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Your guide to events at the 79th World Health Assembly.

Dates
18-23 May 2026
Location
Geneva
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Mon, May 18 • 7:00am - 9:00am

Measuring What Matters, Doing What Works: PHC & Community Entry Points to Accelerate Maternal Health

Business Council for International Understanding, in collaboration with GE HealthCare Foundation

Mon, May 18 • 7:30am - 9:30am

Addressing obesity to reduce the global burden of cardiovascular disease

World Heart Federation

Mon, May 18 • 7:30am - 8:45am

Epidemics That Didn’t Happen: Launch Event at the 2026 World Health Assembly

Resolve to Save Lives, 7-1-7 Alliance, Gates Foundation, The Pandemic Fund

Mon, May 18 • 7:30am - 9:30am

From Treaty to Action: Empowering African Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Through AMA’s Regulatory Innovation Framework

African Medicines Agency, USP, Unitaid

Mon, May 18 • 7:30am - 9:00am

Preventing Malnutrition in the Global South: Large-Scale Interventions to Address Micronutrient Deficiencies

Host: Ministry of Health Indonesia, Co-hosts: Ministry of Health and Population Egypt, Ministry of Health and Mass Media Sri Lanka, and Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Nigeria

Mon, May 18 • 8:00am - 9:00am

Evidence to action: Preventing lead poisoning to save lives

World Health Organization, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Resolve to Save Live

Mon, May 18 • Multi-Day Event

UHC2030 Civil Society Networking Space @ WHA79

UHC2030; Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (CSEM)

Mon, May 18 • 8:00am - 10:30am

WHA79 | Global Climate and Health Alliance Network CSO Coffee

Global Climate and Health Alliance

Mon, May 18 • 8:30am

Invite Only: Artificial Intelligence for Health and Disease Elimination: Cross-Sector Action for Impact

Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE)

Mon, May 18 • 8:45am - 11:30am

Strategic Leadership for Nurses and Midwives: A Policy Pathway to Stronger Health Systems

G4 Alliance

Mon, May 18 • 9:00am - 5:30pm

Growing and ageing in the shadows: undocumented children and elderly migrants in European cites (GRACE)

4EU+ Alliance, Charles University University of Copenhagen, University of Heidelberg, University of Milano Paris Sorbonne University, University of Geneva

Mon, May 18 • 9:00am - 10:00am

Voices for Change: UHC Day Champions Meet & Greet

CSEM for UHC2030, UHC2030

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