Sun, May 17 • 11:30am - 1:30pm

Open Briefing – Introduction To The 79th World Health Assembly: Can Global Health Make Progress Amid Rupture?

The Global Health Centre's International Geneva Global Health Platform, the United Nations Foundation

Sun, May 17 • 12:00pm - 2:30pm

From Progress to Power: How African Institutions Are Redefining the Future of Global Health

Merck

Sun, May 17 • 1:00pm - 5:00pm

African High-Level Ministerial Committee Meeting on Global Health Architecture Reform

Africa CDC

Sun, May 17 • 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Health Sovereignty, Financing Reform and Protecting What Matters Most: Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health

Co-hosts: Government of Somalia, PMNCH, GLN, EWENE, CSA, PATH, Gavi, UNFPA, UNICEF, Save the Children, World Vision International, Seed Global Health, MSI

Mon, May 18 • Multi-Day Event

Foreign Policy @ WHA79

Foreign Policy

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 • 10:00am - 12:55pm

2026 WHA Taiwan Digital Health Forum: AI Governance and Digital Health Innovation

Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan

Mon, May 18 • 12:00pm - 3:00pm

Global Health Forum 2026: The Future of Health Security and Sustainable Investment

Foreign Policy

Mon, May 18 • 1:00pm - 2:20pm

Operationalization of the African Medicines Agency to advance regulatory harmonization, convergence and collaboration

AFRO Regional Roundtable, African Medicines Agency

Mon, May 18 • 1:00pm - 2:20pm

Wellbeing, sustainable economies and future generations: Advancing the Economics of Health for All

Finland, Belgium, Ethiopia, Indonesia, UNRISD, NCD Alliance