FINAL WHA SCRUM AND
DELEGATE LOGISTICS WEBINARMAY 9, 2017
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
WELCOME & LOGISTICSLOYCE PACE | PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
If you would like to ask a question,
please use the chat box
When asking a question, please type
your full name and organization:
Ex. John Smith, Global Health Council:
How do I ask a question?
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
AGENDA
—Welcome & Logistics GHC’s Preparations for WHA
The GHC Team and GHC’s Delegates & Advocates
WHA Side-Events
Communications
— Guidance for GHC Delegates Key Talking Points
Submitting Statements
Collecting Badges
— First Time Delegates
— Q&A
— Closing
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
ABOUT GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL
GHC is the leading membership
organization supporting and
connecting advocates, implementers,
and stakeholders around global
health priorities worldwide. The
organization represents the
collaborative voice of the community
on key issues, convenes stakeholders
around key priorities, and actively
engages with decision makers to
influence global health policy.
Join Today! www.globalhealth.org/join
GHC’S PREPARATIONS
FOR WHA
Thank you for all who participated in our World Health Assembly (WHA) Policy Scrum Series this year
If you would like to view an archive of previous scrums (recordings, PowerPoint presentations, and notes), please visit: http://globalhealth.org/what-we-do/member-engagement/wha70/
GHC and several of our members/delegates attended HHS’s WHA Stakeholder Listening Session on May 5 and offered statements
GHC held small group discussions with WHO Director-General candidates this Spring
We will disseminate main takeaways from those discussions soon
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
THE GHC TEAM
Loyce Pace
President & Executive
Director
Liz Kohlway,
Communications &
Member Engagement
Manager
Danielle Heiberg,
Senior Advocacy
Manager
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
THE GHC DELEGATION
GHC will be represented at WHA with a delegation of 69 members
Organizations represented include: American Academy of Pediatrics, American
Osteopathic Association, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Chemonics
International, CORE Group, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Foundation, Frontline Health
Workers Coalition, FSG, Global Health Technologies Coalition, IntraHealth
International, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Management
Sciences for Health, NCD Child, NCD Roundtable, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI),
PATH, Public Health Institute, RESULTS, RTI International, University of Utah, White
Ribbon Alliance, Women in Global Health, United States Pharmacopeial Convention
We also have a number of GHC Advocates who joined us this year
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
SEVENTIETH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
WHA opens Monday, May 22 at 9:30 AM CET and will close on Wednesday, May 31, time TBD.
Working hours are from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM and from 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Official proceedings occur in the Palais des Nations, located near Place des Nations and Avenue de la Paix – most easily reached by the entrance gate on Route de Pregny.
You must show your WHA badge to get into the grounds (and wear it at all times within the grounds)
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
GHC’S WHA SIDE EVENTS
GHC will be hosting the following events:
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
MORE WHA SIDE-EVENTS
Additional official and unofficial side-events can be found on GHC’s
Special Events Calendar:
http://globalhealth.org/events/category/special-events/
If you have a side-event for our calendar, please email
[email protected] with the subject heading “WHA SIDE-EVENT”
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
COMMUNICATIONS
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
GHC will be sharing social media content in the days leading up to, during, and
followingWHA70
A Social Media Guide will be sent out to delegates on May 17
A brief Social Media Alert will be sent out each morning from May 21 – 25
GHC’s main themes: Welcome to WHA; Global Health Security; Priorities of
the next WHO Director General; Health Systems Strengthening; and Crucial
Conversations – What Next?
Please engage with us on Facebook and Twitter!
COMMUNICATIONS
GHC is excited to share takeaways from our spirited team of delegates and we invite all of you to be our eyes and ears during these critical conversations
Please view our Blog Guidelines and send us your best moments and reflections from WHA70: http://globalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/GHCBlogGuidelines2015.pdf
To be featured in our WHA70 Storify; please send photos with quotes/captions from your side-events to [email protected], or tag us in your tweets
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
GUIDANCE FOR GHC
DELEGATESLOYCE PACE | PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
KEY TALKING POINTS
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
Available online:
http://globalhealth.org/
wp-
content/uploads/20172
020Strategy_April2017
SUBMITTING STATEMENTS
GHC delegates can submit
statements for review and
possible inclusion in GHC’s
submission to the WHA official
record
Full Guidelines:
http://globalhealth.org/wp-
content/uploads/WHAStatementSu
bmissionGuidelines2017.pdf
Deadline to submit is May 18
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA69
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Statements must address a particular agenda item and be aligned with GHC’s mission, vision, and values
You (or a representative from your organization) must be present or identify a GHC delegate to read the statement for it to be recorded in the official WHA record
Check the daily journal on the main WHA site: http://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_wha70.html
OTHER IMPORTANT NOTES
GHC WHA Delegate & Advocate Google Group: If you have not
received an invite to this group, let us know ASAP. All important
delegate communications will be sent through this channel.
