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World Health Assembly
Abbreviation
WHA
Formation
1948
Type
Forum through which the World Health Organization (WHO) is governed.
Legal status
Active
Headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland
Membership
194 Countries
Chairperson
Dr. Harsh Vardhan (Minister of Health and Family Welfare, India)
Parent organization
World Health Organization
Website
who.int/about/governance/world-health-assembly
The World Health Assembly meets in the assembly hall of the Palace of Nations, in Geneva (Switzerland).
The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the forum through which the World Health Organization (WHO) is governed by its 194 member states. It is the world's highest health policy setting body and is composed of health ministers from member states.
The members of the WHA generally meet every year in May in Geneva at the Palace of Nations, the location of WHO Headquarters. The main tasks of the WHA are to decide major policy questions, as well as to approve the WHO work programme and budget and elect its Director-General (every fifth year) and annually to elect ten members to renew part of its executive board.[1] Its main functions are to determine the policies of the Organization, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget.
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