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Children hold signs and giant paper cigarettes emblazoned with "No Smoking" to raise awareness of the harms caused by tobacco products on World No Tobacco Day. Mumbai, India, May 31, 2022.

NCDs Are Coming for Youth. Are They Up for the Fight?

Aerial view of workers growing water spinach on ecological floating beds at Chun'an County in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.

Nutrition Improvements Require Stronger Commitments

A photograph of the World Health Assembly.

The 2023 World Health Assembly: A New Playbook for Health Emergencies?

The World Health Assembly, which sets WHO priorities, convenes virtually May 24 – June 1. Image: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

A High-Stakes World Health Assembly, Previewed

Loyce Pace, Global Health Council executive director, at #WHA72 in Geneva. (Image: BWS)

A View Inside the Whirlwind: Loyce Pace on #WHA72

The UN Palais des Nations, site of the World Health Assembly. (Image: Brian W. Simpson)

The 2019 World Health Assembly: What Happened at #WHA72

A group of students wear face masks to protect from air pollution during a ceremony at Zocalo Square in Mexico City on May 17, 2019. Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)

Start Local to Stop Air Pollution

Getting Local With Clinical Research Capacity

A health worker at Bikoro Hospital, DRC readies to confront Ebola. (Image: ©UNICEF/UN0209049/Naftalin)

DRC’s Ebola Outbreak Not An International Emergency—Yet, Says WHO

8 Things To Look For At The 70th World Health Assembly

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Global Health NOW at the World Health Assembly 2017

David Nabarro, Special Envoy on Ebola, visits Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2014.

A Life in Global Health: WHO DG Candidate David Nabarro