A group of 12 students were embedded as delegates to NCD Alliance members at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, May 23-28.
The decision-making body of the World Health Organization, the WHA is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the executive board. The students attended the assembly as part of the course “Global Health Governance & Diplomacy in Practice in Geneva at the World Health Assembly.”
The students were placed on four delegations from the NCD Alliance—Alzheimer’s Disease International, International Diabetes Federation, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Union for International Cancer Control and World Heart Federation,
See their posts, photos and other media during and after the assembly in the links below.
Updates
- International politics unfold at World Health Assembly (7/13/2016)
- Five Takeaways from the 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva (6/27/2016)
- In Geneva, Global Health Diplomacy and Governance in Action (5/23/2016)
USC Global Health Blog
- “The @WHO #WHA69 with @USCGlobalHealth” by Madison Webb
- “Obesity, Under-nutrition, and Jamie Oliver” by Jasmine Patel
- “Where are the youth advocates for NCD prevention? Why are they silent?” by Cristina Gago
- “Working Together to Create Sustainable Change” by Annette Trejo
- “Cancer Care in the Middle East” by Isha Kali
- “A Day of Health, Human Rights and Global Strategy” by Dawn Chisholm
- “Learning doesn’t have to come from a book” by Amy Nham
- “Have a positive impact on everyone you meet” by Gregory Lee
- “It Takes a Village” by Elizabeth Quintero Osuna
- “A Week of New Experiences at the 69th WHA” by Ruya Kristal Sayim
- “Bettering health…through finances?” by Parnian Khorsand
- “Language of the World Health Organization: Transparent, Evidence-Based, and Interdisciplinary” by Cristina Gago
- “Making a Global Impact” by Isha Kalia
- “What does “multisectoral” really mean?” by Amy Nham
- “Global Health, Refugees and Humanitarian Diplomacy” by Dawn Chisholm
- “An Insightful Experience” by Ruya Kristal Sayim
Social Highlights
#WHA69 day 1 is about to begin! @USCGlobalHealth is right in the action. @who @unglobalhealth pic.twitter.com/ZvxzZwUqRo
— Madison Thomason (@madi4peace) May 23, 2016
Opening of the 69th World Health Assembly! @USCGlobalHealth right in the action #WHA69 pic.twitter.com/53rsA8mqZX
— Elizabeth Ross (@bethiemross) May 23, 2016
#WHA69 intro: "The realization of the 2030 agenda will require collaboration between state actors and non state actors" @USCGlobalHealth
— Madison Thomason (@madi4peace) May 23, 2016
So excited to see delegates of the W.H.O. supporting progressive reforms! #wha69 @USCGlobalHealth pic.twitter.com/jRzGa1tkmy
— Cristina Gago (@cristinamgago) May 23, 2016
#WHA69 will decide this week whether to raise the Health Emergencies budget by $160M, for a total core budget of $494M @WHO @USCGlobalHealth
— Madison Thomason (@madi4peace) May 22, 2016
So excited watching history take place. WHO striving towards progress and reform! @USCGlobalHealth #WHA69 pic.twitter.com/0LPpqqukQl
— Annette Trejo (@annette_trejo) May 23, 2016