Jun 25, 2024 · It is governed by 192 Member States through the World Health Assembly, whose main tasks are to approve the World Health Organization programme and budget for the following two years and to decide major policy questions. Why is trust in healthcare waning and what can be done about it?

3 days ago · The World Economic Forum has established Singapore as a healthcare ‘lighthouse’, aiming to share best practices with the global community. ... the week began with President Trump’s decision to exit the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of his first acts after returning to office. This move sparked discussions about how the global ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Head, Centre for Health and Healthcare; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum This article is part of: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global crisis – resistance to antibiotics is jeopardizing many of the advancements of modern healthcare.

Nov 8, 2022 · Global health and healthcare will face important challenges in the future. In the near-term, worsening mental health, healthcare workforce shortages, supply chain issues, climate change related challenges and macroeconomic instability.

Jan 17, 2024 · Expanding local production, and strengthening local regulatory capacity, are therefore essential for reducing health inequities between and within countries – not only for the pandemics of tomorrow, but to treat the diseases of today.

Jan 21, 2025 · When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th century, taking a global approach to health became an imperative. Doctors, scientists, presidents and prime ministers urgently convened the International Sanitary Conference in Paris in 1851, a precursor to what is now the largest of its kind: the World Health ...

2 days ago · Gabriel Lado/World Economic Forum/dpa Argentina will leave the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic, right-wing populist President Javier Milei's ...

Jan 18, 2024 · World leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday to discuss Disease X, a hypothetical virus 20 times deadlier than COVID-19.

Aug 25, 2011 · Non-communicable diseases have been established as a clear threat not only to human health, but also to development and economic growth. Claiming 63% of all deaths, these diseases are currently the world’s main killer. Eighty percent of these deaths now occur in low- and middle-income countries.

3 days ago · The executive board of the World Health Organization (WHO) is meeting this week, just days after US President Donald Trump made the decision to withdraw the United States from the WHO. This loss ...