World Health Assembly (WHA)
The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. The main functions of the World Health Assembly are to determine the policies of the Organization, appoint the Director-General, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed program budget. The Health Assembly is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland.
Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly — Geneva, 19–27 May 2025
- PAHO/WHO's coverage of the 77th World Health Assembly, 27 May - 1 June 2024
- PAHO/WHO's coverage of the 76th World Health Assembly, 21-30 May 2023
- WHO: 75th World Health Assembly, 22-28 May 2022
- WHO: Special session of World Health Assembly, 29 November-1 December 2021
- WHO: 74th World Health Assembly, 24-31 May 2021
- WHO: 73rd World Health Assembly, 18-19 May 2020
- PAHO/WHO's coverage of the 72nd World Health Assembly, 20-28 May 2019
- PAHO/WHO's coverage of the 71st World Health Assembly, 21–26 May 2018
- PAHO/WHO's coverage of the 70th World Health Assembly, 22–31 May 2017
- PAHO/WHO's coverage of the 69th World Health Assembly, 23–28 May 2016
- PAHO/WHO's coverage of the 68th World Health Assembly, 18–26 May 2015
PAHO's Coverage of the WHA
Geneva, 19 May 2019 (PAHO/WHO) – Braving gray and sometimes rainy skies, but determined to participate in walks, races, and other physical activities, hundreds of people congregated today in the Place des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, under the slogan "Walk the Talk: the Health for All Challenge."These activities, organized for the second…
Geneva, 18 May 2019 (PAHO/WHO)- Promoting vaccine confidence; universal health care and migration; access to medicines, vaccines and health products; healthy aging; non communicable diseases; and the road to malaria elimination. These are just some of the themes to be discussed at more than a dozen side events organized by countries in the…
Geneva, 17 May 2019 (PAHO/WHO) – On 20-28 May, Health Authorities from the Americas will participate in the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. The Assembly will bring together more than 4000 delegates from the 194 countries that make up the World Health Organization (WHO) to address the main health issues in the world.
During the…
Geneva, Switzerland, May 15, 2019 (PAHO)- This Sunday, May 19, the World Health Organization (WHO) and delegations from the Americas and across the world will celebrate the second edition of the event "Walk the talk: The Health for All Challenge", at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva. While there, participants are also invited to visit the…
The 71st World Health Assembly wrapped up its sessions today by adopting a number of resolutions on the most relevant public health issues.
Geneva, 26 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO)- The 71st World Health Assembly wrapped up its sessions today by adopting a number of resolutions on the most relevant public health issues.
Delegates from across the globe…
Geneva, 25 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pro Palliative Care Unit Foundation of Costa Rica was awarded the World Health Organization's Sasakawa Health Prize at a ceremony held today during the 71st World Health Assembly.
The Foundation's president Lisbeth Quesada Tristán received the award, which consists of US$40,000 and a statuette. The Sasakawa…
Geneva, 24 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO)- Delegates from the countries that are participating in the 71st World Health Assembly reached agreements on issues such as noncommunicable diseases and tuberculosis, two diseases that will be addressed at the United Nations High-Level Meeting in September of this year.
Representatives of the Member…
Geneva, 23 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - With the mission of discussing how to achieve health for all with a commitment to universal coverage, ministers and delegates from the countries of the Americas continued to share their experiences at the plenary meeting of the 71st World Health Assembly.
Health authorities from the Region shared their experiences…
Geneva, 23 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO)- The plenary meeting of the 71st World Health Assembly was the setting where health authorities from the Region of the Americas used words and concrete examples to define what "Health for all: Commit to universal health coverage" means.
Nearly 30 delegations from the Americas took the floor at the plenary meeting…