By leveraging the support of donors like the U.S., multilateral institutions protect the world against public health threats, helping countries prevent, treat, and protect their citizens from disease.

Multilateral institutions are a collective resource in helping to protect the health of the world’s citizens. They require collective support to accomplish shared global goals.

• Diverse stakeholders — including civil society and other non-state actors — must be engaged in multilateral decision-making to ensure no one is left behind in the pursuit of global health goals.
• Multilaterals must continually improve operations and outcomes through structural changes and, where needed, reforms. 
• Multilateral institutions drive cross-country collaboration, apply technical leadership, and expertise and capacity building, and support under-resourced health systems.

For more on this topic, read:

• A one-page overview of the topic
• A recent blog post from GHC’s President & CEO
• Top 3 Takeaways from WHA75
• WHA75 Statements
  • Agenda Item 13
  • Agenda Item 15
  • Agenda Items 16.2 and 16.4
• WHO Working Group for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Position Paper
• WHA74 After Action Report
• 150th Session of the WHO Executive Board Statements
  • Agenda Item 7
  • Agenda Items 8, 9, and 10
  • Agenda Items 11, 12, and 13
  • Agenda Items 15.1 and 15.2
  • Agenda Items 15.3 and 15.5

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