Events
World Health Assembly
Events for May 21, 2025
Diagnostics Day 2025
Diagnostics are the first step on the path to health, yet often they are overlooked in favour of treatments and vaccines. Join us for a day of discussions around the […]
Devex CheckUp @ WHA
Global health is at a crossroads. U.S. and other foreign aid freezes are disrupting critical programs, climate change is driving new health crises, and workforce shortages are reaching breaking points. […]
Geneva Health Forum
From May 20 to 23, 2025, the Geneva Health Forum (GHF) will take place during the World Health Assembly (WHA). As the WHA convenes a political audience, the GHF provides […]
Biosecurity: A Priority in the Era of Pandemics and AI
The risks of new pandemic threats are compounding. Zoonotic spillover and uncontained outbreaks are well-known risks that are not yet well enough addressed. Today, focus must also turn to biosecurity […]
Pharmaceutical transparency: from resolution to reality
Transparency of the pharmaceutical sector is a critical issue. All over the world, policymakers, academics and civil society organizations are developing initiatives to increase pharmaceutical transparency to determine fair prices […]
Beating cancer through hepatitis elimination: working together to reduce NCDs
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and communicable diseases are inextricably linked, but the connection is often overlooked. Many deaths could be averted by preventing the communicable diseases that lead to NCDs like […]
Temperatures Rising: Preparing and Protecting for Extreme Heat
Rising global temperatures pose a significant threat to communities, with escalating extreme heat and heatwaves endangering lives worldwide. With heat driving extreme events, chronic heat exposure already at dangerous levels […]
Scaling Impact: Climate & Health Solutions That Drive Change
Climate change is already reshaping the world’s health landscape. This session brings together leading actors to move beyond discussion and into action, showcasing concrete solutions from the field and highlighting […]
TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE: INTEGRATING PROFESSIONAL CHWS INTO HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS IN ONE TERM.
At the upcoming WHA78, join us for a high-level 75-minute session where we delve into the transformative potential of salaried, skilled, supervised, and supplied CHWs. Learn from frontline health workers, […]
Transforming Healthcare: Integrating professional CHWs into healthcare systems in one term.
Imagine a world where every person has access to essential health services, no matter where they live. Despite decades of investment, half of the global population still lacks this fundamental […]
Global Pharmaceutical Forum on Medication Supply
Organized and co-organized by the Taiwan Society of Health-System Pharmacists (TSHP) and the FIP, this forum will provide a comprehensive overview of the drug supply landscape in Australia, Europe, and […]
Better Community Health : A New Landscape of Community Health in the Era of Aging, Urbanization, and Digital Transformation
Community health is a cornerstone of universal health coverage, health equity, and sustainable healthcare systems. As the world grapples with aging populations, urbanization, and digital transformation, new approaches are needed […]
Fourth meeting of the Global Coalition of Deans of Schools of Public Health
During the week of the World Health Assembly 2025, the most prominent international Schools of Public Health (SPHs) will convene to discuss the opportunities for better health learning for the […]
Scaling Up Oral Health Strategies for NCD Prevention
Almost 3.7 billion people worldwide suffer from oral diseases such as caries or gum disease. But despite the proven connection between oral health and overall health and well-being, it remains […]
Shifting of Funding Landscape in Global Health Financing
Center for Indonesia’s Strategic Development Initiatives (CISDI), an Indonesian nonprofit focused on public health, in collaboration with Joep Lange Institute (JLI), will host a side event at WHA 78 to advance the […]
Securing the Future of Global Health – United Front for Sustainable Financing
This event is organized by IDA, GHTC, ASTMH, PATH, World Health Summit and Amref Health Africa. With shifting donor priorities and growing funding uncertainties, essential health programs—including those tackling infectious […]
Advancing Global Health: Science Agenda for the World Health Assembly (WHA)
This side event will explore how inclusive science and research can better contribute to the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) agenda, with a focus on partnerships, investment, and capacity building. […]
Unlocking Access to Insulin: Advancing Public-Private Partnerships for Equitable Diabetes Care
Join us during the 78th World Health Assembly for an insightful event on unlocking access to insulin, co-hosted by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and the […]
Side Event on Monitoring the Digital Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes: Open Data and Global Accountability
Protecting People and Planet: Supporting Implementation of the Future Plastics Treaty
