CSO-WHO DG Dialogues

The CSO-WHO DG dialogues are organized to find concrete proposals and solutions, working together in order to support the achievement of the WHO triple billion targets as well as to accelerate the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals, and at the same time strengthen the relations between WHO and civil society.

2023

3 July 2023 | Traditional medicine
Priorities on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine at global, regional, and country levels, organized by WHO and the global civil society coalition “The People’s Declaration for Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Healthcare”.
DG speech | News release

17 March 2023 | Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Priorities on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) at global, regional and country levels, organized by the International Planned Parenthood Federation and IBP Network of Civil Society Organizations working in SRHR.
DG speech | News release

2022

16 October 2022 | Global health
World Health Summit Global Health Insights (GHI 01) - Civil Society Townhall with WHO Director-General. Organized by WHO in collaboration with the civil society panel members.
Recording

5 September 2022 | Climate change
Climate Change and Global Health Equity, organized between Action for Global Health and a consortium of global health and Climate Civil Society Organizations.
DG speech

Mpox
Mpox (monkeypox) outbreak: DG dialogue with affected communities, organized by the informal WHO community reference group on mpox.

26 May 2022 | Emergency preparedness and response
Strengthening the Global Architecture for Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience in collaboration with Platform for ACT-A Civil Society and Community Representatives.

26 April 2022 | Sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment
The role of CSOs in the prevention, detection and response to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, organized in collaboration by WHO and World Young Women’s Christian Association, Women in Global Health, Men Engage Alliance and World Council of Churches. Guest speaker: Jineth Bedoya Lima, a rape survivor and a UNESCO award winning journalist reporting on sexual violence.
DG speech

2021

17 December 2021 | Sustainable financing of WHO
Sustainable Financing, organized by United Nations Foundation in collaboration with representatives from different civil society networks.
DG speech

25 August 2021 | Social participation and accountability
Follow up dialogue on Social participation and accountability, organized by Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH), Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2), UHC2030 Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (CSEM), and UHC2030 Social Participation Technical Network (SPTN), and the civil society co-chair.
DG speech

16 June 2021 | Healthy ageing
Strengthening Collaboration for Healthy Ageing: Toward the Decade in which everybody gains, organized by International Federation on Ageing, ILC Global Alliance, HelpAge International, NGO Committee on Ageing with collaborating civil society organizations.
DG speech

28 April 2021 | Palliative care
Follow up dialogue on Palliative Care, organized by International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC), International Federation on Ageing, and Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance.
DG speech

2020

16 December 2020 | COVID-19 and digital health
Digital Health during COVID-19: Opportunities and Challenges, organized by International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and IMIA’s International Academy for Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI).
DG speech

25 November 2020 | COVID-19 and palliative care
Integration of Palliative Care into National COVID Response Plans per WHA73/1, organized by International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC), International Federation on Ageing, and Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance.
DG speech

Healthy ageing
Strengthening connections across sectors: Building partnerships for healthy ageing in and beyond the COVID-19 era, organized by International Federation on Ageing and ILC Global Alliance, with support of over 20 civil society organizations.

Social participation and accountability
Social participation and accountability within and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, organized by Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH), Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2), UHC2030 Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (CSEM), and UHC2030 Social Participation Technical Network (SPTN), and the civil society co-chair.

COVID-19 and youth engagements
Promoting the health and well-being of young people during the COVID-19 pandemic: Leveraging youth engagement in participatory governance, organized by NCD Child.

COVID-19 and gender equity
Achieving a gender transformative COVID response, organized by GENDRO and Women in Global Health.