WHO WATCH: 158th Session of the Executive Board | Feb. 2

‘The Executive Board is composed of 34 technically qualified members elected for three-year terms. The main functions of the Board are to implement the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, and to advise and generally facilitate its work.’

• Item 1 - Opening of the session and adoption of the agenda
• Item 2 - Report by the Director-General
• Item 3 - Report of the regional committees to the Executive Board
• Item 3 - Report of the regional committees to the Executive Board
• Item 4 - Report of the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board
• Item 5 - Report of the Standing Committee on Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response
• Item 6 - Follow-up to the political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases