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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 24/05/2026

Last night @who.int office in Kyiv was hit by debris from one of many strikes in the city, damaging windows on the 3rd floor. No one got injured. Multiple deaths and injuries have been reported so far from the attacks on civilian infrastructure over night. Attacks on health and civilians MUST STOP

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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

@who.int resumes discusssions on the Reform of the global health architecture and the UN80 Initiative in Committee B in the UN Palais des Nations. #WHA79 @andrewharmer.bsky.social @thelancet.com @sueriemoon.bsky.social

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Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

In Geneva for #WHA79? Don't miss this crucial side event with experts in global health representing civil society, Member States, and the WHO. 📅 19 May 2026 ⏰ 18:00–19:30 CEST 📍 Salle C, WHO Headquarters 🥪 Sandwiches & drinks provided 💻 Online: tinyurl.com/484tvc4c

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Geneva Health Files @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

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...

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Geneva Health Files @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

"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...

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

#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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

#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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

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

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 29/05/2025

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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

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

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Ben Verboom @verboom.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

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

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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

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.”⬇️

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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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

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

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Ben Verboom @verboom.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

@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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

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...

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

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

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Ben Verboom @verboom.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

"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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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

Image of People's Health Movement statement on NCDs at the World Health Assembly. Test reads: NCDs cannot be addressed in isolation from social, economic and commercial determinants of health.
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.
Impoverishing policies adopted by MS, in the name of trade liberalisation and attracting foreign investment, need to be examined in light of their impact on population health. We urge Member States to adopt institutional mechanisms that undertake such evaluations.
We call for stronger regulation of private sector practices, particularly those of transnational corporations, to protect population health. This includes controls over production, marketing and advertising of their products, particularly food, confectionary, and tobacco related products.

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Ben Verboom @verboom.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

.@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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

#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.

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Ben Verboom @verboom.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

For the latest WHO Watch updates from Geneva on the ongoing World Health Assembly please follow ‪@who-watch.bsky.social‬ #WHOWatch is a People's Health Movement program, casting a political lens on health governance, aiming to inform and disrupt, and elevating local concerns to global spaces #WHA78

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

📢 #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...

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

📢 #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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

📢 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 🌍

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

And stay tuned for our daily updates at the conclusion of each day of the Assembly. #WHA78

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

📢 WHA78 | Daily Update – 19 May 2025 PHM has compiled a Daily Brief capturing key events from Day 1 of #WHA78. 🔗 Read the update: tinyurl.com/PHM-WHA78upd... 📚 All Daily Briefs will be uploaded to this link throughout the World Health Assembly. 📣 Share widely. Join the #HealthForAll movement 🌍

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

🟣 PHM Policy Brief for #WHA78 🟣 👉 tinyurl.com/PHM-WHA78pol... Dive into critical global health issues including: 🔹 NCDs 🔹 Mental Health 🔹 Health Workforce 🔹 Traditional Medicine 🔹 Pandemic Treaty 🔹 Health in Palestine + more 📢 Share widely & join the movement for health justice! #HealthForAll 🌍

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Ben Verboom @verboom.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

The World Health Assembly votes to adopt a new treaty on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. #WHA78 @who.int

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

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

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WHO @who.int · 19/05/2025

WHO faces a 21% reduction from the original proposed budget for the 2026-27 biennium. “If we think US$ 2.1 billion a year is ambitious—or $ 4.2 billion for the biennium—then either we must lower our ambitions for what WHO is and does, or we must raise the money.” - @drtedros.who.int bit.ly/3ZrwCXZ

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4.2 billion dollars for two years – or 2.1 billion a year – is not ambitious,
it’s extremely modest.

2.1 billion dollars is the equivalent of:

8 hours of global military expenditure or,
1 stealth bomber or,
3 months’ advertising expenditure by the tobacco industry.

"It seems somebody switched the price tags on what is truly valuable
in our world."

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

@drtedros.who.int on the global health funding crisis and the withdraw of aid: "Many ministers have told me that sudden and steep cuts to bilateral aid are causing severe disruption in their countries and imperiling the health of millions of people." @who.int #WHA78

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Ben Verboom @verboom.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

At the World Health Assembly, Dr Tedros of @who.int made an impassioned plea for the people of Gaza. "2 million people are starving [...] the risk of famine in Gaza is increasing with the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid, including food, in the ongoing blockade" #WHA78 @drtedros.who.int

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

@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

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WHO Watch @who-watch.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

@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."

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Geneva Health Files @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

#WHA78 @who.int @drtedros.who.int DG Speech now: www.who.int/about/govern...

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