While still recovering from the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is being shaped by climate change, ongoing conflict and war, deepening health emergencies, severe health workforce strain, increased privatization of healthcare systems and inequalities in accessing medications. In this time of multiple intersecting and sustained crises, WHO’s stability has been challenged by the financial and political shifts due to the withdrawal of the USA. Despite this, WHO remains central to coordinating global health responses and upholding the right to health. We encourage Member States to engage with renewed political will to ensure WHO can fulfill its mandate in this rapidly evolving landscape.

Based on this context, we invite Member States to give close attention to the following agenda items.

 

Agenda Item 13.1 Follow-up to the political declaration of the third high-level meetingof the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicablediseases – page 2Mental Health and Social Connection Page 3Substandard and falsified medical products – page 5Health and care workforce – page 6Draft global traditional medicine strategy 2025–2034 – page 8Strengthening the global architecture for health emergencyprevention, preparedness, response and resilience – page 11Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHOconvention, agreement or other international instrument onpandemic prevention, preparedness and response – page 13WHO’s work in health emergencies – page 1517.3 Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian Territory,including East Jerusalem – Page 1520 Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian Territory, including EastJerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan – page 17
Agenda Item 13.2 Agenda Item 13.5 Agenda Item 13.7 Agenda Item 13.8 Agenda Item 16.1
Agenda Item 16.2
Agenda Item 17.1 Agenda Item 17.3. and 20

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PHM Policy Brief – WHA78 – 19-27 May 2025