 29 May 2024
Date: 30 May 2024 |
See below for information about other nutrition related side events at WHA77.
SUN Movement at WHA77
09:30 - 12:30
The Walk the Talk: Health for All Challenge
The Walk the Talk: Health for All Challenge returns on Sunday, 26 May 2024 to Geneva, Switzerland to provide a healthy kickstart to the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly. WHO is joining with the UN family, Member States, athletes, local sports clubs health partners and the Geneva community to celebrate the importance of healthy lifestyles and demonstrate measures to safely conduct public events.
For more information, click here.
18:00 - 20:00
Lives in the Balance - Opening event: Galvanizing political leadership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Organizers: PMNCH, UNFPA, UNICEF
Format: Hybrid
Venue: Restaurant Vieux-Bois, Avenue de la Paix 12, Geneva 1202
Fore more information, click here.
12:00 - 14:30
WHA Side Event on the Climate Change and Health Resolution “The incentives for policy change – promoting action by leveraging the opportunities”
Organizers: Netherlands and Peru
Venue: Jardin des Penthes, Geneva
More information about the event will be included here once confirmed
18:00 - 20:00
Unleashing Powerful Partnerships for Women's Health Equity
Organizer: Global Surgery Foundation
Format: Hybrid
Venue: Intercontinental Geneva, Ballroom C – 7 Chemin du Petit-Saconnex Genève, GE
More information about the event will be included here once confirmed.
07:30 - 08:45
How WHO acceleration plan to stop obesity is unlocking action
Organizers: Jordan, Portugal and UNICEF - TBC - Spain, South Africa,
Format: In-person
Venue: President Wilson Hotel
More information about the event will be included here once confirmed.
17:30 - 19:00
Scaling Up Community Health Workers for Nutrition in Africa
Organizers: African Union, SUN, IRC, WVI
Format: In-person
Venue: Villa le Bocage, Palais des Nations, Geneva
More information about the event will be included here once confirmed.
17:30 - 19:00
Climate and Health Finance Dialogue and Reception
Organizers: Green Climate Fund, The Global Fund, The Rockefeller Foundation and WHO, with co-hosts Amref Health Africa and Foundation S – The Sanofi Collective.
Format: In-person
Venue: Global Health Campus
More information about the event will be included here once confirmed.
18:30 - 20:00
Marketing of breast-milk substitutes: Tackling new technologies
Organizers: Save the Children, IBFAN, ILCA, UNICEF
Format: In-person
Venue: Warwick Hotel
More information about the event will be included here once confirmed.
09:00 - 10:00
CSO-led Accontability Mechanisms for Sustainable Domestic Resource Mobilization
Join Global Health Advocacy Incubator on Wednesday, May 29 from 9-10 am in Geneva, Switzerland to attend a discussion about CSO-led accountability mechanisms.
More information about the event will be included here once confirmed
17:30 - 19:00
Strengthening PHC: Combining Immunization and Nutrition to Improve Children’s Health
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdom (FCDO); Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; the Eleanor Crook Foundation (ECF); and the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, will be hosting a high-level side event titled "Strengthening PHC: Combining Immunization and Nutrition to Improve Children’s Health" at the WHA77.
The event will feature a panel of high-level speakers from Member States and global health institutions, including Dr. Sania Nishtar, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, chaired by Afshan Khan, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Coordinator.
In-person attendance: In-person attendance will be by Invite only.
Virtual Attendance: To attend virtually, please click here to register .
18:00 - 20:00
Lives in the Balance - Invest in What Matters: Making the Case for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent Health and Well-Being
Event organized by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH)
Register here for more information and attendance
18:00 - 21:15
Launch of the report: Prevention and control of Iodine deficiency in the WHO European Region: Adapting to changes in diet and lifestyle
Organized by WHO Regional Office for Europe, the Iodine Global Network, with support from Kiwanis International, Sponsored by the governments of Switzerland and Germany; and the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement
Venue: Salle Carson, Maison Internationale des Associations, Rue des Savoises 15, 1205 Geneva
More information about the event will be included here once confirmed.
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16:00 - 20:00
Wasting prevention including complementary feeding
More information about the event will be included here once confirmed
17:30 - 19:00
Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN) Roundtable
More information about the event will be included here once confirmed
18:00 - 20:00
Beyond Empowerment: Next Steps for Women's Leadership in Global Health
Organisers: Co-hosted by Pathfinder and Women in Global Health
More information about the event will be included here once confirmed
13:00 - 14:15
Roundtable on climate and health
Organisers: The Governments of The Netherlands and Peru
More information about the event will be included here once confirmed