The meeting of the 25th WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines will take place from 7 to 11 April 2025 at WHO Headquarters in Geneva. The purpose of the meeting will be to revise and update the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) and the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc).
All information relating to the WHO Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines is available here.
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During the week of the World Health Assembly, the most prominent international Schools of Public Health (SPHs) will convene to discuss the opportunities for better health learning for the millions of public health professionals around the world.
The meeting is organized by the Swiss School of Public Health, the Harvard Chan School of Public Health, the Vanke School of Public Health from Tsinghua University, and the School of Public Health from the National University of Singapore, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) Academy and the Geneva Health Forum (University of Geneva).
This year, the meeting will focus on fostering collaborations between the WHO Academy and SPHs worldwide. How can we work better together? What successes and challenges can we share? What level of expertise, training and research can SPHs and universities bring to the WHO Academy in its mission towards lifelong learning for public health?
Deans, vice-deans, former deans, faculty members and students are welcome to attend. A light lunch will be served after the meeting in the same venue.
Established in 1994 by a resolution of the UN Economic and Social Council and launched in January 1996, UNAIDS is guided by a Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) with representatives of 22 governments from all geographic regions, the UNAIDS Cosponsors, and five representatives of nongovernmental organizations, including associations of people living with HIV.
The Programme Coordinating Board has the following broad functions:
To establish broad policies and priorities for the Joint Programme, taking into account the provisions of General Assembly resolution 47/199;
To review and decide upon the planning and execution of the Joint Programme. For this purpose it is kept informed of all aspects of the development of the Joint Programme and considers reports and recommendations submitted to it by the Executive Director, and
The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-6) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 3 to 7 November 2025. During COP-5, the Conference of the Parties elected Osvaldo Álvarez (Chile) as the President of COP-6.
In 2025, the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) will co-host the World Hospital Congress, working with the IHF to bring together international hospital leaders and healthcare executives under the banner “Global learning, local action.”
The World Hospital Congress is a unique global forum that gathers IHF Members and leaders of hospitals, health services, and healthcare organizations. This event offers an invaluable learning and networking opportunity, focusing on the latest trends and pressing issues in the healthcare sector.
The Congress features expert-led plenary and parallel sessions, invitational forums, workshops, masterclasses, poster presentations, the IHF Awards Ceremony, hospital visits, the i-to-i Innovation Hub, an industry exhibition, and numerous networking and social opportunities. It is a vibrant hub of knowledge exchange, collaboration, and innovation, where the international healthcare community gathers to learn from each other and enhance local service delivery.
Read the press release here.