Global public health needs economic justice – now!
Presenting realistic and sustainable political pathways for public health investments
📅 Monday, 19 May 2025 | 08:30–10:00
📍 Warwick Hotel, Geneva
🥐 Includes breakfast
At the World Health Assembly in May (WHA78), WHO member states negotiations are happening in the context of drastic budget cuts that are already having immense consequences on people’s lives around the world. Governments are called upon to increase public health budgets – but they are faced with ever rising debt service payments and illicit financial flows that drain public resources away from vital public services. To get the needed reforms to the global financial system off the ground, we need the global health community to add their voices to demands for economic justice.
This event will bring together experts from diverse backgrounds to illustrate the flaws in the global financial architecture, their impact on health financing, and how they can be transformed to support equity, sustainability and access to health for all.
Join us for this important conversation at a pivotal moment in global health and finance reforms!
Speakers:
- Mariska Meurs, Global Health Expert – Wemos/G2H2: Opening comments
- Chileshe G. Mange, Tax and Equity Policy Officer (Project Lead, Tobacco Tax Advocacy in Africa) – Tax Justice Network Africa
- Timothy Musila, Health Policy, Planning and Financing Specialist – Ministry of Health Uganda
- Iris Semini, Manager, Country and Regional Impact, Equitable Financing Practice – The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
- Baba Aye, Health & Social Services Officer – PSI/G2H2 co-chair: Final considerations
