A renewed push to restructure global health governance and financing emerged in Geneva as Heads of State, ministers, multilateral agencies and health financing institutions called for a sovereign, country-led approach to healthcare delivery and reform.
The push came during the Accra Reset High-Level Dialogue on Global Health Architecture, held on the sidelines at the recently concluded 79th World Health Assembly (WHA79) in Geneva, Switzerland.
The event, themed “Geneva Clarion Call: Rethinking Power, Financing and Global Health Delivery,” brought together member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO), including presidents, ministers, philanthropic organisations and global health experts.
At the centre of discussions was the Accra Reset initiative, launched by Ghanaian President John Mahama during the 2025 United Nations General Assembly. The initiative seeks to reshape development and global health systems around national sovereignty, coordinated execution, domestic capacity and regional cooperation.
Participating leaders also reflected on lessons from national reform experiences and the growing importance of domestic financing, regional manufacturing, institutional resilience, and sovereign decision-making in health systems.
