Nomenclature system for medical devices could promote equity and accessibility
Delegates at World Health Assembly discussed new standardized nomenclature system for medical devices, which could boost accessibility and coordination
Obesity pandemic at the World Health Assembly: when the unhinged market feeds disease
This year’s World Health Assembly prominently featured discussions obesity. However, the implementation of serious policies to deal with the issue is being undermined by the multi-stakeholder approach, which is letting industries influence the conversation.
Global South in solidarity with Palestine at World Health Assembly
Delegates from the Global South expressed solidarity with Palestine during a discussion on a report on the health status in occupied Palestine and the occupied Syrian Golan
WHO to hold first in-person assembly since onset of pandemic
The World Health Assembly is going to discuss topics of great relevance for our times, but in order to make necessary change the WHO must step up and recognize the fundamental issues plaguing global governance of health
Looking at healthcare workers only as heroes does them a disservice
There is a huge lacuna in ensuring adequate compensation for health workers who acquire the illness, despite a broad based demand from the international trade union movement
Mixed outcomes at the ‘COVID-19 World Health Assembly’
The 73rd World Health Assembly saw the US continue its attack on China and the World Health Organization. The WHA recognized immunization as a global public health good but failed to do the same for vaccines
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