2025 Calendar of Side-Events at the 78th World Health Assembly
The Global Surgery Foundation (GSF) is maintaining this WHA78 events calendar to support the global health community during the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA 2025). This public WHA2025 side event schedule includes both official and independent side events happening in Geneva and online throughout the WHA week.
Browse the calendar to find relevant WHA side-events, coordinate with partners, and make the most of this important global health moment.
This WHA2025 calendar of events is updated regularly, but GSF does not take responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of third-party listings. We encourage you to verify all event details via the official links provided.
We also warmly invite you to attend this year’s GSF WHA Side-Event.
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Sunday, 18 May 2025
WHA side-events schedule
Cancelled: Walk the Talk Geneva 2025
World Health Organization
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Place des Nations
Nursing & Midwifery Stakeholders Meeting on SOTA Care
G4 Alliance, Global Surgery Foundation, Operation Smile
11:00 AM - 1 PM
GSF Headquarters at Campus Biotech
By invitation only
10th Anniversary Celebration of the Global Surgery Movement
International College of Surgeons, The G4 Alliance
4:00 - 7:00 PM
Warwick Hotel
Monday, 19 May 2025
WHA side-events schedule
Integrating Congenital Conditions into Maternal and Child Health Programs
Global Action for Congenital Conditions (GACC)
7:30 - 9:30 AM
John Knox International Center
The Global Surgery Foundation
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Hotel InterContinental
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
WHA side-events schedule
Turning The Tide: Leveraging Ai And Innovative Finance For Healthcare Resilience
Health Innovation Exchange
All-day
Hotel InterContinental
Geneva Health Forum 2025 (Day 1)
Nutrition
See link for latest session schedule
All-day
Campus Biotech
From Data to Action: How Standards & Metrics Drive Patient Safety
WFSA, UCSF Center for Health Equity in Surgery & Anesthesia (CHESA)
12:00 - 2:00 PM
Geneva Press Club
Launch of the Lancet Health Policy article on Global Surgery 2025-2035
NIHR Global Surgery Unit, University of Birmingham, The Lancet, BJS
6:00 - 10:00 PM
La Pastorale
2 Year Country Progress on Implementing 76.19, Reducing Microdeficiencies Though Large Scale Food Fortification
Global Alliance for the Prevention of Spina Bifida and Folic Acid Deficiency (GAPSBIF)
6:00 - 8:30 PM
UNICEF Office
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
WHA side-events schedule
Geneva Health Forum 2025 (Day 2)
Climate Change and Health, Migration and Health
See link for latest session schedule
All-day
Campus Biotech
International SOS
8:00 - 10:00 AM
Hotel Royal Geneva
Advancing Global Health: Science Agenda for the World Health Assembly
Science Summit
11:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Hotel InterContinental
G4 Alliance, Northwest School of Medicine, Cambridge University, Brain Injury Canada
2:00 PM
Novotel Geneve Centre
Strengthening Health Systems for Universal Health Coverage: Implementing Surgical Care
Operation Smile, Mercy Ships
5:00 PM
Hotel Warwick
Milestones & Momentum in Rare Diseases: 10 Years of Progress, 10 Years of Possibility
Rare Diseases International
6:00 - 9:00 PM
La Pastorale
TRANSFORMING THE NARRATIVE: Chronic Respiratory Diseases in the HLM4
Copenhagen Institute of Futures Studies, Sanofi Regeneron
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Hilton Geneva Hotel & Conference Centre
Thursday, 22 May 2025
WHA side-events schedule
Geneva Digital Health Day - Geneva Health Forum 2025 (Day 3)
All-day
Digital Health, AI, Implementation Science and Policy, Space & Health
See link for latest session schedule
Campus Biotech
2nd Chance Swiss Association
5:45 PM
La Pastorale
Evidence-Based Policy Making for Digital Wellbeing: Addressing Problematic Internet Use (PUI)
WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Research in Mental Health SWI54
6:30 PM
Campus Biotech
Friday, 23 May 2025
WHA side-events schedule
Geneva Health Forum 2025 (Day 4)
See link for latest session schedule
All-day
Campus Biotech
Addressing Pediatric Non-Communicable Diseases: Building Systems-Based Approaches in Nutrition
International Initiative for Pediatrics and Nutrition
5 - 7 PM
Hotel President Wilson, Apollon Conference Room
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