Advocacy Update
USAID Policy for Global Health Development: Advancing Life Expectancy and Well-Being Open for Public Comment
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking input on the draft of its new Policy for Global Health Development: Advancing Life Expectancy and Well-Being, which will lay out a ten-year vision for USAID’s global health work addressing the world’s most pressing health challenges and building sustainable, resilient health systems. Stakeholders are invited to provide feedback no later than 5:00 pm EST on Thursday, August 29, 2024.
INB to hold interactive dialogues for ongoing issues related to the Pandemic Agreement
Member States and other stakeholders will come together next week on September 3-4 for a series of interactive dialogues on the pandemic agreement to discuss some of the most contentious issues, including pathogen access and benefits sharing, surveillance and One Health, the legal architecture of the agreement, and the agreement’s complementarity with the recently updated International Health Regulations. As negotiations continue into the fall, GHC will continue to keep you up-to-date on the progress of negotiations.
79th session of the UN General Assembly
The 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA79) will open on Tuesday, September 10 and the first day of high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, September 24. The Summit for the Future, a high-level event taking place on September 22-23, is aimed at enhancing global cooperation to address the world’s most pressing challenges. The High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance on September 26 will take place on the sidelines of UNGA79. Both meetings are set to produce respective outcome documents to address these issues moving forward. In addition to high level events, Member States and civil society organizations will also host a range of side events related to discussions at UNGA79. You can stay up-to-date with health-related events taking place on the sidelines of UNGA79 using GHC’s UNGA events calendar.