Sat, May 16 • 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Imagine a World in 2030: An Emergency-Ready, Resilient Health Workforce in Every Country

Co-Hosts: Ethiopia, Germany and Brazil Co-Sponsors: Institute of Philanthropy, Gates Foundation

Sun, May 17 • 8:00am - 11:00am

Walk the Talk: the Health for All Challenge

World Health Organization

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 • 1:00pm - 5:00pm

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

Africa CDC

Sun, May 17 • 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Youth Coffee Chat: Connecting Young Voices at WHA79

Taiwan Healthcare Youth Alliance

Sun, May 17 • 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Building Sustainable Perioperative Capacity for 2035

International College of Surgeons (ICS)

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

Sun, May 17 • 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Digital health wallets for better continuity of care

Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, WHO, Temasek Foundation

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