The World Health Assembly: The What, The Why and The How
This primer on the World Health Assembly has been produced in association with Global Health Now, an influential newsletter from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This article was first published by Global Health Now here on May 13, 2022. It has been reproduced here with permission. What is the World Health Assembly? Each May, representatives from the 194 member states of the WHO gather in Geneva to discuss, argue, haggle, and sign off on the agency’s priorities and policies. It’s called the World Health Assembly, and it’s the premier decision-making body of the WHO. Country reps consult and set new … Continue reading The World Health Assembly: The What, The Why and The How