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We watch the World Health Organization so you don't have to.
Working for health justice, equity and peace.
A project of the People's Health Movement's Global Health Governance Program.
Working for health justice, equity and peace.
A project of the People's Health Movement's Global Health Governance Program.
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Countries Vote in Support of Palestine at World Health Assembly, as Humanitarian and Health Crises Worsen in Gaza
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #275 [The Files In-Depth]
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/-countries...
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #275 [The Files In-Depth]
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/-countries...
June 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Countries Vote in Support of Palestine at World Health Assembly, as Humanitarian and Health Crises Worsen in Gaza
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #275 [The Files In-Depth]
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/-countries...
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #275 [The Files In-Depth]
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/-countries...
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"The Provisions of The Pandemic Agreement Are Very Clear on The Direction That The Agreement Wants Countries To Go": Egyptian INB Vice-Chair [The Files Interview]
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/provisions...
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/provisions...
June 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"The Provisions of The Pandemic Agreement Are Very Clear on The Direction That The Agreement Wants Countries To Go": Egyptian INB Vice-Chair [The Files Interview]
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/provisions...
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/provisions...
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#NCDs can't be addressed in isolation from social, economic and commercial determinants of health.
#Neoliberal policies have contributed to the rise of NCDs everywhere, and we need strong regulation of transnational corporations to protect health.
#WHA78
@who.int @medicusmundich.bsky.social
#Neoliberal policies have contributed to the rise of NCDs everywhere, and we need strong regulation of transnational corporations to protect health.
#WHA78
@who.int @medicusmundich.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
#NCDs can't be addressed in isolation from social, economic and commercial determinants of health.
#Neoliberal policies have contributed to the rise of NCDs everywhere, and we need strong regulation of transnational corporations to protect health.
#WHA78
@who.int @medicusmundich.bsky.social
#Neoliberal policies have contributed to the rise of NCDs everywhere, and we need strong regulation of transnational corporations to protect health.
#WHA78
@who.int @medicusmundich.bsky.social
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#SocialConnection is key to #MentalHealth, but mental health must be understood in the context of conflict, displacement and economic crisis.
Our statement at #WHA78.
We have to explicitly link mental health to #peacebuilding and tackle psychological problems at their roots.
@who.int
Our statement at #WHA78.
We have to explicitly link mental health to #peacebuilding and tackle psychological problems at their roots.
@who.int
May 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#SocialConnection is key to #MentalHealth, but mental health must be understood in the context of conflict, displacement and economic crisis.
Our statement at #WHA78.
We have to explicitly link mental health to #peacebuilding and tackle psychological problems at their roots.
@who.int
Our statement at #WHA78.
We have to explicitly link mental health to #peacebuilding and tackle psychological problems at their roots.
@who.int
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Antimicrobial resistance #AMR is an impending catastrophe
Our call to @who.int and the international community #WHA78
-End industrial factory farming
–Shift to #agroecology
–Defund factory farms
–Invest in #PublicPharma
Our future depends on it.
@psiglobalunion.bsky.social
@verboom.bsky.social
Our call to @who.int and the international community #WHA78
-End industrial factory farming
–Shift to #agroecology
–Defund factory farms
–Invest in #PublicPharma
Our future depends on it.
@psiglobalunion.bsky.social
@verboom.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Antimicrobial resistance #AMR is an impending catastrophe
Our call to @who.int and the international community #WHA78
-End industrial factory farming
–Shift to #agroecology
–Defund factory farms
–Invest in #PublicPharma
Our future depends on it.
@psiglobalunion.bsky.social
@verboom.bsky.social
Our call to @who.int and the international community #WHA78
-End industrial factory farming
–Shift to #agroecology
–Defund factory farms
–Invest in #PublicPharma
Our future depends on it.
@psiglobalunion.bsky.social
@verboom.bsky.social
Antimicrobial resistance #AMR is an impending catastrophe
Our call to @who.int and the international community #WHA78
-End industrial factory farming
–Shift to #agroecology
–Defund factory farms
–Invest in #PublicPharma
Our future depends on it.
@psiglobalunion.bsky.social
@verboom.bsky.social
Our call to @who.int and the international community #WHA78
-End industrial factory farming
–Shift to #agroecology
–Defund factory farms
–Invest in #PublicPharma
Our future depends on it.
