FINAL WHA SCRUM AND

DELEGATE LOGISTICS WEBINARMAY 9, 2017

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WELCOME & LOGISTICSLOYCE PACE | PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL

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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

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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

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THE GHC TEAM

Loyce Pace

President & Executive

Director

Liz Kohlway,

Communications &

Member Engagement

Manager

Danielle Heiberg,

Senior Advocacy

Manager

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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

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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)

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GHC’S WHA SIDE EVENTS

GHC will be hosting the following events:

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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

events@globalhealth.org with the subject heading “WHA SIDE-EVENT”

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COMMUNICATIONS

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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 events@globalhealth.org, or tag us in your tweets

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GUIDANCE FOR GHC

DELEGATESLOYCE PACE | PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL

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KEY TALKING POINTS

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Available online:

http://globalhealth.org/

wp-

content/uploads/20172

020Strategy_April2017

.pdf

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

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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/

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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 (advocacy@globalhealth.org)

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

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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.

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FIRST TIME DELEGATESDR. INON SCHENKER | GHC DELEGATE

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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/

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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

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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

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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

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WHA70 SESSIONS & ACTIVITIES

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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

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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!)

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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)

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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: EVENTS@GLOBALHEALTH.ORG

SEE YOU IN GENEVA!

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