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.
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Submit it using the button below so we can include it in the calendar and increase its visibility among WHA attendees.
We also warmly invite you to attend this year’s GSF WHA Side-Event.
Event submissions are subject to a review against inclusion criteria.
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
10th Anniversary Celebration of the Global Surgery Movement
International College of Surgeons, The G4 Alliance
6:00 PM
Warwick Hotel
Monday, 19 May 2025
WHA side-events schedule
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
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
Advancing Global Health: Science Agenda for the World Health Assembly
Science Summit
11:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Hotel InterContinental
Recognizing Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) as a Chronic Notifiable Condition & Operative Encounter Registry (OER)
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
Thursday, 22 May 2025
WHA side-events schedule
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
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