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Lancet editor-in-chief Richard Horton gave a passionate and personal address at #WHA72’s opening this morning. Image: Brian W. Simpson

A Surprise Beginning for #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

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

Indian TB patient Sonu Verma, 25, poses with his chest x-ray in Sonipat, March 3, 2016. Image: Money Sharma/AFP/Getty

A Roadmap for Ending the Moral Catastrophe of TB

A woman's left foot is checked for mycetoma by DNDi staff in Sudan; her right leg was infected with mycetoma and had to be amputated. Image by Neil Brandvold/DNDi

Fighting off the Flesh Eater: Controlling Mycetoma in Sub-Saharan Africa

Croatia's gift to the UN, in the UN HQ sculpture garden

The Big Takeway from #UNGA73: Enough Inaction

Outside the UN General Assembly Hall where the High-level meeting on tuberculosis was held on September 26, 2018 .

High-level Hopes to End TB

Michael R. Bloomberg at the One Planet Summit 2018

Michael R. Bloomberg: Millions Don't Have to Die from NCDs

Graphic composition of a compass over sky

Global Health Leadership Series

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus washes his hands before visiting an Ebola treatment center in Itipo on June 11, 2018.

What Motivates Tedros: Part 2 of a Q&A with WHO’s Director-General

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has sought to transform WHO to maximize its impact. Image: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Inside the Mind of Tedros: A Q&A with WHO’s Director-General