Five key points of the 77th World Health Assembly
These are the most important resolutions dealt with at the new edition of the WHA, held in Geneva (Switzerland) between the 27th of May and the 1st of June.
1- Health and cilmate change
The Health Assembly requests priority to be given to health considerations within the national and international regulations on the climate, as well as backing countries in the creation of heath systems that can stand up to the climate and that have low carbon emissions.
2- Transplants
Through the Increase in availability, ethical access and supervision of the transplanting of human cells, tissues and organs resolution, promoted by Spain, the WHO is urging the Member States to expand transplant therapy of organs, tissues and cells, in particular, developing the donation by deceased people in order to reach their maximum therapeutic potential.
3- Mental health
The delegates approved a strategy for 2025-2028 emphasising topics such as climate change, aging, migration, pandemic threats and equality and that is adapted to an era marked by geopolitical, scientific and technological change.
4- Resistance to antimicrobials (RAM)
he resolution included four priorities to face up to drug-resistant bacterial infections in the human health sector between 2025-2035, with particular attention on prevention and treatment of infections.
5- Social participation in primary healthcare
The Member States have agreed on a resolution that paves the way for people and communities to be able to make their opinion count more categorically in the decisions that affect their health and wellbeing.