@psiglobalunion.bsky.social
@verboom.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Antimicrobial resistance #AMR is an impending catastrophe
Our call to @who.int and the international community #WHA78
-End industrial factory farming
–Shift to #agroecology
–Defund factory farms
–Invest in #PublicPharma
Our future depends on it.
@psiglobalunion.bsky.social
@verboom.bsky.social
Our call to @who.int and the international community #WHA78
-End industrial factory farming
–Shift to #agroecology
–Defund factory farms
–Invest in #PublicPharma
Our future depends on it.
@psiglobalunion.bsky.social
@verboom.bsky.social
#SocialConnection is key to #MentalHealth, but mental health must be understood in the context of conflict, displacement and economic crisis.
Our statement at #WHA78.
We have to explicitly link mental health to #peacebuilding and tackle psychological problems at their roots.
@who.int
Our statement at #WHA78.
We have to explicitly link mental health to #peacebuilding and tackle psychological problems at their roots.
@who.int
May 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#SocialConnection is key to #MentalHealth, but mental health must be understood in the context of conflict, displacement and economic crisis.
Our statement at #WHA78.
We have to explicitly link mental health to #peacebuilding and tackle psychological problems at their roots.
@who.int
Our statement at #WHA78.
We have to explicitly link mental health to #peacebuilding and tackle psychological problems at their roots.
@who.int
#NCDs can't be addressed in isolation from social, economic and commercial determinants of health.
#Neoliberal policies have contributed to the rise of NCDs everywhere, and we need strong regulation of transnational corporations to protect health.
#WHA78
@who.int @medicusmundich.bsky.social
#Neoliberal policies have contributed to the rise of NCDs everywhere, and we need strong regulation of transnational corporations to protect health.
#WHA78
@who.int @medicusmundich.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
#NCDs can't be addressed in isolation from social, economic and commercial determinants of health.
#Neoliberal policies have contributed to the rise of NCDs everywhere, and we need strong regulation of transnational corporations to protect health.
#WHA78
@who.int @medicusmundich.bsky.social
#Neoliberal policies have contributed to the rise of NCDs everywhere, and we need strong regulation of transnational corporations to protect health.
#WHA78
@who.int @medicusmundich.bsky.social
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As a parent I worry about the 🌍 my youngest is entering.
It’s an uncertain 🌍 ; beset by war, poverty, inequality, division; threatened by disease, pandemics and the climate crisis.
Health Ministers gave me hope as they expressed the collective will of the nations of the 🌍 to work together. #WHA78
It’s an uncertain 🌍 ; beset by war, poverty, inequality, division; threatened by disease, pandemics and the climate crisis.
Health Ministers gave me hope as they expressed the collective will of the nations of the 🌍 to work together. #WHA78
May 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
As a parent I worry about the 🌍 my youngest is entering.
It’s an uncertain 🌍 ; beset by war, poverty, inequality, division; threatened by disease, pandemics and the climate crisis.
Health Ministers gave me hope as they expressed the collective will of the nations of the 🌍 to work together. #WHA78
It’s an uncertain 🌍 ; beset by war, poverty, inequality, division; threatened by disease, pandemics and the climate crisis.
Health Ministers gave me hope as they expressed the collective will of the nations of the 🌍 to work together. #WHA78
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A nuclear war would inevitably be a mass casualty event.
The People's Health Movement's position on the devastating effects of #NuclearWeapons and #NuclearWar. A statement delivered to the @who.int World Health Assembly with our friends at @psiglobalunion.bsky.social.
#WHA78 @verboom.bsky.social
The People's Health Movement's position on the devastating effects of #NuclearWeapons and #NuclearWar. A statement delivered to the @who.int World Health Assembly with our friends at @psiglobalunion.bsky.social.
#WHA78 @verboom.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A nuclear war would inevitably be a mass casualty event.
The People's Health Movement's position on the devastating effects of #NuclearWeapons and #NuclearWar. A statement delivered to the @who.int World Health Assembly with our friends at @psiglobalunion.bsky.social.
#WHA78 @verboom.bsky.social
The People's Health Movement's position on the devastating effects of #NuclearWeapons and #NuclearWar. A statement delivered to the @who.int World Health Assembly with our friends at @psiglobalunion.bsky.social.
