World leaders pledged at least an additional US$170 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) at a high-level pledging event Tuesday at the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly in Geneva.
Amid rising global health challenges, the agency said leaders reaffirmed their support for multilateral cooperation through these contributions to WHO’s Investment Round (IR).
Member States approved an increase in Assessed Contributions, adding a separate US$90 million per year in income, marking another important step towards WHO’s goal of sustainable financing.