Fifty-seventh World Health Assembly
Date: 17-22 May 2004
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
The World Health Assembly, the supreme decision-making body of the World Health Organization, has raised global public health to a new level, by resolving to take more action to prevent death and illness resulting from heart disease, diabetes, cancers, road safety, and lack of access to health services as well as from diseases spread by viruses, bacteria and other dangerous microbes.
For the media
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- World Health Assembly adopts first global strategy on reproductive health and resolution on the family and health
- Asian and North African countries close to ending polio, announce accelerated plans to "mop-up" new cases
- 57th World Health Assembly guidelines and information for media
- World Health Assembly set to tackle key health issues
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Speeches
- Address by the Director-General
- Testimony of Miss Anastasia Kamylk to the Fifty-seventh World Health Assembly
- Health care and poverty reduction as the starting point for the happiness of mankind
- Remarks of Mr Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States of America, at the World Health Assembly
Related links
- Official World Health Assembly documents and resolutions
- Some highlights of the 57th World Health Assembly
- 2003 WHO year in review