GENEVA (AN) — As the 78th World Health Assembly came to a close, global health leaders and policymakers were being asked to make and follow through on decisions shaped by new contours of power and money.
The governing body for the World Health Organization finished its annual gathering on Tuesday, after giving the go-ahead to a pandemic treaty, a new budget and 20% increase in annual membership fees, and recognition of the need for social connection in promoting health, but deciding to postpone action to prevent fake or substandard medicine.