Review of the draft provisional agenda of the 154th Session of the WHO Executive Board

1. Review of the draft provisional
agenda of the 154th Session of the
WHO Executive Board
Dr Christoph Hamelmann
Chef de Cabinet

2. • The 154th Session of the Executive Board will be held in
Geneva, from 22 January to 27 February 2024
• Modality: in person
• 26 Agenda items under four GPW13
pillars
The 154th Session of the Executive Board

3. Commencement of the Session
• Adoption of the Agenda
• Report by the Director-General
• Report of the Regional Committees to the Executive Board
• Report of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the
Executive Board
• Report of the Standing Committee on Health Emergency Prevention,
Preparedness and Response

4. Pillar 1: One billion more people benefiting from
universal health coverage
• Follow-up to the political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the
UN General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable
diseases
• WHO global strategy on infection prevention and control
• Immunization agenda 2030
• End TB strategy
• Road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030

5. Pillar 2: One billion more people better protected
from health emergencies
• WHO’s work in health emergencies
 Implementation of resolution WHA75.11 (2022)
• Global Health and Peace Initiative
• Poliomyelitis
 Poliomyelitis eradication
 Polio transition planning and polio post-certification
• Smallpox eradication: destruction of variola virus stocks

6. Pillar 3: One billion more people enjoying better
health and well-being
• Social determinants of health
• Maternal, infant and young child nutrition
• Well-being and health promotion
• The impact of chemicals, waste and pollution on human health

7. Pillar 4: More effective and efficient WHO
providing better support to countries
• Budget and finance matters
• Management and governance matters
• Provisional agenda of 77th World Health Assembly and date and place of
the 155th session of the Executive Board
• Committees of the Executive Board
• Staffing matters
• Report on meetings of expert committees and study groups

8. Proposals from our region to EB154 agenda
• Iraq
1. Authorizing the country office to implement health programme budgets
according to country priorities
2. Nutrition for patients at Iraqi hospitals
3. Emergency medical services
• Morocco
1. Promotion of health of refugees and migrants
2. Haemophilia and others

9. Proposals from our region to EB154 agenda
• Qatar
1. Health and sports
• Somalia
1. Acceleration towards SDG target for maternal health (3.1) and child
mortality (3.2)

10. THANK YOU!