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

WHO Elections: Reform Without Reckoning

by Summer Galloway

The organization cannot be reshaped without confronting its internal structure, partnership rules, and expanding operational role

The World Health Organization headquarters is seen in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 28, 2025.
Governance

Reforming WHO: Five Considerations for the Next Director General

by Anders Nordström

The World Health Organization's next chapter could become more focused, technically authoritative, and strategically disciplined through strategic reforms

Governance

A Roadmap to Effective Gun Violence Policy

by Stephen Hargarten, Jonathan Quick, Joel Negin, Nicholas Hoffmann
Guns that will be destroyed are displayed during an event for the International Day for the Destruction of Firearms, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 9, 2025.
Governance

Charting Ebola Responses: How 2026 Stacks Up After Aid Cuts

by Stephanie Psaki, Anya Hirschfeld, Allison Krugman
A map titled "Where the 2026 Ebola Outbreak is Spreading" shows confirmed and suspected cases of Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda as of June 1, 2026. Affected regions are shaded in salmon/orange-red, and affected cities are marked with black dots. Ituri Province in northeastern DRC is labeled as having seen the most cases and is the largest highlighted region. Additional affected areas in DRC include militia-controlled Goma in North Kivu and areas near Bukavu in South Kivu. In Uganda, Kampala is marked as having confirmed nine cases. A small inset map shows the location of the outbreak region within the broader African continent. Source: Ministry of Health, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Governance

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

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

The World Health Assembly Reacts to the Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak

by Ebere Okereke
The regional supply chain lead for emergencies at the World Health Organization's Regional Office for Africa pastes stickers on shipment pallets that are being sent in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 18, 2026.
Governance

Busting 10 Myths About Health Taxes

by Tom Frieden
A street vendor selects cigarettes for a customer, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on May 27, 2024.
Governance

Hantavirus Outbreak Tests Global Health Law Amid WHO Crisis

by Alexandra L. Phelan
Civil guard members approach the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, on a motorboat, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Spain, on May 11, 2026.
Governance

Argentina, the WHO, and an Exit Door That Doesn't Exist 

by Sara Al Dallal
Argentinian President Javier Milei speaks at an event, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 29, 2026.
Governance

How African Regional Agencies Can Shape Global Health Reform

by Benido Impouma, Andrea Luciani, Diallo Abdourahmane, Mohamed Janabi
World Health Organization officials and Ugandan health workers inform the community of Kirembo village about the ebola vaccine, in Kasese district, Uganda, on June 15, 2019.
Governance

Sustaining Tuberculosis Innovations to Counter Foreign Aid Cuts

by Madhukar Pai
A man is treated for tuberculosis, at the Muniz public hospital, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 11, 2019.
Governance

Indonesia in the BRICS: What It Means for Global Health  

by Ivan Meidika Kurnia, Elizabeth Sarah Aryaputri
The Indonesian flag flies as people, wearing protective face coverings, wait to receive a COVID-19 vaccine dose at Pakansari Stadium, in Bogor, Indonesia, on August 14, 2021.