In August this year, governments and stakeholders will gather for the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic […]
WHA 78 Global Parliamentary Dialogue
The event will bring together parliamentarians attending the World Health Assembly (WHA) as part of their national delegations and other stakeholders to discuss the key role of parliamentarians in global […]
Accelerating Women’s Health Science and Innovation: A Policy Agenda for Impact and White Paper Launch
📅 Wednesday, 21 May 2025 🕧 12:30–13:50 CEST 📍 Palais des Nations, Room VIII – Geneva 🔒 Access limited to Palais Pass holders 🪪 This is an in-person only event […]
Advancing Inclusive Health Governance: Implementing the WHA77 Resolution on Social Participation for UHC, Health and Well-being
This multi-stakeholder dialogue will provide a platform to explore opportunities for addressing the challenges of implementing the WHA77 resolution on social participation for UHC, Health and Well-being to accelerate progress […]
Changing the Story: Collaboration & Solutions for Migrant Health
Migration is often framed as a challenge—but it’s also a powerful driver of diversity, innovation, and resilience. This session calls on stakeholders to shift the narrative, recognize migrants as agents […]
Climate Change and Health: Adaptation and Resilience in a Changing World
Climate change is not just an environmental crisis; it is a public health emergency. Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and shifting disease patterns are placing unprecedented stress on health systems […]
Leveraging Innovation for NCD Care: Policy, Systems, and Lessons from Oncology Leaders
Join us on the sidelines of WHA78 for an event hosted by MSD. This event will bring together leaders from across the global health community to explore how innovation—whether in […]
From Vertical Nutrition Programs to Integrated Health Systems: Preventing Wasting Through UHC
This event will bring together Health Ministries, donors, civil society organisations and technical experts to shift the conversation on child wasting prevention from vertical, programme-based responses to the full inclusion […]
Maternity Matters: Advancing quality care for all through healthy beginnings and healthy futures
Every seven seconds, a woman or baby dies due to complications in pregnancy, childbirth, or the first few weeks after giving birth. Despite global efforts, mortality declines have stalled since […]
Overcoming Barriers to Digital Health: Protecting Human Rights and Preventing Online Harm in the Digital Health Transformation
The Digital Health and Rights Project (DHRP) is pleased to invite you to attend a side event: ‘Overcoming Barriers to Digital Health: Protecting Human rights and Preventing Online Harm in […]
Institutionalising evidence-informed decision making for health policy development
This event, strategically organised alongside the World Health Assembly, provides a critical platform to catalyse the institutionalisation of EIDM. We will share valuable lessons learned from piloting the WHO institutionalisation […]
World Health Assembly side event: From Plan to Impact 2025 report launch
ADI is delighted to invite our network for the launch of our new From Plan to Impact report, taking place as a side event at the World Health Assembly at […]
Strengthening Health Systems for Universal Health Coverage: Implementing Surgical Care
Join us for an engaging panel discussion where leading global health experts will explore vital strategies for Strengthening Health Systems to Achieve Universal Health Coverage: The Imperative of Implementing Surgical […]
Meeting in the margins of WHA78 on the way forward for the Lusaka Agenda
Purpose of the meeting: To utilize the opportunity to gather people who are in Geneva during WHA with a stake and an interest in the Lusaka Agenda to take stock […]
Planetary health: a contribution through cooperation, research and art
Registration link: here Also known as “the lungs of the earth”, the rainforest plays a pivotal role in providing global climate stability, regulating water cycles and biodiversity conservation. However, its […]
Milestones & Momentum in Rare Diseases: 10 Years of Progress, 10 Years of Possibility
This event will celebrate the significant achievements of our members, community, and partners over the last 10 years and chart the next era of advocacy, policy, research, and care. With […]
Fighting the Fakes: Securing Progress, Building Stronger Partnerships
Join Fight the Fakes Alliance for an exclusive reception event during the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva. This event will bring together global health leaders, government representatives, and key […]
Strengthening Medical Imaging Capacity: The Time is Now
Imaging is a pillar of modern medicine. However, access to imaging is scarce in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where the toll of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is disproportionately large and […]
Digital Pathways to Strengthen & Sustain the Global Health Workforce
On behalf of the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS), NHS Health Education England, and International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), we are pleased to invite you to […]