World Health Assembly

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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 (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.