Review of the draft provisional agenda of the 152nd session of the WHO Executive Board​

1. Review of the draft
provisional agenda of the
152nd session of the WHO
Executive Board
Dr Christoph Hamelmann
Chef de Cabinet

2. The 152nd session of the Executive Board
 The 152nd session of the Executive Board will be held in Geneva
from 30 January to 7 February 2023
 27 agenda items under four GPW 13 pillars
 Modality: in person
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3. Pillar 1: One billion more people benefiting from
universal health coverage
• Universal health coverage
• Political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General
Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable
diseases
• Substandard and falsified medical products
• Strengthening rehabilitation in health systems
• Draft global strategy on infection prevention and control
• Global road map on defeating meningitis by 2030
• Standardization of medical devices nomenclature
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4. Pillar 2: One billion more people better protected from
health emergencies
Public health emergencies: preparedness and response
• Strengthening WHO preparedness for and response to health emergencies
• Strengthening the global architecture for health emergency preparedness, response and
resilience
• Strengthening clinical trials to provide high-quality evidence on health interventions and
to improve research quality and coordination
• WHO’s work in health emergencies
• Global Health for Peace Initiative
Poliomyelitis
• Poliomyelitis eradication
• Polio transition planning and polio post-certification
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5. Pillar 3: One billion more people enjoying better
health and well-being
• Well-being and health promotion
• Ending violence against children through health systems strengthening
and multisectoral approaches
• Social determinants of health
• The highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities
• United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016−2025)
• Behavioural science for better health
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6. Pillar 4: More effective and efficient WHO providing
better support to countries
• Budget and finance matters
• Management matters
• Update on the Infrastructure Fund
• Governance matters
• Committees of the Executive Board
• Staffing matters
• Report on meetings of expert committees and
study groups
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7. Requests from our Region*
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• Oman: Requested to include AMR action
plan for human health to the agenda of
EB152
• Morocco: Requested to include
extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) to
the agenda of EB152
• Final version of the agenda expected by
end November
*As received following the circulation of the draft EB152 agenda

8. Thank
you
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