WHO’S first Investment Round to sustainably finance its Health

Current Context : The World Health Organization (WHO) launched its first-ever Investment Round as part of a broader plan to transform the way the Organization into an era of climate change, mass migration, pandemic threats, an ageing world population and turbulent geopolitics.

• The theme of the Assembly is All for Health, Health for All.
• Investment Round has been launched at the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA).
• Objective : to save 40 million lives and improve the health of 6 billion people.
• Focusing on health emergencies, AMR, maternal and child health, infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases, vaccination.
• Aim : to mobilize resources for WHO’s core work for the next 4 years (2025-2028).

Under it 7 Bn $ will be mobilized to support the countries so that they can respond to health challenges.