WHO Watch
@who-watch.bsky.social
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.
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
In partnership with @psiglobalunion.bsky.social, PHM calls for urgent action to resist the colonial, capitalist and oppressive systems that fuel climate catastrophe.
We need binding commitments to phase out fossil fuels and hold historic polluters accountable.
Our lives depend on it.
#WHA78
We need binding commitments to phase out fossil fuels and hold historic polluters accountable.
Our lives depend on it.
#WHA78
May 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In partnership with @psiglobalunion.bsky.social, PHM calls for urgent action to resist the colonial, capitalist and oppressive systems that fuel climate catastrophe.
We need binding commitments to phase out fossil fuels and hold historic polluters accountable.
Our lives depend on it.
#WHA78
We need binding commitments to phase out fossil fuels and hold historic polluters accountable.
Our lives depend on it.
#WHA78
With Medicus Mundi @medicusmundich.bsky.social, we point out that the plan fails to confront the catastrophic reality of the world we are creating – one of 3 degrees' warming.
We need corporate taxation, climate reparations and debt cancellation, not delusional incrementalism.
#WHA78
We need corporate taxation, climate reparations and debt cancellation, not delusional incrementalism.
#WHA78
May 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
With Medicus Mundi @medicusmundich.bsky.social, we point out that the plan fails to confront the catastrophic reality of the world we are creating – one of 3 degrees' warming.
We need corporate taxation, climate reparations and debt cancellation, not delusional incrementalism.
#WHA78
We need corporate taxation, climate reparations and debt cancellation, not delusional incrementalism.
#WHA78
With Corporate Accountability @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social, we argue that the proposed document fails to name the fossil fuel sector and other extractivist industries that drive climate breakdown and its health impacts.
We should phase out these sectors, not partner with them.
#WHA78
We should phase out these sectors, not partner with them.
#WHA78
May 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
With Corporate Accountability @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social, we argue that the proposed document fails to name the fossil fuel sector and other extractivist industries that drive climate breakdown and its health impacts.
We should phase out these sectors, not partner with them.
#WHA78
We should phase out these sectors, not partner with them.
#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
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
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
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
International isolation visualized
This wasn't a vote to recognize Palestine, but simply to extend the int. health regulations to the OPTs. And Israel couldn’t bring themselves to support it.
And they could only find one ally to vote with them
The majority world is with Palestine and with justice
This wasn't a vote to recognize Palestine, but simply to extend the int. health regulations to the OPTs. And Israel couldn’t bring themselves to support it.
And they could only find one ally to vote with them
The majority world is with Palestine and with justice
May 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
International isolation visualized
This wasn't a vote to recognize Palestine, but simply to extend the int. health regulations to the OPTs. And Israel couldn’t bring themselves to support it.
And they could only find one ally to vote with them
The majority world is with Palestine and with justice
This wasn't a vote to recognize Palestine, but simply to extend the int. health regulations to the OPTs. And Israel couldn’t bring themselves to support it.
And they could only find one ally to vote with them
The majority world is with Palestine and with justice
📢 #WHA78 | WHO WATCH - DAILY BRIEF – 22 May
The #WHOWatch daily brief covering day 4 of the World Health Assembly is out
Topics include: health emergencies, Ukraine, Palestine, WHO's budget and more
Please read and share widely, and join the #HealthForAll movement
phmovement.org/who-watchers...
The #WHOWatch daily brief covering day 4 of the World Health Assembly is out
Topics include: health emergencies, Ukraine, Palestine, WHO's budget and more
Please read and share widely, and join the #HealthForAll movement
phmovement.org/who-watchers...
May 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
📢 #WHA78 | WHO WATCH - DAILY BRIEF – 22 May
The #WHOWatch daily brief covering day 4 of the World Health Assembly is out
Topics include: health emergencies, Ukraine, Palestine, WHO's budget and more
Please read and share widely, and join the #HealthForAll movement
phmovement.org/who-watchers...
The #WHOWatch daily brief covering day 4 of the World Health Assembly is out
Topics include: health emergencies, Ukraine, Palestine, WHO's budget and more
Please read and share widely, and join the #HealthForAll movement
phmovement.org/who-watchers...
📢 #WHA78 | WHO WATCH - DAILY BRIEF – 21 May
Our PHM #WHOWatchers have compiled a Daily Brief capturing key discussions from Day 3 of the World Health Assembly
🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/PHM-WHA78upd...
📚 Available in En, Fr & Es
📣 Please share widely.
#WHA78 #PHM4Health #GlobalHealthJustice
Our PHM #WHOWatchers have compiled a Daily Brief capturing key discussions from Day 3 of the World Health Assembly
🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/PHM-WHA78upd...
📚 Available in En, Fr & Es
📣 Please share widely.
#WHA78 #PHM4Health #GlobalHealthJustice
May 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
📢 #WHA78 | WHO WATCH - DAILY BRIEF – 21 May
Our PHM #WHOWatchers have compiled a Daily Brief capturing key discussions from Day 3 of the World Health Assembly
🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/PHM-WHA78upd...
📚 Available in En, Fr & Es
📣 Please share widely.
#WHA78 #PHM4Health #GlobalHealthJustice
Our PHM #WHOWatchers have compiled a Daily Brief capturing key discussions from Day 3 of the World Health Assembly
🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/PHM-WHA78upd...
📚 Available in En, Fr & Es
📣 Please share widely.
