Health Financing: What now? What next? Insights from malaria, dengue & Neglected Tropical Diseases

On the occasion of the 78th World Health Assembly, The International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases hosts a WHA78 side event, titled “Health Financing: What now? What next? Insights from malaria, dengue & Neglected Tropical Diseases“. It will take place on Tuesday 20th May 2025, in Geneva, Switzerland.

This event is looking to mobilize stakeholders to take stock of the current funding challenges as they evolve, share experiences and best practices, consider new resources, accelerate innovations, and scale up health system preparedness to combat climate-vulnerable infectious and tropical diseases with a focus on malaria, dengue and NTDs.

This multi-speaker event on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly (WHA) will create a platform to share first-hand experiences of funding challenges, whether from the recipient or funder’s perspective, as well as discuss needs and new financing strategies or platforms in the wake of decreasing donor funding for climate-sensitive infectious and tropical diseases like malaria, dengue, and NTDs. The event will bring together voices from national governments, innovators, and investors seeking to work together, culminating in a call to action to address these challenges around the world.

Specific objectives include:

•    Provide a stage for policy makers, government leaders, funders and technical experts to share the challenges that their countries, research or programs are facing 

•    Bring together governments, innovators, and investors to discuss opportunities and solutions to these challenges

•    Catalyse discussions around solutions and best practices in order to issue a strong call to action on what is needed to sustain and accelerate health goals.

Source: ISNTD