Surprised murmurs transformed into a prolonged standing ovation among delegates at the World Health Assembly on the evening of May 19, 2025, when they realised that no member state would oppose the ...

According to a 2022 World Bank estimate, preventing a pandemic would cost approximately US$11 billion per year, while ...

The Agreement is watered down with qualifiers, lacks enforcement mechanisms and specifies no penalties for failures to meet ...

The top health authorities of the U.S. and Argentina are launching what they call an “alternative international health system” separate from the World Health Organization (WHO). On the ...

In 2024, the World Health Organisation theme for World Mental Health Day was “Mental Health at Work”. They recognised that mental health and work are closely linked with a direct impact on ...

The US’s empty chair at this week’s World Health Assembly in Geneva ... headache created by the US withdrawal from the World Health Organisation. “Let’s create new institutions or revisit ...

1 and 78/17 Add.2. Delegates welcomed WHO's Investment Round (IR), which will fund the Organization's Fourteenth General Programme of Work – 2025–2028 (GPW 14) – its global health strategy ... most ...

India addressed the plenary session of the 78th World Health Assembly on Wednesday, reaffirming its commitment to global health equity under the theme "One World for Health". Representing the Indian ...

The Pandemic Agreement, just adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a landmark for global public health. Had such ...

In a press release on Tuesday, the WHO said, "Member States of the World Health Organisation (WHO) today formally adopted by consensus the world's first Pandemic Agreement. The landmark decision ...

Global leaders have pledged at least an additional $170 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) amid rising global health challenges. The pledges were made at a high-level pledging event on ...

Member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday formally adopted by consensus the world’s first Pandemic Agreement, announced the United Nations (UN) health body in a statement.