From 20 to 22 of May, SANT held a delegation to the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, on the occasion of the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA). The delegation was composed of six Members: Tilly METZ (Greens), Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES (S&D), Ondrej DOSTÁL (NI), Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU (Renew), Ivan DAVID (ESN) and Aurelijus VERYGA (ECR).
The 79th World Health Assembly took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 18 to 23 May 2026. The WHA is the highest decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), gathering annually, and composed of delegations from all 193 Member States (since the USA formally withdrew). The WHA discusses and votes on the decisions and resolutions prepared by either WHO’s Executive Board, its Director-General, or proposed by groups of Member States. The Executive Board is composed of 34 individuals elected for three years, and its annual meeting takes place in January.
The decisions and resolutions addressed topics that included:
· Mental health
· Digital health and artificial intelligence
· Global health reform
· Rare diseases
· Antimicrobial resistance
· The annex to the WHO Pandemic Agreement on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system.
