Today I attended the Partners’ Briefing ahead of the 74th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific, convened from 16-20 October 2023 in Manila, Philippines.
I am representing the Executive Board and membership of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP). This year's topics include:
- Panel discussion
- 10.Investing in health and universal health coverage
- Policies, programmes and priorities for the future
- 11. Health security
- 12. Health innovation
- 13. Communication for Health
- 14. Health workforce
- 15. Progress reports on technical programmes
- 15.1 Thematic priority: Health security, including COVID-19 and antimicrobial resistance
- 15.2 Thematic priority: Noncommunicable diseases and ageing
- 15.3 Thematic priority: Climate change, the environment and health
- 15.4 Thematic priority: Reaching the unreached
- 15.5 Cross-cutting progress report: Advancing the For the Future vision
