A Global Health Strategy for 2025–2028
Fourteenth General Programme of Work
Overview
A bold agenda to advance health equity and build resilience in a turbulent world
The Fourteenth General Programme of Work (GPW 14), adopted by Member States at the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly represents an ambitious new global health strategy for 2025–2028. It builds on the legacy of GPW 13, the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and progress to date in the WHO Transformation, and charts a course for advancing health and well-being in a turbulent world.
At its heart is a vision to save 40 million lives over the next four years by pursuing a threefold mission: to promote health by addressing the root causes of disease, including climate change; to provide health by strengthening health systems based on primary health care and expanding access to health services and financial protection; and to protect health by preventing, preparing for, mitigating, detecting and responding rapidly to health emergencies.
This mission is supported by six strategic objectives formulated through one of the most consultative processes ever undertaken by WHO; 15 joint outcomes that define specific actions needed to implement GPW 14 by countries, WHO and partners; and four corporate outcomes that convey the specific contributions of the WHO Secretariat.
