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Good morning, this is Michelle. At the World Health Assembly last week, delegates agreed to launch consultations aimed at improving the way a global patchwork of UN agencies, international organisations and local actors work together to deliver health services on the ground – with fewer resources.

We sat down with Spain’s health secretary, Javier Padilla Bernáldez, whose country has emerged as a leading voice for global health cooperation. We talked about outdated bipolar world orders, unanswered demands for equity and Spain’s push for gender equality against the conservative tide now led by the US.

In other news, Germany has moved up the list of global aid donors – here’s what it spends its money on. And meet Switzerland’s new top diplomat in New York.

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Michelle Langrand

27.05.2026


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Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez and WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, 18 May 2026. (Keystone/Salvatore Di Nolfi)

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