Background
The WHO global oral health meeting will be convened by the WHO HQ Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability, and hosted by the Royal Thai Government from 26 to 29 November 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The overall goal of the WHO global oral health meeting is to reaffirm political commitment by the Member States based on the World Health Assembly resolution on Oral Health in 2021 (WHA74.5). The meeting also aims to accelerate and scale up national efforts to prevent and control NCDs with a focus on oral diseases to achieve UHC for all by 2030. Furthermore, the WHO global oral health meeting contributes to the preparatory process leading to the 4th UN High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in 2025.
Format of side events
These events will provide a platform to discuss critical issues, share best practices, and foster international cooperation in close alignment with the objectives of the WHO global oral health meeting.
Selected side events will be allocated time slots of 60 minutes each. These events can be organized by the Member States, UN organizations, and non-State actors in accordance with the rules of the WHO Framework of Engagement with Non-State Actors. Organizers will be responsible for inviting speakers and promoting their side events. Side events will be exclusively organized as in-person events only. All panellists and participants will have to be officially registered to attend the WHO global oral health meeting to enter the venue.
Kindly note that each hosting organization should have a focal point on the ground, physically present at the WHO global oral health meeting throughout the side event.
Successful applicants for side events at the WHO global oral health meeting will be notified no later than end of September 2024.
Application
Please download and fill in this form to apply to host a side event at the WHO global oral health meeting. If you intend to submit more than one proposal, make sure to apply separately for each event. Please send your proposal and completed form by email to WHOralHealthBangkok@who.int, with the subject line “WHO global oral health meeting side event”. Kindly refer to the Guidelines and FAQs for more information.