India, May 17 -- The Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly will take place from May 18 to 23 in Geneva against a backdrop of global financial constraints and the need to sustain progress towards Health for All, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement.

Member states are expected to adopt decisions and resolutions on a wide range of priority health issues, setting direction for global health action and advancing implementation of WHO's global health strategy for 2025-2028.

The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the supreme decision-making body of the United Nations health agency, the World Health Organization, and is composed of health ministers from 194 countries.

Reforming the global health system

The Health Assembly will fo...