EB144

January 2019
Geneva

Official EB144 page

Provisional agenda (EB144/1)

Resolutions and decisions (EB144/2019/REC/1) 

Summary records EB144/2019/REC2

Full PHM analysis and commentary (PDF version)

See also the EB144 page on the WHO Watch site (https://www.ghwatch.org/eb144) where MMI/PHM statements are posted.

Agenda

01
Opening of the session and adoption of the agenda
Documents
Documents
EB144/1
EB144/1 (annotated)
02
Report by the Director-General
Documents
Documents
EB144/2
03
Report of the Regional Committees
Documents
Documents
EB144/3
Debate
Debate
PSR2
04
Report of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the EB
Documents
Documents
EB144/4
Debate
Debate
PSR2
05
Strategic priority matters
05.1
Proposed programme budget 2020-2021
Documents
Documents
EB144/5 - Revised draft PB20-21
EB144/6 - Value for money
EB144/7 - Impact framework
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR3
PSR4
05.2
Public health preparedness and response: Report of the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme
Documents
Documents
EB144/8 - Fifth report of IOAC for WHO HEP
WHO’s Emergency Response Framework (2017)
PHM comment
Five Year Global Strategic Plan for IHR capacity building (A71/8)
Debate
Debate
PSR7
PSR8
05.3
Polio
Documents
Documents
EB144/9 - Eradication
EB144/10 - Transition
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR4 - Eradication
PSR4 - Transition
05.4
Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Documents
Documents
EB144/11
WHA69.11 (2016)
Tracker index to recent discussions of SDGs
GHW5 Chapter A1 on the SDGs
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR5
PSR6
05.5
Universal health coverage
Documents
Documents
EB144/12 - Primary health care towards universal health coverage
EB144/13 - Community health workers delivering primary health care: opportunities and challenges
EB144/14 - Preparation for the high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on universal health coverage
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR6 - PHC towards UHC
PSR7 - PHC towards UHC
PSR8 - CHWs delivering PHC
PSR16 - Preparation for HLM of UNGA on UHC
PSR17 - PHC towards UHC
Action
Action
EB144.R9: Primary health care towards universal health coverage
EB144.R4 - Community health workers delivering PHC: opportunities and challenges
EB144.R10 - Preparation for the high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on universal health coverage
05.6
Health, environment and climate change
Documents
Documents
EB144/15
EB144/16
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR9
05.7
Medicines, vaccines and health products
Documents
Documents
EB144/17 - Access to medicines and vaccines
EB144/18 - Cancer medicines
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR9 - Access to medicines and vaccines
PSR10 - Access to medicines and vaccines
PSR10 - Cancer medicines
Catherine Saez, IPW (29 Jan 2019) WHO Holds Discussions On Roadmap For Improving Access To Medicines
David Branigan, IPW (30 Jan 2019) WHO Member States Call For Transparency, Access To Innovation On Cancer Drug Pricing
05.8
Follow-up to the high-level meetings of the United Nations General Assembly on health-related issues
Documents
Documents
EB144/19 - Antimicrobial resistance
EB144/20 - Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases
EB144/20 Add.1 - Proposed work plan for 2020 for the GCM on NCDs
EB144/21 - Ending tuberculosis
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR10 - NCDs
PSR11- NCDs
PSR11 - TB
PSR15 - AMR
PSR16 - AMR
PSR17 - AMR
Action
Action
EB144(1). Follow-up to the political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
EB144.R11 - Antimicrobial resistance adopted.
05.9
Eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases
Documents
Documents
EB144/22
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR11
PSR12
PSR16
06
Other technical matters
06.1
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework for the sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits
Documents
Documents
EB144/23
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR12
PSR14
Action
Action
EB144(6) - PIP Framework (not finalised!)
06.2
Member State mechanism on substandard and falsified medical products
Documents
Documents
EB144/24
Appendix to the sixth meeting open for references to ‘activities’
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR12
06.3
Human resources for health
Documents
Documents
EB144/25 - Findings across WHO regions from the third round of national reporting on implementation of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel
