WHA: 69th World Health Assembly 23 - 28 May 2016

The 69th World Health Assembly was held in Geneva from 23 - 28 May 2016. Central items on the agenda included the framework of action with non-state actors, WHO's response in large scale emergencies, tobacco control, Public Health dimensions of the world drug problem, access to drugs and healthy ageing. See links to Norwegian statements, as well as joint statements, below.

Item 12.1: Maternal, infant and young child nutrition

Item 12.4: Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases

Item 12.5: Strengthening synergies between the World Health Assembly and the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Item 12.6: Public health dimension of the world drug problem

Item 13.2: Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Item 13.3: Operational plan to take forward the Global Strategy on Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health

Item 13.4: Multisectoral action for a life course approach to healthy ageing: draft global strategy and plan of action on ageing and health

Item 13.5: Health and the environment: draft road map for an enhanced global response to the adverse health effects of air pollution

Item 14.1: Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)

Item 14.3: Smallpox eradication: destruction of the variola virus stocks

Item 14.4: Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance

Item 14.5: Poliomyelitis

Item 14.8: Ebola virus disease outbreak

Item 14.9: Reform of WHO’s work in health emergency management

Item 15.2: Global Vaccine Action Plan

Item 16.1: Health workforce and services

Item 16.1: Health workforce and services

Item 16.4: Addressing the global shortages of medicines, and the safety and accessibility of children's medication

Item 17: Progress reports

Item 20.1: Unified programmatic and financial report as at 31 December 2015