{"id":15109,"date":"2025-02-26T11:10:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T10:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saludporderecho.org\/?p=15109"},"modified":"2025-02-26T14:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:38:18","slug":"our-statements-at-the-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saludporderecho.org\/en\/our-statements-at-the-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Five statements within the WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recent weeks, Salud por Derecho has been present and has participated in two WHO events. From February 3 to 11, we were in Geneva to attend the 156th Session of the WHO Executive Board. Last week, we participated in the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on the pandemic treaty. During both events, we introduced key global health issues into the debate through various statements, including access to medicines, migration, and climate change.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Statements at the WHO Executive Board<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the Executive Board, we introduced three topics. First, we made <\/span>a statement on Rare Diseases<\/a><\/strong>,<\/strong> denouncing how the current text fails to include explicit references to the need for transparency, the existing barriers to accessing treatments for rare diseases, or the right of countries to use patent flexibilities. We urged the WHO and its member states to incorporate such language in the text to ensure affordable access, price transparency, and technological collaboration to improve treatment availability.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

The next day, through Jaume Vidal from Health Action International (HAI), we presented <\/span>a statement denouncing the impact of migration policies<\/a><\/strong>\u2014currently based on detention and border violence\u2014on migrants’ mental health. In it, we called on the WHO and its member states to put an end to these practices, ensure safe and healthy migration pathways, and guarantee access to medical and mental health care for migrants.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u203c\ufe0f These days we are in Geneva, participating in the WHO Executive Board.<\/p>\n

This is our statement for the session on the impact of migration policies on migrants’ mental health.<\/p>\n

(\u2764\ufe0f for the reading to @OnadaExpansiva<\/a> from @HAImedicines<\/a>). pic.twitter.com\/NlPGPxI1E0<\/a><\/p>\n

— Salud por Derecho (@Saludporderecho) February 6, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n