Join us at the 58th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) from April 7-11, 2025, at the United Nations headquarters in New York. WHO is organizing two side events to highlight the need for access to health products to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3.
Event Dates: April 7-11, 2025
Venue: United Nations headquarters, New York
Modality: In-person and live on the UN Web TV
Side Event 1: Health, well-being, and inclusion for all through equitable access to assistive technology
Date: April 9, 2025
Time: 13:15 - 14:30 EDT
Location: Conference Room 11
Description: Assistive technology supports health, well-being, and inclusion for up to one-third of the global population. This event will address the inequity in access, urging stakeholders to ensure no one is left behind.
Side Event 2: Advancing health equity: Universal access to health products
Date: April 10, 2025
Time: 13:15 - 14:30 EDT
Location: Conference Room 8
Description: Health products are essential across all health system levels and life stages. This event will raise awareness and mobilize stakeholders to promote equitable access to safe, effective, quality-assured health products.
Speakers Include:
H.E. Ambassador Adonia Ayebare, Permanent Representative of Uganda to the UN in New York
Mr. Francis Aboagye-Nyame, Portfolio Director, Management Sciences for Health
Mr. David Constantine MBE, President, International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics and Cofounder, Motivation Charitable Trust
Dr Kimberly Green, Global Program Director, Primary Health Care, PATH
Dr Emily Kaine, Senior Vice President, Global Health & Manufacturing Services, US Pharmacopeia
Mr Deusdedit Mubangizi, Director Health Products, Policy and Standards and Director a.i. Innovation and Emerging Technologies, World Health Organization
Dr Isaac Odame, Medical Director, Global Sickle Cell Disease Network and Professor of Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Click here for more information on the Session
What is CPD?
The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) is a key body within the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) that monitors and reviews the implementation of the Programme of Action (PoA) from the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The CPD plays a crucial role in addressing population issues and promoting sustainable development goals related to health and well-being.
Let’s work together to ensure everyone has access to safe, effective, and quality-assured health products.