Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) — such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases — remain among the greatest global health challenges. In 2021 alone, NCDs caused at least 43 million deaths, representing 75% of all non-pandemic-related mortality worldwide (WHO). The burden, however, is deeply unequal: developing countries account for 82% of these deaths.| G2H2
Palestine: We call out the hypocrisy and demand a ceasefire now| G2H2
The Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) Steering Committee praises Colombia and South Africa for their inspiring leadership in the Hague Group initiative, and particularly the organization of the two-day Emergency Summit on Palestine in Bogotá, where 30+ nations met to seek concrete measures to halt the genocide in Gaza.| G2H2
The World Health Organization (WHO) is facing one of its most severe budgetary contractions in years. At the 78th World Health Assembly in May 2025, Member States approved a sharply reduced core budget of US$ 4.2 billion for the 2026–2027 biennium — far below the US$ 5.3 billion the WHO had originally budgeted. Even with a modest increase in contributions from Member States, the budget leaves nearly 40% of core funding unfunded, posing critical risks to the organization’s ability to del...| G2H2
Annual Report of the G2H2 activities in the year 2024| G2H2
Along the lines of our “WHA TODAY” online check-ins, on the Saturday before the beginning of the World Health Assembly, we will provide our Network members the opportunity to spend a few hours together to discuss about our expectations from the WHA and share our own insights, preliminary assessments and our own advocacy agenda.| G2H2
Matters that matter to us| G2H2
G2H2 civil society workshop ahead of WHA77| G2H2
EB TODAY: After the series of well-attended intersessional meetings ahead of the 154th Session of the WHO Executive Board, and the daily civil society lounge in the week of the EB meeting, we already convened an EB154 review session on Thursday 1 Febuary. Based on the demand expressed by attendants, we agreed to have another review session on Tuesday 13 February 2024, again with the focus on how the WHO Executive Board was divided and confused on the issues of gender equity and sexual and rep...| G2H2