EB144/26 - progress made in the implementation of various resolutions and strategies
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR12
06.4
Promoting the health of refugees and migrants
Documents
Documents
EB144/27 - draft global action plan on the health of refugees and migrants
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR13
06.5
Accelerating cervical cancer elimination
Documents
Documents
EB144/28
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR12
PSR13
Action
Action
EB144(2) - Accelerating the elimination of cervical cancer as a global public health problem
06.6
Patient safety
Documents
Documents
EB144/29 - Global action on patient safety
EB144/30 - Water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR13 - WASH in health care facilities
PSR16 - Global action on patient safety
PSR17 - Global action on patient safety
Action
Action
EB144.R12 Global Action on Patient Safety
EB144.R5 - Water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities
07
Managerial, administrative and governance matters
07.1
WHO reform processes, including the transformation agenda, and implementation of United Nations development system reform
Documents
Documents
EB144/31 - Overview of work on WHO Transformation
EB144/32 - Failure of 'prioritisation tool'
EB144/33 - Gender specific pronouns in rules of procedure
EB144/34 - Agenda Control (Chairperson's summary outcomes of informal consultations on governance reform)
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR2
PSR3
PSR14
Action
Action
EB144(4) - Gender specific language (option 2)
EB144(3) - Agenda control
07.2
Evaluation of the election of the Director-General of the World Health Organization
Documents
Documents
EB144/35
Debate
Debate
PSR14
07.3
Engagement with non-State actors
Documents
Documents
EB144/36 - Annual report on engagement with non-State actors
EB144/37 - Applications for admittance and review of collaboration
EB144/4 paras 44-47 - PBAC Advice on EB144/36 and EB144/37
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR14
Action
Action
EB144(5) - deals with individual NSAs
07.4
Membership of the Independent Expert Oversight Advisory Committee [if any]
07.5
Multilingualism
Documents
Documents
EB144/38
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR14
07.6
World Health Days
Documents
Documents
EB144/39 Rev.1
Debate
Debate
PSR14
07.7
Reports of committees of the Executive Board
Documents
Documents
EB144/40
Debate
Debate
PSR17 - Foundations and awards
07.8
Future meetings of the governing bodies
Documents
Documents
EB144/41 Rev.1: Provisional agenda of the Seventy-second World Health Assembly
EB144/42: Date and place of the 145th session of the Executive Board
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR17 - Provisional agenda for WHA72
PSR17 - Date and place of EB145
08
Financial Matters
08.1
Overview of financing and implementation of the Programme budget 2018–2019
Documents
Documents
EB144/43
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR2
08.2
Scale of assessments for 2020–2021
Documents
Documents
EB144/44
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR15
Action
Action
EB144.R6 - Scale of assessments for 2020–2021
08.3
Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules [if any]
09
Human Resources
09.1
Appointment of the Regional Director for South-East Asia
Documents
Documents
EB144/45
Debate
Debate
PSR5
Action
Action
EB144.R1
09.2
Appointment of the Regional Director for the Western Pacific
Documents
Documents
EB144/46
Debate
Debate
PSR5
Action
Action
EB144.R2
09.3
Statement by the representative of the WHO staff associations
Documents
Documents
EB144/Inf./1
Debate
Debate
PSR15
09.4
Report of the Ombudsman
Documents
Documents
EB144/INF./2
Debate
Debate
PSR15
09.5
Human resources update, including on the global internship programme
Documents
Documents
EB144/47
EB144/47 Add.1
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR15
09.6
Report of the International Civil Service Commission
Documents
Documents
EB144/48
Debate
Debate
PSR15
09.7
Amendments to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules
Debate
Debate
PSR15
10
Matters for Information
10.1
Outcome of the Second International Conference on Nutrition
Documents
Documents
EB144/50
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR15
10.2
Evaluation: update
Documents
Documents
EB144/51
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR15
10.3
Reports of advisory bodies
Documents
Documents
EB144/52
EB144/52 Add.1
PHM comment
Debate
Debate
PSR15
11
Closure of the session
Debate
Debate
PSR17