"HEALTH POLICY"

Press Conference by Angeli Achrekar, the UN Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), on the Global AIDS Update report 2023.  

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The speakers will be H.E Mr. Tarek Ladeb, Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations and President of the COSP16; along with Ms. Diane Bergeron, President of CNIB Guide Dogs.  

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that “the continuing negotiations on the pandemic accord and amendments to the International Health Regulations are an unprecedented opportunity for us all to learn from the successes and failures of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.” WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing the 2023 edition of its annual World Health Statistics report with new figures on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and the latest statistics on progress towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). WHO

The IMF issued a gloomy forecast for global growth, downgrading its forecast for 2023 in its World Economic Outlook report issued Tuesday in Washington, D.C. IMF

General Assembly adopts four resolutions, including contested text addressing justice for victims of sexual violence.

The World Health Organization today released its largest review of world mental health since the turn of the century. The detailed work provides a blueprint for governments, academics, health professionals, civil society and others with an ambition to support the world in transforming mental health. WHO