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Accelerating the uptake and impact of WHO norms and standards
WHO norms and standards shape health policies and programmes worldwide. Their development is a core mandate of the Organization and one of its most distinctive contributions to global health. The impact of norms and standards, however, depends on their effective uptake, adaptation and implementation in national contexts.
In May 2025, the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly adopted resolution WHA78.10, Strengthening national capacities in evidence-based decision-making for the uptake and impact of norms and standards. The resolution calls for stronger support to help countries translate WHO norms and standards into action and improved health outcomes.
Through WHA78.10, Member States requested the Director-General to develop, in close consultation with Member States and relevant stakeholders, a global framework on the uptake and impact of norms and standards and a global plan of action for its implementation.
WHO is leading a global, consultative process to co-develop these documents with Member States. This initiative aims to strengthen the pathway from global guidance to country-level action and help ensure that WHO norms and standards contribute more consistently to improved, equitable and sustainable health outcomes.
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