Co-sponsored by 20 Member States and the EU, the draft resolution for the Seventy-Third World Health Assembly (WHA) was presented on 5 February, 2020, at EB146.
The proposal followed Executive Board Members’ review of the Director-General’s report.
The proposed resolution recommends that the World Health Assembly adopt the global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem and its associated goals and targets for the period 2020–2030. It also urges Member States to implement the strategy, calling for the support of international organizations and other relevant stakeholders, and includes a request for the Director General to support Member states in this endeavor. The WHA will consider the resolution when it convenes in May 2020.