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WMA public statements, declarations and open letters

The WMA follows the global health news and issues its statements, declarations and open letters on the occasion of public events and/or related to current health issues.

Date	Title
19 February 2025	WMA Statement 13^th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) for a WHO instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response
12 December 2024	WHPA Call to Invest in health professionals for high-quality primary health care to achieve universal health coverage (UHC)
31 October 2024	Open letter to Iranian authorities calling for abolition of corporal punishment
16 July 2024	WMA Statement 10^th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) for a WHO instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response
12 June 2024	WMA Open Letter to the Gambian authorities
26 March 2024	WMA contribution to the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls to the UN General Assembly on women and girls in sport
02 January 2024	Open letter to Iranian authorities, in support of Dr Djalali
22 November 2023	JOINT STATEMENT ON WORLD ANTIMICROBIAL AWARENESS WEEK
16 February 2023	Open letter with Annex with specific comments on the zero draft of the future WHO international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response
12 June 2023	Joint WMA-CPME letter to the Turkish authorities in support of the Turkish Medical Association
13 June 2023	Zero Draft Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage – Changes to wording from the World Medical Association
27 June 2023	WMA Statement at the Fourth WHO Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours (27-30 June 2023)

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