PATH at the 78th World Health Assembly

Health Without Borders: Integrated Primary Health Care for All

15:20-17:00
Civil Society Networking Space

This session will emphasize the importance of integrated primary health care in tackling key global health challenges such as HIV, TB, diabetes, and hypertension. The discussion will highlight policy integration, improved diagnosis and care frameworks, and cross-sector collaboration to strengthen universal health coverage.

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Getting the world back on track: Ending AIDS by 2030—still possible!

19:30-20:50
Palais des Nations

This event will address the pressing challenges currently facing the global HIV response—including the impact of recent funding cuts and how countries are addressing funding gaps and forging regional and national partnerships to sustain HIV programs.

Open to Palais pass holders.

From Promise to Practice: Financing Sustainable NCD Responses in a Changing World

12:30-14:00
Restaurant la Vie Des Champs

With fiscal pressures mounting, countries must find viable ways to bridge funding gaps to tackle noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Recent shifts in global health financing and foreign aid have further emphasized the importance of domestic health investment and the need for new approaches. This side event will explore actionable, sustainable financing models for NCDs, drawing from key recommendations outlined in the Financing Accelerator Network’s NCD Financing Landscape Study in Sub-Saharan Africa and insights from a joint Coalition4NCDs and PATH NCD Financing survey.

Speakers:

• Herb Riband, Director, Access Accelerated
• Kimberly Green, Global Program Director, Primary Health Care, PATH & Coalition4NCDs
• Jackson Otieno, AFIDEP
• Aura Vilhelmsen, Chair, Access Accelerated Executive Committee
• Others TBC

By invitation only.

Securing the future of global health: United Front for Sustainable Financing

10:00-12:00
Civil Society Networking Space

This event will bring together civil society, international organizations, governments, and the private sector to explore innovative financing solutions that can bridge the growing health funding gap. The conversation will not only address infectious diseases but also broader global health priorities, aiming to develop actionable strategies to secure sustainable global health investments.

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Accelerating Women’s Health Science and Innovation: A Policy Agenda for Impact and White Paper Launch

12:00-13:30
Palais des Nations

Despite major advances in global health, systemic gaps in women’s health research continue to undermine progress. Today, only 7% of health care research focuses on conditions that exclusively affect women, while women remain underrepresented in clinical trials. This side event will speak to the recent launch of the Global Alliance for Women’s Health’s white paper on policy recommendations to transform the global ecosystem for women’s health science and innovation, developed through a year-long multi-stakeholder process led by the World Economic Forum with over 45 partners.

Speakers:

• Catharina Boehme, Assistant Director-General for External Relations and Governance, WHO
• Melanie Saville, Chief Scientific Officer, PATH
• Emily Fitzgerald, Global Alliance for Women’s Health, World Economic Forum
• Others TBC

Open to Palais pass holders.

A Seat at the Table: Highlighting people-centred care through storytelling and art

18:30-20:30
International Red Cross & Red Crescent Museum

This unique art installation will feature table settings made by health care stakeholders around the world, symbolizing the importance of including voices with lived experience in health decision-making. This creative visual metaphor will emphasise how people-centred care is a fundamental strategy to revitalise and strengthen health systems and primary health care delivery.

Learn more & register here.