Letter of Credentials: We will send a final version of this document
this week. If you have corrections, please let us know as soon as possible.
Be sure to print this document and bring it with you.
GHC @ WHA ~ http://globalhealth.org/what-we-do/member-
engagement/wha70/
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
OTHER IMPORTANT NOTES
GHC Delegate Briefings: We will send out a poll to gauge interest in
having morning briefings (Monday – Thursday)
WHA Side-Meetings: Please share any intel from any side meetings
with Danielle Heiberg ([email protected])
141th Session of the WHO Executive Board ~ June 1-2
If you would like to attend as a GHC delegate, let us know by Wednesday,
May 17.
Agenda and documents: http://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_eb141.html
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
COLLECTING BADGES
There will be two main opportunities to pick up your badge:
I. GHC’s Welcome Salon at Hotel Royal (Rue de Lausanne 41, 1201 Genève):
Sunday, May 21, 2:00 – 4:00 PM CET
II. InterContinental Hotel Lobby (Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 7-9, 1209 Genève):
Monday, May 22, 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM CET
Please note that you may designate a colleague to pick up your badge, but you must
let us know in advance.
We will return all unclaimed WHA badges to the WHO Reception Desk on Monday
afternoon (WHO Headquarters: Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27). *You will
need to bring the letter of credentials and a proof of identity (i.e. passport) in order to pick up your badge.
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
FIRST TIME DELEGATESDR. INON SCHENKER | GHC DELEGATE
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
INFORMATION FOR NEW DELEGATES
INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY:
A BRIEFING FOR NEW DELEGATES
Organized by the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute and the United Nations Foundation
May 21, 20173:00 – 6:00 pm CET
Maison de la paix, the Graduate Institute
Register and More Info: http://globalhealth.org/event/introduction-to-the-world-
health-assembly-a-briefing-for-new-delegates-2/
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
WHO’s “Guide for delegates
to the World Health
Assembly”:
http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf
_files/WHA70/A70_Div2-en.pdf(Information about behavior within the
Palais, shuttle, internet, post office, etc.)
PALAIS DES NATIONS GROUNDS
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
View map of the
Palais des
Nations:
http://unctad-
worldinvestmentfo
rum.org/wp-
content/uploads/20
14/10/Map-Palais-
des-Nations.png
WHA70 DOCUMENTATION
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
All WHA documentation
can be found here:
http://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_wha7
0.html
Note: The WHA agenda
changes daily – a new journal
with the schedule for the day
is issued each morning
Preliminary Journal (May 1,
2017):
Next Journal May 22
WHA70 DOCUMENTATION
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
WHA70 SESSIONS & ACTIVITIES
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
Several sessions run
concurrently during WHA
There are also a number of
activities that take place in
and outside of the Palais
grounds
Side-events
Technical briefings
INSIDE THE PALAIS
.
Seating is reserved in galleries for those with badges. For the Plenary, the seating space is located on the 5th floor (use lifts close to Doors 13 and 15)
For Committees A and B, seating has been reserved in the wings of the rooms
Some sessions will be live streamed: http://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_wha70.html
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
INSIDE THE PALAIS
.
The Serpentine (or Delegate
Lounge) is the main café in the
Palais
Good meeting spot, although
crowded
Contains limited (and
expensive) food options (bring
along some snacks if you can!)
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
QUICK TIPS
.
You are allowed to bring with you laptops, cell phones, etc. onto the
grounds of the Palais, but you will need to pass through security first
Bring with you:
An umbrella!
Warm layers
Power strip
Plug converters (Switzerland specific)
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
Document contains restaurants, grocer stores, airport
information, currency rate, public transportation and more!
PDF Document:
http://tinyurl.com/WHA70ThingstoKnowBeforeYouGo
Google Map of WHA Hot Spots:
http://tinyurl.com/WHAHotSpots
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING!QUESTIONS? E-MAIL: [email protected]
SEE YOU IN GENEVA!
@GlobalHealthOrg #WHA70
Top Related