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Gathering in Nairobi from 28-29 May, religious leaders and people living with and affected by HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria analyzed global events affecting their people. 

As the international community works toward achieving gender equality by 2030, faith leaders are stepping forward to address one of the most overlooked barriers to women's empowerment: menstrual stigma. A joint webinar on 4 June from 15:00-16:30 CEST will explore how religious communities can lead transformative change in making menstruation a normal fact of life globally.

In conjunction with the 78th World Health Assembly, which met in Geneva under the theme “One World, One Health,” the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing, led “listening sessions” on 22-23 May to  observe and analyse the discussions on global health issues.

A delegation from the “Thank you, Doctor!” campaign visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 13 May. The global campaign seeks to value the humanizing role played by the primary care physician, also known as the family doctor, in the healthcare system and in society.

The World Council of Churches, in collaboration with HealthAI, Globethics, and the Christian Medical College of India, hosted a webinar, "Already/Not Yet: The Integration of AI and Healthcare,” on 13 May. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing is planning online “listening sessions” on the role of faith communities in the realignment of public health and access to universal care.

On 13 May, the World Council of Churches, in collaboration with HealthAI, Globethics, and the Christian Medical College of India, will host a webinar, "Already/Not Yet: The Integration of AI and Healthcare—A Critical Dialogue at the Intersection of Technology, Faith, and Healing.”

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed profound sorrow and concern over an aerial attack on the Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) hospital in Old Fangak, South Sudan, on 3 May. 

The World Council of Churches participated in the 58th session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development.

A training program to be held in N'Djamena, Chad, from 28-29 April, and in Manila, Philippines, from 29-30 April, as well as online, will help churches address impact of climate change on health.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) morning prayer focused on World Health Day, observed on 7 April under the theme “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing held its fourth meeting, mapping its future in what its leaders defined as “a new world order.”

In a letter to Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed deep concern that the World Health Organisation (WHO) is facing threats of discontinued financial support. 

Gracia Violeta Ross, WCC programme executive for HIV, Reproductive Health, and Pandemics, offered two presentations in Bolivia, the first a training for leaders living with HIV on planning and project design for community-based organizations, and the second a keynote speech, entitled “40 years of the HIV response in Bolivia, progress and challenges,” offered at an art museum’s exhibition closure in Santa Cruz, which is the largest city in the country, with 42% of HIV cases in Bolivia,