WHO: Seventy-First World Health Assembly update, 23 May
This post provides an update on topics addressed at the 71st World Health Assembly, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak; a report from the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme; health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory; access to medicines and vaccines; and a review of the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation, and Intellectual Property (5/23).