Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Recent geopolitical shifts have led to drastic cuts in aid, posing a serious threat to global health programs worldwide. Governments now face a volatile international funding landscape, diminished trust in external donors, rising debt servicing obligations, and weak domestic budgets for public health systems. Yet, this moment also presents a powerful opportunity for regional, national, and global health champions to act decisively, to reimagine and build sustainable, domestically led health financing models.
At the World Health Summit 2025, speakers – including Winnie Byanyima (Executive Director, UNAIDS), Mónica García Gómez (Minister of Health, Spain), Jean Kaseya (Director-General, Africa CDC), Saia Ma’u Piukala (Regional Director for the Western Pacific, World Health Organization), Serah Makka (Africa Executive Director, The ONE Campaign), and Thomas Schinecker (CEO, Roche) – focused on three key strategies: expanding fair health taxes, mobilizing diaspora capital, and positioning the health economy as a driver of inclusive growth. The discussion, co-hosted by The ONE Campaign, also highlighted the need to reduce debt, improve coordination, and reform global financing rules.
Bringing together voices from government, multilateral institutions, and the private sector, the session called for bold, locally driven solutions to move beyond traditional aid and build resilient, equitable health systems for the future.
The World Health Summit is the leading global platform bringing together science, politics, civil society, and the private sector to catalyze collaborative and innovative solutions for key health priorities. Learn more at www.worldhealthsummit.org.
Recent geopolitical shifts have led to drastic cuts in aid, posing a serious threat to global health programs worldwide. Governments now face a volatile international funding landscape, diminished trust in external donors, rising debt servicing obligations, and weak domestic budgets for public health systems. Yet, this moment also presents a powerful opportunity for regional, national, and global health champions to act decisively, to reimagine and build sustainable, domestically led health financing models.
At the World Health Summit 2025, speakers – including Winnie Byanyima (Executive Director, UNAIDS), Mónica García Gómez (Minister of Health, Spain), Jean Kaseya (Director-General, Africa CDC), Saia Ma’u Piukala (Regional Director for the Western Pacific, World Health Organization), Serah Makka (Africa Executive Director, The ONE Campaign), and Thomas Schinecker (CEO, Roche) – focused on three key strategies: expanding fair health taxes, mobilizing diaspora capital, and positioning the health economy as a driver of inclusive growth. The discussion, co-hosted by The ONE Campaign, also highlighted the need to reduce debt, improve coordination, and reform global financing rules.
Bringing together voices from government, multilateral institutions, and the private sector, the session called for bold, locally driven solutions to move beyond traditional aid and build resilient, equitable health systems for the future.
The World Health Summit is the leading global platform bringing together science, politics, civil society, and the private sector to catalyze collaborative and innovative solutions for key health priorities. Learn more at www.worldhealthsummit.org.
