Priti Patnaik

Priti Patnaik is the founder of Geneva Health Files—an investigative, reader-funded journalistic initiative reporting on power and politics in global health. She is also author of a just-launched book, How the Pandemic Agreement Was Negotiated at the World Health Organization: Multilateralism in Global Health in a Divided World (Geneva Health Files, April 2026).

World Health Assembly Recap: Financial Crunch, Affected Mandates, and Future Leadership

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This year's assembly revealed competing visions for the future as global health architecture faces forced transformation

Delegates attend the 79th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization, in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 18, 2026.

World Health Assembly: Why Multilateralism Needs More Than Solidarity

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WHO member states should cooperate to address health challenges and preserve the institution without the United States

World Health Assembly: Why Multilateralism Needs More Than Solidarity

Feminist Foreign Policy and COVID-19

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Anganwadi center workers at a protest rally in Ahmedabad, India, on December 24, 2013. There are more than 1.3 million such centers in India with three million workers. The proto shows a huge crowd, nearly all women, shouting and protesting at a crowded rally. REUTERS/Amit Dave