World Health Assembly 2022

22 – 28 May 2022

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 programme budget. The Health Assembly is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland.

WHA events

Lives in the Balance: Delivering Commitments in Humanitarian and Fragile Settings

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Other events

A mother with her newborn baby at hospital, in Accra, Ghana


business report on digital tablet

Child Survival Action: A roundtable for accelerated progress towards 2030

23 May 2022

 

Strengthening the governance of health data


25 May 2022

Where to now for RHD? Converting political momentum into action on the NCD’s

23 May

 

Two healthcare workers, wearing protective suit in front of a COVID-19 vaccination center, in Angola

World Heart Summit 2022

 

21-22 May 2022

Tackling the Crisis of Acute Malnutrition: Improving Treatment Coverage

23 May

Protecting essential health services in emergencies


24 May

Nurse Peace (right) counsels a patient before she gets screened for cervical cancer at the RAiSE Foundation office in Niger State on 24 February 2021.A social mobiliser speaking into a megaphone at the slum of Pakajuma during a yellow fever vaccination campaign in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the CongoA young child receives a yellow fever vaccine, in the Delta State of Nigeria

The Power of Prevention: Lessens learned from COVID-19

21 May

Protecting essential health services in emergencies: How can we place women, children and newborns at the heart of pandemic preparedness?

24 May

 

Protecting all Children with the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV): A Powerful Lifesaving Tool

25 May

 

A boy standing in water in Korhogo, Cote d'IvoireTwo young women wearing masks greeting with elbowAfrican woman giving presentation, in South Africa

Pan-African Multilateral Partnership on Climate Change and Health

23 May

 

The Impact of COVID-19 on SRHR: Youth-led Perspectives and Solutions for a Gender-Equal World

18 May

An Enabled, Fir-For-Purpose Health Workforce in Africa


23 May

Mother and daughter at the pediatric officePortrait of a female chemist in lab coat with a protective cap in pharmacy 

Safe and decent working conditions for women health and care workers in times of crisis

25 May

Gender and UHC: Policy priorities for equitable and resilient health systems

26 May