#WHA78 @verboom.bsky.social
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The spectre of nuclear war haunts our increasingly divided world.
My statement on the health implications of nuclear weapons and nuclear war.
Delivered on behalf of the People's Health Movement @who-watch.bsky.social @psiglobalunion.bsky.social at the 78th World Health Assembly.
#WHA78
My statement on the health implications of nuclear weapons and nuclear war.
Delivered on behalf of the People's Health Movement @who-watch.bsky.social @psiglobalunion.bsky.social at the 78th World Health Assembly.
#WHA78
May 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The spectre of nuclear war haunts our increasingly divided world.
My statement on the health implications of nuclear weapons and nuclear war.
Delivered on behalf of the People's Health Movement @who-watch.bsky.social @psiglobalunion.bsky.social at the 78th World Health Assembly.
#WHA78
My statement on the health implications of nuclear weapons and nuclear war.
Delivered on behalf of the People's Health Movement @who-watch.bsky.social @psiglobalunion.bsky.social at the 78th World Health Assembly.
#WHA78
On the last day of the World Health Assembly, debate is still raging on #ClimateChange and #Health.
A major @who.int Action Plan on climate and health hangs in the balance, as Saudi, Russia and others seek to scupper even modest action.
PHM has intervened with allies to inform the debate🧵
#WHA78
A major @who.int Action Plan on climate and health hangs in the balance, as Saudi, Russia and others seek to scupper even modest action.
PHM has intervened with allies to inform the debate🧵
#WHA78
May 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
On the last day of the World Health Assembly, debate is still raging on #ClimateChange and #Health.
A major @who.int Action Plan on climate and health hangs in the balance, as Saudi, Russia and others seek to scupper even modest action.
PHM has intervened with allies to inform the debate🧵
#WHA78
A major @who.int Action Plan on climate and health hangs in the balance, as Saudi, Russia and others seek to scupper even modest action.
PHM has intervened with allies to inform the debate🧵
#WHA78
A nuclear war would inevitably be a mass casualty event.
The People's Health Movement's position on the devastating effects of #NuclearWeapons and #NuclearWar. A statement delivered to the @who.int World Health Assembly with our friends at @psiglobalunion.bsky.social.
#WHA78 @verboom.bsky.social
The People's Health Movement's position on the devastating effects of #NuclearWeapons and #NuclearWar. A statement delivered to the @who.int World Health Assembly with our friends at @psiglobalunion.bsky.social.
#WHA78 @verboom.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A nuclear war would inevitably be a mass casualty event.
The People's Health Movement's position on the devastating effects of #NuclearWeapons and #NuclearWar. A statement delivered to the @who.int World Health Assembly with our friends at @psiglobalunion.bsky.social.
#WHA78 @verboom.bsky.social
The People's Health Movement's position on the devastating effects of #NuclearWeapons and #NuclearWar. A statement delivered to the @who.int World Health Assembly with our friends at @psiglobalunion.bsky.social.
#WHA78 @verboom.bsky.social
PHM statement to the World Health Assembly on health and care workers.
Delivered in concert with allies at @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social
Laws must ensure that migrant workers are treated fairly and equally and that migration doesn't create health worker shortages in poorer countries.
#WHA78
Delivered in concert with allies at @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social
Laws must ensure that migrant workers are treated fairly and equally and that migration doesn't create health worker shortages in poorer countries.
#WHA78
May 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
PHM statement to the World Health Assembly on health and care workers.
Delivered in concert with allies at @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social
Laws must ensure that migrant workers are treated fairly and equally and that migration doesn't create health worker shortages in poorer countries.
#WHA78
Delivered in concert with allies at @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social
Laws must ensure that migrant workers are treated fairly and equally and that migration doesn't create health worker shortages in poorer countries.
