Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly-day update: May 24, 2025

Member States today adopted a significant resolution that has declared rare diseases with a global health priority in an effort to ensure that no patients remain behind. Resolution recognizes that over 300 million people live globally with one of more than 7,000 rare diseases, most of whom start in childhood and can lead to significant physical, emotional and financial difficulties.

The resolution of the country calls to integrate rare diseases into national health planning, improve diagnosis and care through universal health coverage, promote inclusive policies and accelerate innovations, research and access to affordable treatment. It is important that the resolution of the mandate who will develop a comprehensive 10-year global action plan for rare diseases, with measurable goals to direct progress towards equality, involvement and approach of care for all affected individuals.

The seventy -eighth Health Assembly has approved a new resolution on the strengthening of health financing globally, confirming its commitment to the provision of universal health covering (UHC) by improving primary health care focused on people. This comes at a crucial moment because external assistance faces a potential reduction of 40% in 2025, along with an increase in health and disorders in health services in many countries. This shock has resulted in emergency financing global health agents that affects already cut health systems in low -and -medium and medium income economies.

The new resolution describes actions for Member States to reinforce health financing by bringing more money for health in domestic budgets and improves public financial management management systems to create the greatest positive impact on population health.

The rapidly changing landscape also requires a renewed role for whom; The one that will help in the diverting of both domestic and global architecture of health financing towards the confidence of the country and the sustainable progress for UHC.

Which will operationalize priorities established in the resolution by further strengthening its technical cores on data analytics, politics and norms and monitoring and responsibility. Who will also continue to cooperate with countries to strengthen public financing as a cornerstone of resistant health systems that provide for all quality, affordable and fair health for everyone.

Resolution of countries to strengthen health policy and implementation aimed at science

In a large step to strengthen the health care systems based on evidence, Member States approved a resolution to improve national capacity for the development and adaptation of public health based on high quality scientific evidence.

The decision responds to permanent defects in countries' abilities to generate, use and exchange data specific to context and guidelines-key obstacles to improve fair health outcomes. The resolution calls the Government to invest in systems that support the development of national guidelines, including regulatory frameworks, digital tools and local research.

It also invites who to maintain the highest standards in their normative products and to support Member States in adjusting and implementing these tools at the country level. The global framework and action plan should be developed to encourage cross -border cooperation and the construction of regional scientific capacity. This resolution indicates a renewed global commitment to ensure that the leadership leads to influence in the real world of clinics, communities and health systems around the world.

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