The World Health Organization (WHO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the WTO will hold on 28 October a joint virtual workshop on “Innovation and Access to Diagnostics for COVID-19 and Beyond”. The event will be the third in the series of trilateral workshops which the Directors-General of the WHO, WIPO and the WTO have agreed to organize within the existing collaboration framework.
These workshops aim at strengthening the capacity of policymakers and experts in members of the three organizations and in WTO accession candidates to address the pandemic and to achieve equitable access to COVID-19 health technologies.
This practical capacity-building workshop jointly organized by the WHO, WIPO and WTO secretariats will look at diagnostics, with a focus on in vitro diagnostics (IVDs). It will take place on 28 October from 14h00 to 16h30 (Geneva time) in virtual format. The workshop aims to: strengthen members’ capacity to assess medical devices, diagnostic therapeutic technologies to respond to COVID-19;
Online registration is mandatory by October 24, 2022.
Meeting code | WHO-WIPO-WTO/GC/COVID-19/3/22 |
Date and venue | October 28, 2022 (Geneva, Switzerland) Onsite |
Time of sessions | 14:00 - 16:30 Geneva time |
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Topic(s) | Workshops and Seminars, COVID-19 meetings and webinars |
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WHO-WIPO-WTO/GC/COVID-19/3/22/BACKGROUND | English | Background | |
WHO-WIPO-WTO/GC/COVID-19/3/22/PROGRAM | English | Draft Program |