#WHA78
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WHO Mandated to Update of 30-Year-Old Review on Health Impacts of Nuclear War – After Heated #WHA78 Debate
✍️Elaine Fletcher
“No update to existing WHO studies could materially alter that established understanding of the devastation of nuclear war.”⬇️
✍️Elaine Fletcher
“No update to existing WHO studies could materially alter that established understanding of the devastation of nuclear war.”⬇️
WHO Mandated To Update Of 30-Year-Old Review On Health Impacts Of Nuclear War - After Heated WHA Debate - Health Policy Watch
For the first time since the 1990s, the World Health Organization has been asked by member states to update its assessment on the health impacts of nuclear
healthpolicy-watch.news
May 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
WHO Mandated to Update of 30-Year-Old Review on Health Impacts of Nuclear War – After Heated #WHA78 Debate
✍️Elaine Fletcher
“No update to existing WHO studies could materially alter that established understanding of the devastation of nuclear war.”⬇️
✍️Elaine Fletcher
“No update to existing WHO studies could materially alter that established understanding of the devastation of nuclear war.”⬇️
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No @who.int Aid Has Yet Reached Gaza’s Hospitals – as #WHA78 Votes to ‘Raise the Flag’ of Palestine in Geneva
✍️Elaine Ruth Fletcher
@unicef.org
✍️Elaine Ruth Fletcher
@unicef.org
No WHO Aid Has Yet Reached Gaza's Hospitals - As WHA Votes To 'Raise The Flag' Of Palestine In Geneva - Health Policy Watch
Vital medical aid from World Health Organization supply trucks has yet to reach the beseiged Gaza enclave since the doors of an 80-day blockade inched open a
healthpolicy-watch.news
May 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
No @who.int Aid Has Yet Reached Gaza’s Hospitals – as #WHA78 Votes to ‘Raise the Flag’ of Palestine in Geneva
✍️Elaine Ruth Fletcher
@unicef.org
✍️Elaine Ruth Fletcher
@unicef.org
The People's Health Movement's statement on Universal Health Coverage at the World Health Assembly.
We need strong, comprehensive primary health care. This is the only viable path to #HealthForAll.
#WHA78
@who.int
We need strong, comprehensive primary health care. This is the only viable path to #HealthForAll.
#WHA78
@who.int
May 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The People's Health Movement's statement on Universal Health Coverage at the World Health Assembly.
We need strong, comprehensive primary health care. This is the only viable path to #HealthForAll.
#WHA78
@who.int
We need strong, comprehensive primary health care. This is the only viable path to #HealthForAll.
#WHA78
@who.int
It may be the weekend, but #WHOWatch does not rest.
See our update on Saturday's #WHA78 proceedings, which focused on communicable diseases, health financing, and global progress (or lack thereof) on universal health coverage.
Read. Share. Join the movement. #HealthForAll
tinyurl.com/WHA78
See our update on Saturday's #WHA78 proceedings, which focused on communicable diseases, health financing, and global progress (or lack thereof) on universal health coverage.
Read. Share. Join the movement. #HealthForAll
tinyurl.com/WHA78
May 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It may be the weekend, but #WHOWatch does not rest.
See our update on Saturday's #WHA78 proceedings, which focused on communicable diseases, health financing, and global progress (or lack thereof) on universal health coverage.
Read. Share. Join the movement. #HealthForAll
tinyurl.com/WHA78
See our update on Saturday's #WHA78 proceedings, which focused on communicable diseases, health financing, and global progress (or lack thereof) on universal health coverage.
Read. Share. Join the movement. #HealthForAll
tinyurl.com/WHA78
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@babaaye.bsky.social, Public Services International:
“Financialization of health in any form undermines the essence of universal health care. [...] UHC requires global solidarity. Richer countries and international financial institutions need to cancel the debts of developing countries”
💪
#WHA78
“Financialization of health in any form undermines the essence of universal health care. [...] UHC requires global solidarity. Richer countries and international financial institutions need to cancel the debts of developing countries”
💪
#WHA78
May 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
@babaaye.bsky.social, Public Services International:
“Financialization of health in any form undermines the essence of universal health care. [...] UHC requires global solidarity. Richer countries and international financial institutions need to cancel the debts of developing countries”
💪
#WHA78
“Financialization of health in any form undermines the essence of universal health care. [...] UHC requires global solidarity. Richer countries and international financial institutions need to cancel the debts of developing countries”
💪
#WHA78
Catch up on the #WHAWatch analysis of Day 5 of the 78th World Health Assembly.
See our summary of Friday's #WHA78 debates on NCDs, mental health, drowning prevention, laboratory biosafety and more
📣 Please share widely and join the movement for #HealthForAll 🌍
@who.int
tinyurl.com/PHM-WHA78upd...
