Launch of the WHO guidance on Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE)
Programme 12:30 – 14:00:
Refreshments will be provided at 12:00
Welcome message by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director- General, WHO
Chinese Traditional Dance, Kexin Li
Opening remarks by:
- Dr Naoko Yamamoto, Assistant Director-General, UHC/HP,
- Older persons’ representative
Presentation of ICOPE by Islene Araujo de Carvalho, Group Lead, Ageing and
Integrated Care, UHC and Life Course, WHO
Facilitated discussion with panel members and with the audience
Panel:
His Excellency, Minister of Health of Nigeria
Ambassadors of Japan and Chile
Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
Dr Ren Minghui, Assistant Director-General, UHC/CND
Monica Ferro, Director UNFPA Geneva
Moderator
Dr Anshu Banerjee, Director MCA
14:00: Closing remarks by Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, WHO
Please register at: https://reg.unog.ch/e/IDOP
The event will be webcast.
Watch it on: https://www.who.int/ageing/events/international-day-older-persons/2019/en/