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For the first time, the U.S. is absent from WHO’s annual assembly. What’s the impact?

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses the World Health Assembly on May 19. It's the first such gathering that the U.S. has not attended in nearly 80 ...
STAT

The World Health Assembly’s giant leap on rare diseases

Bekkali serves as senior vice president and head of Europe and Canada and International Regions at Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease. On May 24, the World Health Assembly, the governing body of the ...
Environment News Service

World-First Global Pandemic Pact ‘Victory for Public Health’

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 20, 2025 (ENS) – The first Pandemic Agreement in the world was today formally adopted by consensus as the Member States of the World Health Organization, WHO, voted ...
Yahoo

After US cuts funding, WHO chief defends $2.1B budget request by comparing it with cost of war

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, left, delivers his statement, during the ...
News Medical

Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly set to begin in May 2025

The Seventy-eighth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA78) will convene from 19 to 27 May 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland, under the theme "One World for Health". The Health Assembly will ...
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World Health Body Restructures, Cuts Budget After US Withdrawal

The World Health Organization tried to stabilise its finances at its annual assembly which ended on Tuesday, but still remains well short of reaching its already reduced target. Hit by the ...
International Rescue Committee

International Rescue Committee: World Health Assembly Must Act to Safeguard Global Health and Reach the Most Vulnerable

Geneva, Switzerland, May 16, 2025 — As delegates gather for the 78th World Health Assembly, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is urging global health leaders to take decisive action to ...
The National Interest

The World Health Assembly Needs Taiwan. Here’s Why.

In a world where pandemics, antimicrobial resistance, and health disparities know no borders, excluding Taiwan from the WHA is not only unjust but also counterproductive. Each year, the World ...
The Diplomat

Taiwan’s Health Sector Is a Success Story the World Can Learn From

Health is a fundamental human right and a universal value. Improved health results in greater well-being for the people and has ramifications for the survival and development of a country and even ...