Executive Board Companion
Executive Board Meeting, 130th session, January 16-23, 2012
The Executive Board Meeting is important in the lead-up to the World Health Assembly (WHA). The Executive Board is composed of 34 members, each appointed by a Member State and elected by the WHA. The members of the Board are individuals with technical expertise in the field of health, and serve terms of 3 years. The role of the Board, among other things, is to prepare the Assembly’s agenda, to give effect to decisions of the WHA and to advise the WHA. The Board convenes twice a year, once in January and then again in May, following the WHA.
The Global Health Diplomacy Network (GHD-NET) seeks to improve capacity for health diplomacy by using training, research, and information-sharing to ensure that all participants can be more engaged and in a position to influence the outcomes of international negotiations.
In this context, we have prepared a companion to the EB agenda. Based on the provisional agenda of the executive board meeting, the companion highlights resources available on the GHD-Net website for use in preparation for the Assembly. These resources include articles from the Health Diplomacy Monitor (HDM), the Health and Foreign Policy Bulletin (HFPB), and materials posted on the website about ongoing negotiations.
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Note: HDM indicates the Health Diplomacy Monitor. HFPB indicates the Health and Foreign Policy Bulletin.
Agenda item 5: WHO Reform
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- HDM v2 i5: Special session of the WHO Executive Board to discuss Reforms at the WHO
- HFPB v3 i8: Reeves, Margaret & Suzanne Brundage. 2011. Report: Leveraging the World Health Organization‘s Core Strengths. Centre for Strategic International Studies online (May).
- HFPB v3 i7: Butler, Declan. 2011. Revamp for WHO. Nature News online (24 May).
Agenda Item 6.1: Prevention and Control of non-communicable diseases
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- Official document EB130/6: Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, Outcomes of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases and the First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Noncommunicable Disease Control. Report by the Secretariat
- Official document EB 130/7 Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases
- Implementation of the global strategy for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and the action plan. Report by the Secretariat
- HDM v2 i5: Missed opportunity at the first UN high-level meeting on non-communicable disease
- HDM v2 i4: Negotiations on the Outcome Document for the Upcoming UN High-Level NCDs meeting postponed
- HDM v2 i3: Small Steps taken at the Moscow Ministerial Meeting and WHA on preparing for the UN High-level Meeting on NCDs
- HFPB v4 i2: Mattke, Soeren, et al. 2011. Improving Access to Medicines for Non-Communicable Diseases in the developing World. Rand Health online.
- HFPB v4 i2: Lien, G & K. DeLand 2011. Translating the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC): Can we use tobacco control as a model for other non-communicable disease control? Public Health online (29 October).
- HFPB v4 i1: Lamptey, Peter, et al. 2011. Informing the 2011 US session on noncommunicable diseases: Applying lessons from the AIDS response. PLoS Medicine Vol. 8, No. 9 (6 September).
- HFPB v3 i11: WHO. 2011. From burden to “best buys”: Reducing the economic impact of NCDs in low- and middle-income countries. World Health Organization and World Economic Forum online (18 September).
- HFPB v3 i9: Puska, Pekka. 2011. Non-communicable disease-neglected diseases in global health work? European Journal of Public Health. Vol. 21, Issue 3 (June).
Agenda item 6.5: Monitoring of the achievements of the health-related Millennium Development Goals
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- Official document EB 130/13: Monitoring of the achievement of the health-related Millennium Development Goals Progress in the achievement of the health-related Millennium Development Goals and global health goals after 2015. Report by the Secretariat
- HFPB v3 i11: Lozano, Rafael, et al. 2011. Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal and child mortality: an updated systematic analysis. The Lancet online (20 September).
- HFPB v3 i9: The United Nations. 2011. The Millennium Development Goals Report: 2011. United Nations online (June).
Agenda item 6.6: Social Determinants of Health: outcome of the World Conference on Social Determinants of health (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2011)
- Official document EB 130/15: Social determinants of health: outcome of the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2011). Report by the Secretariat
- HDM v2 i5: Clarity and Contradiction at the World Conference on Social Determinants
- HDM v2 i4: The upcoming Conference on Social determinants of Health
Agenda item 6.7: Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)
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- Official document EB 130/16: Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005). Report by the Director-General
- HDM v2 i3: General Support of the IHR Review Committee Report
Agenda item 6.9: Pandemic influenza preparedness: sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits: report on the work of the Advisory Group
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- HDM v2 i5: “Towards a Safer World” From Pandemic Preparedness to Emergency Preparedness.
- HDM v2 i3: The World Health Assembly Adopts Framework to Improve Pandemic Preparedness
- HFPB v4 i1: Derpmann, Simon. 2011. Ethical reasoning in pandemic preparedness plans – Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Bioethics Vol. 25, Issue 8 (October).
- HFPB V3 i9: Penn, Charles R. 2011. Future perfect? Improving preparedness through the experiences of the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic. Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 89, No. 7 (July).
- HFPB v3 i7: Gable, Lance, et al. 2011. Global Public Health Legal Responses to H1N1. Law, Medicine & Ethics Vol. 39, Issue Supplement s1. (Spring).
Agenda Item 6.13: Substandard/spurious/falsely labelled/falsified/counterfeit medical products: report of the Working Group of Member States.
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- Official document EB 130/22 Substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled/falsified/counterfeit medical products: report of the Working Group of Member States
- Official document EB130/22 add. 1 Report on financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of resolutions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board or Health Assembly
- HFPB v4 i2: Medetsky, Anatoly. 2011. Convention to Combat Fake Medicines Signed. The Moscow Times online (31 October).
- HFPB v3 i8: Arkinstall, James, et al. The reality behind the rhetoric: How European policies risk harming access to generic medicines in developing countries. Journal of Generic Medicines: The Business Journal for the Generic Medicines Sector. Vol. 8, Issue 1 (January).
Agenda item 6.14: Consultative expert working group on research and development: financing and coordination
- Official document EB130/23: Consultative expert working group on research and development: financing and coordination. Report by the Secretariat
Agenda item 6.15: WHO’s response, and role as the health cluster lead, in meeting the growing demands of health in humanitarian emergencies
- HDM v2 i2: Health Diplomacy and Humanitarian Emergencies: Debates at the Harvard Humanitarian Action Summit
- HDM v2 i2: Japan’s Natural Disaster and Global Health: the Role of APEC in mounting effective responses
- HFBP v4 i1: Weiss, William M, et al. 2011. Utilization of outpatient services in refugee settlement health facilities: a comparison by age, gender, and refugee versus host national status. Conflict and Health Vol. 5, issue 19 (21 September).
- HFBP v4 i1: ICRC 2011. Afghanistan: civilians still pay the price of conflict 10 years on. International Committee of the Red Cross online (3 October).
- HFBP v4 i1: Lee, Patrick T, et al. 2011. An analysis of Liberia’s 2007 National Health Policy: lessons for health systems strengthening and chronic disease care in poor, post-conflict countries. Globalization and Health Vol. 37 No. 37 (10 October).
- HFPB v3 i11: Bengtsson, Linus, et al. 2011. Improved Response to Disasters and Outbreaks by Tracking Population Movements with Mobile Phone Network Data: A Post-Earthquake Geospatial Study in Haiti. PLoS Medicine Vol. 8, No. 8 (August).
- HFPB v3 i10: ICRC 2011 Health care in danger: making the case. International Committee of the Red Cross online (10 August).
- HFPB v3 i11: PLoS Medicine Editors. 2011. Health Care Systems and Conflict: A Fragile State of Affairs. PLoS Medicine Vol. 8, No. 7 (July).
