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The 2027 agenda

Eight bounded questions open the 2027 health agenda. Each comes from a baseline finding, names the initiative that will carry it and the first output due in the 2027 health edition.

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Contents
  1. ·Edition home
  2. ·Executive summary
  3. 1Health is where the systems meet
  4. 2Key findings
  5. 3Systems and sectors at baseline
  6. 4Risks and capability
  7. 5Outbreak, funding gap and heat season in fragile health systems
  8. 6Readings from the other desks
  9. 7The 2027 agenda
    1. 7.1 Questions for the operational series
    2. 7.2 Portfolio proposed for the Q1 2027 alignment
    3. 7.3 The pathway
    4. 7.4 Universe 2027: evidence pack for the health candidate mission
    5. 7.5 Handoffs and routing
    6. 7.6 Feeds and signal register
  10. 8Systems in depth
  11. AMethodology
  12. BData appendix
  13. CReferences and record
  14. ·Complete edition, for print

7.1Questions for the operational series

  1. H-01

    How would an outbreak that coincides with a funding gap and a heat season travel through clinics, supply chains and food at once?

    INI-GS04-OUT-01 · outbreak under strain; first output: concurrency analysis for six regions.

  2. H-02

    Which One Health surveillance links between human, animal and environment data are missing at the points of spillover?

    INI-GS04-OHS-02 · One Health surveillance; first output: link register by region.

  3. H-03

    Where does aid reduction coincide with high burden and low domestic financing, and what would close the gap?

    INI-GS04-FIN-03 · health financing gap; first output: country-group overlay.

  4. H-04

    How do heat, vector-borne disease and clinic services interact in the same places?

    INI-GS04-HET-04 · heat and health; first output: exposure and service overlay.

  5. H-05

    Which health facilities lack reliable power, safe water and trained staff, and where?

    INI-GS04-FAC-05 · facility resilience; first output: facility service table.

  6. H-06

    Where is resistance rising fastest and what drives it in people, animals and the environment?

    To be admitted in 2027; first output: resistance and use overlay.

  7. H-07

    How many deaths go unrecorded, and how does that distort risk readings?

    To be admitted in 2027; first output: scoping note.

  8. H-08

    Which health-security capabilities have been tested in real emergencies, and which are only planned?

    Health capability register; first output: rung evidence for 15 functions.

7.2Portfolio proposed for the Q1 2027 alignment

Five initiatives and one Universe mission candidate are proposed for the 2027 health portfolio. They are programme objects: no partner, funder or member is attached to them in this edition.

Table 7.1Objects proposed for the first operational quarter
IDObjectKindQuestionState
INI-GS04-OUT-01Outbreak under strainInitiativeH-01PROPOSED
INI-GS04-OHS-02One Health surveillanceInitiativeH-02PROPOSED
INI-GS04-FIN-03Health financing gapInitiativeH-03PROPOSED
INI-GS04-HET-04Heat and healthInitiativeH-04PROPOSED
INI-GS04-FAC-05Facility resilienceInitiativeH-05PROPOSED
MSN-GS04-2027-01Outbreak under strain Universe missionMissionH-01Candidate

7.3The pathway

The health edition reads national health chapters, regional outbreak and surveillance evidence and the global edition through one governed evidence graph. At baseline the federation is designed; the Canada and global health chapters are drafted. This page states what exists today and what comes next.