See our summary of Friday's #WHA78 debates on NCDs, mental health, drowning prevention, laboratory biosafety and more
📣 Please share widely and join the movement for #HealthForAll 🌍
@who.int
tinyurl.com/PHM-WHA78upd...
WHO watchers follow the WHA78 - check here for daily briefs, statements and policy briefs | People’s Health Movement
tinyurl.com
May 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Catch up on the #WHAWatch analysis of Day 5 of the 78th World Health Assembly.
See our summary of Friday's #WHA78 debates on NCDs, mental health, drowning prevention, laboratory biosafety and more
📣 Please share widely and join the movement for #HealthForAll 🌍
@who.int
tinyurl.com/PHM-WHA78upd...
See our summary of Friday's #WHA78 debates on NCDs, mental health, drowning prevention, laboratory biosafety and more
📣 Please share widely and join the movement for #HealthForAll 🌍
@who.int
tinyurl.com/PHM-WHA78upd...
The youth delegate of @nlmissiongeneva.bsky.social: "1 in 3 healthcare workers feels daily exhaustion, 1 in 4 experiences burnout, and 1 in 5 faces abuse...Over 2500 attacks on healthcare have been recorded with over 1000 healthcare workers killed alone in Gaza. This cannot be the norm."
#WHA78
#WHA78
May 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The youth delegate of @nlmissiongeneva.bsky.social: "1 in 3 healthcare workers feels daily exhaustion, 1 in 4 experiences burnout, and 1 in 5 faces abuse...Over 2500 attacks on healthcare have been recorded with over 1000 healthcare workers killed alone in Gaza. This cannot be the norm."
#WHA78
#WHA78
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"We need to progressively delink the incentives to invest in biomedical R&D from the grant of temporary monopolies. Legal monopolies on medicines predictably lead to high prices and appalling inequities of access and outcomes."
– @thirugeneva.bsky.social
#WHA78
– @thirugeneva.bsky.social
#WHA78
May 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"We need to progressively delink the incentives to invest in biomedical R&D from the grant of temporary monopolies. Legal monopolies on medicines predictably lead to high prices and appalling inequities of access and outcomes."
– @thirugeneva.bsky.social
#WHA78
– @thirugeneva.bsky.social
#WHA78
Statement by the People's Health Movement's #WHOWatch team on #NCDs at #WHA78
"Neoliberal economic policies, particularly with the increasing power of big corporations, have significantly, both directly and indirectly, contributed to the rise of NCDs in developed and developing countries."
@who.int
"Neoliberal economic policies, particularly with the increasing power of big corporations, have significantly, both directly and indirectly, contributed to the rise of NCDs in developed and developing countries."
@who.int
May 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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.@thirugeneva.bsky.social of Knowledge Ecology International dropping truth bombs at #WHA78:
"The only way to have anything remotely equal in terms of access to medicines is to fundamentally change the way we finance biomedical research and development."
@who.int @jamielove.bsky.social
"The only way to have anything remotely equal in terms of access to medicines is to fundamentally change the way we finance biomedical research and development."
@who.int @jamielove.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
.@thirugeneva.bsky.social of Knowledge Ecology International dropping truth bombs at #WHA78:
"The only way to have anything remotely equal in terms of access to medicines is to fundamentally change the way we finance biomedical research and development."
@who.int @jamielove.bsky.social
"The only way to have anything remotely equal in terms of access to medicines is to fundamentally change the way we finance biomedical research and development."
@who.int @jamielove.bsky.social
#NCDs and #MentalHealth are being discussed at #WHA78.
The People's Health Movement believes in community-based, publicly-funded primary health care for mental health and NCDs. #Prevention is essential.
We call on @who.int member states to back comprehensive PHC in the tradition of #AlmaAta.
The People's Health Movement believes in community-based, publicly-funded primary health care for mental health and NCDs. #Prevention is essential.
We call on @who.int member states to back comprehensive PHC in the tradition of #AlmaAta.
May 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#NCDs and #MentalHealth are being discussed at #WHA78.
The People's Health Movement believes in community-based, publicly-funded primary health care for mental health and NCDs. #Prevention is essential.
We call on @who.int member states to back comprehensive PHC in the tradition of #AlmaAta.
The People's Health Movement believes in community-based, publicly-funded primary health care for mental health and NCDs. #Prevention is essential.
We call on @who.int member states to back comprehensive PHC in the tradition of #AlmaAta.