Health Systems

Closing plenary of Women Deliver 2019

Delivery in Progress: Gender Equality

Attendees at a Women Deliver Power Stage event

Women Deliver 2019: Power, Progress and Change

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

A View Inside the Whirlwind: Loyce Pace on #WHA72

An Indian snake catcher—whose skills are crucial for the production of anti-venom—displays the fangs of a Russell’s Viper at a venom extraction center in Chennai on November 11,2016.

Time to Act: WHO’s New Snakebite Strategy

A May 21 #WHA72 side event focused on migration and health. (Image: BWS)

Health on the Move

#WHA72 committee members discuss polio eradication and plans for a polio-free world on May 23, 2019. (Image: BWS)

Polio: Waiting for the Final Blow

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

The 2019 World Health Assembly: What Happened at #WHA72

“We all got pretty darn comfortable with the success story of global health,” says author Laurie Garrett. Image: Courtesy

Public Health’s Precarious Nature

A packed agenda of policy and budget discussions await delegates to this year’s World Health Assembly. Image: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty, 2012

7 Things to Watch at the 2019 World Health Assembly—#WHA72

Will Congress again reject proposed Trump administration cuts to US global health budgets? (Image: Crglenn / Wikimedia Commons, 2014)

5 Things to Know About US Global Health Funding for FY 2020

Journalists listening to the opening session of the Association of Health Care Journalists 2019 annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland on May 2, 2019. Image by Larry Canner.

This One's for the Storytellers

A community health worker in rural Ethiopia tests a boy for malaria. © 2007 Bonnie Gillespie, Courtesy of Photoshare

Community Health Workers and Volunteers: The Most Effective Path to UHC