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🗓️ Planning your 2026? Keep global health on your agenda.

As calendars begin to fill and priorities take shape, 2026 is set to be a pivotal year for global health. We have compiled the most important international global health events for 2026 to help you plan ahead and stay engaged.

➡️ Explore the Global Health 2026 calendar:  https://globalhealthhub.de/en/news/detail/the-most-important-international-global-health-events-2026

👉 Know of an important global health event we should include? Share it with us.

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🌍 Major warning sign: Health Financing at a Crossroads

A new report from The World Bank shows that low- and lower-middle-income countries are facing a steep decline in combined government and donor health spending by 2030.

📉 Health spending remains far below what is needed for universal health coverage, with stagnation since 2018 and sharp cuts to development assistance expected to widen the gap further.

Still, the report highlights a path forward.

🔑 Countries can still shift course by:
• Prioritizing primary health care and improving efficiency
• Aligning remaining external aid with national priorities
• Increasing the share of domestic budgets for health
• Expanding fiscal space through health taxes and broader reforms

Bold action now can save lives, strengthen systems, and drive economic growth.

📘 Read the full report:  https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/health/publication/government-resources-projections-health-financing-report#1

#GlobalHealth #HealthFinancing #UHC #WorldBank

🧬 World One Health Day 2025 – One Health, One Future

This week, the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the WHO Pandemic Agreement takes place, marking the first discussion of the draft annex on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system.  https://apps.who.int/gb/IGWG/pdf_files/IGWG3/A_IGWG3_3-en.pdf

As we commemorate World One Health Day, we are reminded that agreements like the Pandemic Agreement and its PABS annex are not abstract treaties. They are foundations for action: in surveillance, data-sharing, capacity-building, and health equity.

Let us act together, because no one sector, no one country, can act alone. In the spirit of One Health and global solidarity: Happy World One Health Day! 🌍💚

Missed our article on how Germany and France are putting the One Health approach into practice? Read it here 👉  https://globalhealthhub.de/en/news/detail/france-and-germany-in-action-putting-one-health-approach-into-practice

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💰 New WHO Guidance: Responding to the Global Health Financing Emergency

Global health systems are under pressure. With external health aid projected to fall by up to 40% in 2025, essential services like maternal care, vaccination, and disease surveillance are being disrupted across more than 100 low- and middle-income countries.

In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidance: “Responding to the Health Financing Emergency: Immediate Measures and Longer-Term Shifts.” It outlines concrete steps countries can take to protect essential services, integrate donor-funded programmes, and transition towards sustainable domestic financing.

As Dr. Tedros noted, “In the crisis lies an opportunity for countries to transition away from aid dependency towards sustainable self-reliance.”

Resilient systems require both country leadership and global solidarity.
Read more: 🔗  https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/health-financing/responding-to-the-health-financing-emergency-conference-copy.pdf?sfvrsn=ff8988cb_3

#GlobalHealth #HealthFinancing #UHC #HealthSystems #Resilience #HealthEquity #WHO

Less than one week to go! 🚀

Start your Global Health Talk 2025 experience early with our Early Bird Matchmaking session on 10 July!

☕ Join us for welcome coffee & conversations from 8:30 to 9:30 AM, and meet leading institutions and communities shaping global health:

🔹 The World Health Summit – Learn what’s in store for October 2025 and discuss setting global health agenda!
🔹 WHO Mental Health, Brain Health and Substance Use Department – Talk with Dr Fahmy Hanna & Maya Bachet about multi-sectoral full-scale simulation exercises for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), operational readiness and response.
🔹 Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) – Hear about their life-saving work in the world’s most difficult humanitarian crises regions like Sudan, Syria & Gaza and the dire situations they deal with.
🔹 Berlin-Nairobi Global HEART program – Dive into health research exchange & collaboration.
🔹NCDs Community – Discuss policy dialogue on NCDs & Mental Health, including the upcoming UN High-Level Meeting.
🔹Global Women Health Community – Share and learn strategies to improve women’s health globally.
🔹Climate Change & Health Community – Explore climate-resilient and sustainable health systems.
🔹Global Health & Migration Community – Talk research, policy, and the latest policy brief on global health in conflict settings.
🔹Global Mental Health Community – Discuss and collaborate for lasting impact on mental health systems.

🔄 Can’t cover everything in the morning? Keep the conversation going during lunch or the evening reception!

🗓️ Come early. Connect early. Let’s spark meaningful exchange from the very beginning.

👉 Find the full agenda here:  https://www.globalhealthhub.de/de/news/detail/global-health-talk-2025

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🌍 Big Decisions Loom for Global Health at the 78th World Health Assembly (by Molly Moss)

As the 78th World Health Assembly kicks off in Geneva (May 19–27), global leaders are set to make pivotal decisions for health worldwide. Two major developments headline the agenda: a new Pandemic Agreement—the product of three years of negotiations—aimed at improving global coordination, equity, and preparedness through a One Health approach; and urgent efforts to address WHO’s projected $2.5B budget shortfall, which threatens its ability to carry out core programs.

Reforms under discussion include restructuring WHO’s global operations, expanding flexible funding sources, and adopting stronger commitments to health financing aligned with the Lusaka Agenda. While financial constraints loom, the Pandemic Agreement signals renewed global cooperation and commitment to lessons learned from COVID-19.

This Assembly may redefine the trajectory of global health systems in a time of complex, intersecting crises. Stay tuned and stay engaged.

Read the full article here:  https://unfoundation.org/blog/post/big-decisions-loom-for-global-health-at-the-78th-world-health-assembly/

#WHA78 #PandemicAccord #GlobalHealth #WHOReform #HealthFinancing #OneHealth #SDG3