World Health +SocialGood
The fifth year of the World Health +SocialGood event was broadcasted live from the World Health Assembly
The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the supreme decision-making body of the World Health Organization. Held annually in Geneva, Switzerland, WHA is attended by delegations from all 194 World Health Organization (WHO) Member States.
WHA focuses on a health agenda that covers a wide range of key global health issues from non-communicable diseases, to nutrition, to emergency outbreaks, to universal health coverage. This year, WHO’s 70th anniversary, Member States voted on the Director-General’s General Programme of Work that will guide the organization through 2023. Learn more about the 71st World Health Assembly here.
On May 22, 23, and 24, at the seventy-first WHA, WHO and the United Nations Foundation partnered to produce World Health +SocialGood.
Through a daily live, 30-minute online broadcast, World Health +SocialGood provided insight into the major issues being debated at the World Health Assembly, while offering exclusive, original content and conversations with experts — including opportunities for viewers to ask questions.
Find our three day program and added highlights below!
Day 1: Bringing Health to All: Universal Health Coverage / Celebrating 70 Years of WHO
- Universal health coverage: what it means and how we can achieve it
- Smallpox: the story of eradication
Find our summary of the conversation here. Watch the full program here:
Day 2: Promoting Health: Keeping Healthy in Today’s World
- Air pollution
- Transfats
- Assistive technologies
- Maternal, child and adolescent health
Find our summary of the conversation here. Watch the full program here:
Day 3: Keeping the World Safe and Protecting the Vulnerable: Working in Outbreaks and Emergencies
- Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Cox’s Bazar
- Vaccination to prevent and contain outbreaks
- EPI: the early days
- Influenza: prevention and control
Find our summary of the conversation here. Watch the full program here:
Find other exciting coverage of our time at the World Health Assembly here.