#WHA78 #PHM4Health #GlobalHealthJustice
Our #WHOWatch team hard at work in Geneva casting a critical eye on the #WorldHealthAssembly and bringing a radical, grassroots critique to global health governance. #WHA78 #HealthForAll
May 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Our #WHOWatch team hard at work in Geneva casting a critical eye on the #WorldHealthAssembly and bringing a radical, grassroots critique to global health governance. #WHA78 #HealthForAll
📢 WHA78 DAY 2 | WHO WATCH DAILY BRIEF
Read our daily brief for the latest insights from the floor of the World Health Assembly!
📚 All Daily Briefs will be uploaded here throughout the #WHA78 week: tinyurl.com/PHM-WHA78upd...
📣 Stay informed. Share widely.
#PHM4Health #GlobalHealthJustice 🌍
Read our daily brief for the latest insights from the floor of the World Health Assembly!
📚 All Daily Briefs will be uploaded here throughout the #WHA78 week: tinyurl.com/PHM-WHA78upd...
📣 Stay informed. Share widely.
#PHM4Health #GlobalHealthJustice 🌍
May 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
📢 WHA78 DAY 2 | WHO WATCH DAILY BRIEF
Read our daily brief for the latest insights from the floor of the World Health Assembly!
📚 All Daily Briefs will be uploaded here throughout the #WHA78 week: tinyurl.com/PHM-WHA78upd...
📣 Stay informed. Share widely.
#PHM4Health #GlobalHealthJustice 🌍
Read our daily brief for the latest insights from the floor of the World Health Assembly!
📚 All Daily Briefs will be uploaded here throughout the #WHA78 week: tinyurl.com/PHM-WHA78upd...
📣 Stay informed. Share widely.
#PHM4Health #GlobalHealthJustice 🌍
Our #WHOWatch team is bringing our critique of militarism, genocide and aggression to the streets, on the margins of the World Health Assembly in Geneva.
At #WHA78 tomorrow, Palestine is on the agenda. We are demanding safety for health workers and an end to the occupation. #NotATarget
At #WHA78 tomorrow, Palestine is on the agenda. We are demanding safety for health workers and an end to the occupation. #NotATarget
May 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Our #WHOWatch team is bringing our critique of militarism, genocide and aggression to the streets, on the margins of the World Health Assembly in Geneva.
At #WHA78 tomorrow, Palestine is on the agenda. We are demanding safety for health workers and an end to the occupation. #NotATarget
At #WHA78 tomorrow, Palestine is on the agenda. We are demanding safety for health workers and an end to the occupation. #NotATarget
We love opera as much as the next person.
But amidst multiple intersecting global health crises, and with civil society delegations being limited to 60-second interventions in these crucial meetings, we wonder if this is the best use of time at the World Health Assembly. #WHA78
#HealthForAll
But amidst multiple intersecting global health crises, and with civil society delegations being limited to 60-second interventions in these crucial meetings, we wonder if this is the best use of time at the World Health Assembly. #WHA78
#HealthForAll
May 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
We love opera as much as the next person.
But amidst multiple intersecting global health crises, and with civil society delegations being limited to 60-second interventions in these crucial meetings, we wonder if this is the best use of time at the World Health Assembly. #WHA78
#HealthForAll
But amidst multiple intersecting global health crises, and with civil society delegations being limited to 60-second interventions in these crucial meetings, we wonder if this is the best use of time at the World Health Assembly. #WHA78
#HealthForAll
The World Health Assembly is now considering the draft text of the @who.int #pandemictreaty.
The #INB co-chairs open the discussion.
"The world is watching. Let's make a difference. The future is waiting."
#WHA78
The #INB co-chairs open the discussion.
"The world is watching. Let's make a difference. The future is waiting."
#WHA78
May 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The World Health Assembly is now considering the draft text of the @who.int #pandemictreaty.
The #INB co-chairs open the discussion.
"The world is watching. Let's make a difference. The future is waiting."
#WHA78
The #INB co-chairs open the discussion.
"The world is watching. Let's make a difference. The future is waiting."
#WHA78
@drtedros.who.int: “More than 10,000 patients still need medical evacuation out of Gaza...we ask Israel to allow these evacuations and to allow urgently needed food and medicine to enter Gaza. WHO stands ready, with our UN partners, to move rapidly to deliver it.” #WHA78
May 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
@drtedros.who.int: “More than 10,000 patients still need medical evacuation out of Gaza...we ask Israel to allow these evacuations and to allow urgently needed food and medicine to enter Gaza. WHO stands ready, with our UN partners, to move rapidly to deliver it.” #WHA78
@drtedros.who.int of @who.int addresses Israel's attacks on the health of the people of Gaza. "Two million people are starving, while 116,000 tons of food is blocked at the border just minutes away...The risk of famine in Gaza is increasing with the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid."
May 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
@drtedros.who.int of @who.int addresses Israel's attacks on the health of the people of Gaza. "Two million people are starving, while 116,000 tons of food is blocked at the border just minutes away...The risk of famine in Gaza is increasing with the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid."
Dr Tedros @drtedros.who.int (WHO Director-General) congratulating INB members on finalizing the proposed Pandemic Accord: “I look forward to your adoption of the [pandemic] agreement and I look forward to celebrating with you.” #WHA78
May 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Dr Tedros @drtedros.who.int (WHO Director-General) congratulating INB members on finalizing the proposed Pandemic Accord: “I look forward to your adoption of the [pandemic] agreement and I look forward to celebrating with you.” #WHA78
In what has become a yearly tradition, China spoke against Taiwan’s inclusion in the World Health Assembly, claiming that “the Taiwan question is an internal question to China and a legacy of the civil war” and “the Taiwan-related proposal interferes in China’s internal affairs"
#WHA78 @who.int
#WHA78 @who.int
May 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM