<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">South Centre</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:south@southcentre.int">south@southcentre.int</a>></span><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><h3 class="gmail-m_-4536909594038905239null" style="text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;display:block;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;line-height:125%;letter-spacing:-0.5px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><i>Announcing a New Policy Brief from the South Centre </i></b></h3>
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<b>Major Outcomes of the 71st Session of the World Health Assembly of WHO</b><br>
</h2></div><div class="gmail_quote">The South Centre is pleased to announce the publication of Policy Brief No. 49 entitled <b>"Major Outcomes of the 71st Session of the World Health Assembly of WHO",</b> authored<b> </b>by
Nirmalya Syam, Senior Programme Officer, Development, Innovation and
Intellectual Property Programme (DIIP), and Mirza Alas, Research
Associate, of the South Centre.
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</article><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">The
71st session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health
Organization (WHO) took place from 21 to 26 May 2018 in Geneva,
Switzerland. The Assembly adopted several decisions and resolutions
including the adoption of the General Programme of Work (GPW) of WHO for
the period 2019-2023, as well as decisions on addressing access to
medicines and vaccines and their global shortage, and the
recommendations of an overall programme review of the WHO Global
Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and
Intellectual Property (GSPA-PHI). Also, the WHA adopted an important
resolution to support the preparation of the first high-level meeting of
the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this year on ending
tuberculosis (TB) and another resolution supporting the preparation of a
third high-level meeting of the UNGA on the prevention and control of
non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Other significant resolutions that
were adopted include resolutions on digital health, improving access to
assistive technology and addressing the burden of snakebite venoming.</p>
To access the policy brief directly, go to this webpage: <a href="https://southcentre.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa9cf38799136b5660f367ba6&id=5ccdb75119&e=4fac633f11" style="color:rgb(109,198,221);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.<wbr>southcentre.int/policy-brief-<wbr>49-july-2018/</a>
<p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,Baskerville,Georgia,serif;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">To access the South Centre website, where you can also find other policy briefs, publications and news items, go to: <a href="https://southcentre.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa9cf38799136b5660f367ba6&id=1436275af8&e=4fac633f11" style="color:rgb(109,198,221);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://www.southcentre.int</a>.</p>
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