The Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly adopted a resolution to advance smart and efficient pharmacovigilance as a core element of strong and resilient health systems, marking a significant step towards expanding access to safe and effective medicines and vaccines worldwide and advancing progress towards universal health coverage.
The resolution calls on Member States to strengthen and integrate systems for monitoring the safety of medicines, vaccines and other health technologies, while improving regulatory capacity and workforce development. It also encourages the use of digital tools and real world data to enhance safety surveillance.
Emphasizing lessons from recent health emergencies, the resolution highlights the importance of timely detection of safety signals, effective risk communication and efforts to counter disinformation and misinformation.
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 22 May 2026
Advancing smart, efficient pharmacovigilance as an essential tool for robust, sustainable, resilient and responsive health systems, for everyone, everywhere (Draft resolution - EB158/CONF./5)
