The 66th World Health Assembly is wrapping up in Geneva on the 28th of May. This annual review of the WHO’s work, goals and tasks has received excellent coverage by Laurie Garrett – in case you missed it, please find a link to her blog here.
You can also follow the twitter stream action here at #wha66 and of course there is a plethora of information available from the WHO media centre.
Further pieces of interest include:
Medicus Mundi International and the People’s Health Movement taking the challenge to the World Health Organisation for further focus on the social determinants of health in this very clear statement on the work to be done .
In the Huffington Post, A Global System in the making – six mind changes by Dr Ilona Kickbusch, Director of the Global Health Program Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva.
