January 2021
Geneva
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EB148/1 - Provisional agenda
EB148/1(annotated) - Provisional agenda (annotated).Note in particular, the Note at the bottom of the annotated agenda which explains further the origins of some of the items.
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Agenda
1
Opening of the session and adoption of the agenda
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Debate
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4
Report of PBAC
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Debate
Debate
5
Global action on patient safety
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Debate
Action
6
Political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
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Debate
Debate
7
Access to effective treatments for cancer & rare & orphan diseases, including medicines, vaccines, medical devices, diagnostics, assistive products, cell and gene therapies etc; transparency of markets for medicines, vaccines, and other health products
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Debate
Debate
8
Global strategy and plan of action on public health, innovation and intellectual property
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Debate
Debate
9
Antimicrobial resistance
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10
Substandard and falsified medical products
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11
Standardization of medical devices nomenclature
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Debate
12
Immunization agenda 2030
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13
Integrated people-centred eye care, including preventable vision impairment and blindness
Debate
14
Public health emergencies: preparedness and response
14.1
COVID-19 response
14.2
WHO’s work in health emergencies
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14.3
Mental health preparedness and response for the Covid pandemic
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14.4
The public health implications of implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
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Debate
15
Poliomyelitis
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15.2
Polio transition planning and polio post-certification
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16
Social determinants of health
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Debate
Action
Action
17
Budget and finance matters
17.1
Proposed programme budget 2022–2023
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Action
17.2
Financing and implementation of the Programme budget 2020–2021
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17.4
Status of collection of assessed contributions, including Member States in arrears in the payment of their contributions to an extent that would justify invoking Article 7 of the Constitution
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Debate
17.5
Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules [if any]
18
Update on the Infrastructure Fund
18.1
Update on information management and technology
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Debate
18.2
Geneva buildings renovation strategy
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Debate
Debate
19
Governance matters
19.1
WHO transformation
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19.2
WHO reform: governance; World Health Days, involvement of NSAs in WHO's GBs
19.3
Global strategies and plans of action that are scheduled to expire within one year
Debate
19.4
Process for the election of the Director-General of the World Health Organization
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Debate
19.5
Engagement with non-State actors: (i) report implementation of FENSA; (ii) NSAs in ORs with WHO
Action
20
Committees of the Executive Board
21.1
Statement by the representative of the WHO staff associations
Debate
Debate
21.2
Report of the Ombudsman
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Debate
Debate
21.3
Human resources update
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Debate
Debate
21.4
Amendments to the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules [if any]
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Debate
Debate
Action
Action
22
Report on meetings of expert committees and study groups
23
Closure