The National Interest

The World Health Assembly Needs Taiwan. Here’s Why.

In a world where pandemics, antimicrobial resistance, and health disparities know no borders, excluding Taiwan from the WHA is not only unjust but also counterproductive. Each year, the World Health ...
OPB

For the first time, the U.S. is absent from WHO’s annual assembly. What’s the impact?

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses the World Health Assembly on May 19. It's the first such gathering that the U.S. has not attended in nearly 80 years in ...
Reuters

World Health Organization members vote in favour of global pandemic agreement

GENEVA, May 19 (Reuters) - Members of the World Health Organization voted emphatically in favour of a potentially groundbreaking global treaty on improving pandemic preparedness at the World Health ...
RapplerOpinion

[OPINION] Herbosa’s resignation should not end the Philippines’ global health ambition

If the Philippines can strengthen its healthcare system while also cultivating leadership abroad, it will be better ...
STAT

What’s missing from the WHO Pandemic Treaty

Psaki is a senior fellow at the Brown University School of Public Health and former U.S. coordinator for global health security at the National Security Council. Jha is the dean of the Brown ...
NPR

The world now has its first ever pandemic treaty. Will it make a difference?

Member states of the World Health Organization voted overwhelmingly to adopt the first ever pandemic agreement, a treaty aimed at preventing, preparing for and responding to any future pandemic. After ...
STAT

The long history of the U.S. trying to control and dismantle the WHO

Soon after his inauguration as 47 th president of the United States on Jan. 20, Donald Trump signed an executive order that withdrew the U.S. from membership in the World Health Organization. The ...
Health Affairs

Without The US, The World Health Organization Cannot Fulfill Its Mission

A world in which the US and World Health Organization are adrift holds repercussions for US national interests and security as well as geopolitical ramifications. On January 22, 2026, President Trump ...