The Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly is being held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 27 May – 1 June 2024. The theme of this year’s Health Assembly is: All for Health, Health for All.

During the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly, a series of strategic roundtables will be held. During these sessions, WHA delegates, partner agencies, representatives of civil society and WHO experts will discuss current and future priorities for public health issues of global importance.

Among other TB control priorities, the conference agenda includes innovations/best practices in implementing airborne TB infection control and prevention in high-risk settings.

More info: https://tbconference.co.za/

Among other TB control priorities, the conference agenda includes innovations/best practices in implementing airborne TB infection control and prevention in high-risk settings.

More info: https://tbconference.co.za/

Among other TB control priorities, the conference agenda includes innovations/best practices in implementing airborne TB infection control and prevention in high-risk settings.

More info: https://tbconference.co.za/

Among other TB control priorities, the conference agenda includes innovations/best practices in implementing airborne TB infection control and prevention in high-risk settings.

More info: https://tbconference.co.za/

The G7 Summit will be held in Borgo Egnazia, in Apulia, on June 13-15, 2024. The event will bring together the Leaders of the seven member States, as well as the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission representing the European Union.

In line with previous G7 fora, representatives of a number of States and International Organizations will take part in the work, invited by the Nation that holds the Presidency.

The G7 Summit will be held in Borgo Egnazia, in Apulia, on June 13-15, 2024. The event will bring together the Leaders of the seven member States, as well as the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission representing the European Union.

In line with previous G7 fora, representatives of a number of States and International Organizations will take part in the work, invited by the Nation that holds the Presidency.

Every year countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day (WBDD). The event serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.

A blood service that gives patients access to safe blood and blood products in sufficient quantity is a key component of an effective health system. The global theme of World Blood Donor Day changes each year in recognition of the selfless individuals who donate their blood for people unknown to them.

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The G7 Summit will be held in Borgo Egnazia, in Apulia, on June 13-15, 2024. The event will bring together the Leaders of the seven member States, as well as the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission representing the European Union.

In line with previous G7 fora, representatives of a number of States and International Organizations will take part in the work, invited by the Nation that holds the Presidency.

World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on 20 June and celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution. 

This meeting, which is organized jointly by WHO/Europe and the Stop TB Partnership, will revisit the commitments of the September 2023 UN high-level meeting on the fight against TB.

Ministers of health and other decision-makers from some TB high-priority countries of the WHO European Region will join Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge (WHO Regional Director for Europe), Lucica Ditiu (Executive Director of the Stop TB Partnership) and Robb Butler (Director of the Division of Communicable Diseases, Environment and Health).

Participants will update on national progress towards achieving the commitments made in the resolution adopted at the UN General Assembly in September 2023.

The commitments in the resolution included specific numeric targets on diagnosis, treatment and prevention, as well as financing, including:

• diagnosis and treatment for 90% of people who develop TB;
• preventive treatment for 90% of people at high risk of developing TB;
• health and social benefits for 100% of people with TB to prevent financial hardship; and
• sustainable finance to reach US$ 22 billion a year globally by 2027, increasing funding from bilateral donors and mobilizing resources for research and innovation.

Non-numeric commitments covered matters such as:

• ambitious, funded national TB strategic plans/strategies that involve civil society organizations and other stakeholders;
• strengthening data and surveillance;
• safeguarding TB services during humanitarian and health emergencies;
• nurturing research and development;
• accelerating progress towards a safe, effective vaccine;
• improving access to drugs, diagnostics and new tools;
• strengthening and improving the primary health-care response to TB;
• greater collaboration between TB and HIV services;
• ending the drug-resistant TB crisis; and
• accepting accountability for these commitments.

This meeting, which is organized jointly by WHO/Europe and the Stop TB Partnership, will revisit the commitments of the September 2023 UN high-level meeting on the fight against TB.

Ministers of health and other decision-makers from some TB high-priority countries of the WHO European Region will join Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge (WHO Regional Director for Europe), Lucica Ditiu (Executive Director of the Stop TB Partnership) and Robb Butler (Director of the Division of Communicable Diseases, Environment and Health).

Participants will update on national progress towards achieving the commitments made in the resolution adopted at the UN General Assembly in September 2023.

The commitments in the resolution included specific numeric targets on diagnosis, treatment and prevention, as well as financing, including:

• diagnosis and treatment for 90% of people who develop TB;
• preventive treatment for 90% of people at high risk of developing TB;
• health and social benefits for 100% of people with TB to prevent financial hardship; and
• sustainable finance to reach US$ 22 billion a year globally by 2027, increasing funding from bilateral donors and mobilizing resources for research and innovation.

Non-numeric commitments covered matters such as:

• ambitious, funded national TB strategic plans/strategies that involve civil society organizations and other stakeholders;
• strengthening data and surveillance;
• safeguarding TB services during humanitarian and health emergencies;
• nurturing research and development;
• accelerating progress towards a safe, effective vaccine;
• improving access to drugs, diagnostics and new tools;
• strengthening and improving the primary health-care response to TB;
• greater collaboration between TB and HIV services;
• ending the drug-resistant TB crisis; and
• accepting accountability for these commitments.