LATEST POLICIES
WMA Declaration of Helsinki - Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Participants
Adopted by the 18th WMA General Assembly, Helsinki, Finland, June 1964
and amended by the:
29th WMA General Assembly,...
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WMA Resolution on Plastics and Health
Adopted by the 75th WMA General Assembly, Helsinki, Finland, October 2024
PREAMBLE
Plastic poses an ongoing...
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WMA NEWS
Global physician leader calls for stronger financial and political commitments to put health at the center of COP29 negotiations
As the effects of the climate crisis on human health comes under the spotlight at COP29 in Baku, the World Medical Assoc...
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WMA calls on Member States to adopt binding commitments on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response
At the start of the Twelfth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB12) on pandemic prevention, preparedne...
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The World Medical Association calls on Iranian authorities to cease corporal punishment and comply with their international obligations on civil and political rights
WMA calls on Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally abolish all forms of corporal punishment, and to com...
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