134th WHO Executive Board Session Holding 20th - 25th January 2014, in Geneva,Switzerland

The WHO Executive Board's 134th session will take place in Geneva from 20–25 January 2014.

The Executive Board is composed of 34 technically qualified members elected for three-year terms. 


The annual Board meeting is held in January when the members agree upon the agenda for the World HealthAssembly and the resolutions to be considered by the Health Assembly.

A second shorter meeting takes place in May, as a follow-up to the Health Assembly. The main functions of the Board are to implement the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, and advise and generally to facilitate its work.

Documentation

•        Provisional agenda
•         All documentation for the session

 Key technical issues  to be discussed include:

·        Antimicrobial resistance

·        Essential medicines

·        Hepatitis

·        International Health Regulations

·        Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

·        Newborn health

·        Noncommunicable diseases

·        Poliomyelitis

·        Smallpox

·        Tuberculosis

·        Universal health coverage

·        Vaccines

·        Violence

·        Violence against women

Source: WHO Media Center: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2014/eb134/en/index.html