  1. 01

    National health chapters

    health system of each national edition

    DRAFTED · further national baselines

  2. 02

    Outbreak and surveillance evidence

    cross-border outbreak zones, laboratories and borders

    PLANNED · regional Baseline Editions

  3. 03

    Health sector model

    the global health and One Health system

    v0 SPECIFIED · v1 with federation evidence

  4. 04

    Global and strategic links

    GLB · SR-02 Critical Infrastructure and Lifeline Systems

    PLANNED · strategic baselines

  5. 05

    Universe

    annual proving environment

    CANDIDATE MISSION · mandate in 2027

  6. 06

    Global Health Report

    this series

    BASELINE DRAFT · 2027 annual edition

  7. 07

    Evidence and correction

    one graph, many projections

    OPEN · first correction cycle in 2027

7.4Universe 2027: evidence pack for the health candidate mission

  1. 01

    Mandate

  2. 02

    Core Build · 1 month

  3. 03

    Action · 1 week

  4. 04

    Evidence seal

  5. 05

    Portfolio correction

  6. 06

    Next mandate

Table 7.2Universe 2027: evidence pack for the health candidate mission
ItemRecordStateTiming
F1Annual mandate recordPLANNEDafter the Q2 2027 alignment
F2Core Build recordPLANNEDone month before the exercise
F3Exercise evidencePLANNEDduring the Action week
F4Decision packetsPLANNEDexercise state only
F5Proof receiptsPLANNEDscoped to each recorded check
F6After-action reportPLANNEDwithin one quarter
F7Upgrade docketPLANNEDrouted to the Portfolio
F8Portfolio renewalPLANNED2027 global annual edition
F9Public synthesisPLANNEDpublic-safe extracts only

Mission

ID
MSN-GS04-2027-01 · Outbreak under strain Universe mission
Role spine
Leadership sponsor · Institutional anchor · Mission lead: drawn from national pathways
Receiving actors
to be identified with the mandate

7.5Handoffs and routing

Where the baseline’s findings go next. A handoff routes a finding for awareness, review or work; it transfers no authority.

Table 7.3Handoffs and routing
FindingRouted toPurposeClass
HLT-001 · coveragepublic recordreference for the 2027 seriesPUBLIC
HLT-006 · resistanceINI-GS04-OHS-02One Health surveillancePUBLIC
BIO-007 · zoonosesINI-GS04-OHS-02One Health surveillancePUBLIC
GOV-008 · outbreakINI-GS04-OUT-01 · key F reviewoutbreak under strainPUBLIC
FIN-010 · aid for healthINI-GS04-FIN-03health financing gapPUBLIC
CLI-011 · heatINI-GS04-HET-04heat and healthPUBLIC
GOV-009 · instrumentsregional consortiainstrument overlayPUBLIC
SYS-012 · compound pathwayMSN-GS04-2027-01Universe candidateCONSORTIUM
Table 7.4Routing rules by publication class
ClassWhere it goesWho can see it
PUBLICthe published edition and its evidence bundleanyone
CONSORTIUMgoverned rooms of the federationconsortium members under agreement
CONTROLLEDneed-to-know channelsnamed competent actors only

7.6Feeds and signal register

Table 7.5Feeds watched from 2027
FeedProducerLatencyFeeds into
Disease Outbreak NewsWHOweekly to monthlyGOV-008
World Health Statistics and UHC monitoringWHO and World BankannualHLT-001
Global HIV statisticsUNAIDSannualHLT-003
Immunisation coverage estimatesWHO and UNICEFannualHLT-004
Global antimicrobial resistance surveillanceWHOannualHLT-006
Tracking development assistance for healthIHMEannualFIN-010
National health workforce accountsWHOannualHLT-001

Escalation routes

  • none · keep monitoring
  • research question
  • project
  • risk object
  • annual publication
  • signal report
Table 7.6Signals at baseline
IDSignalCorroborationSystemsRoute
SIG-GS04-001Bundibugyo cases and deaths rising in the Democratic Republic of the Congo56CORROBORATEDHLT · TRDresearch question H-01
SIG-GS04-002Aid for health falling since 2021403CORROBORATEDFIN · HLTinitiative H-03
SIG-GS04-003Heat deaths rising with a graded El Niño response29PARTIALCLI · HLTresearch question H-04

Notes

Numbers are the edition’s reference numbers, so a note reads the same in every chapter. The full list, with every source and its licence, is in Annex C. Annex C, references

  1. 56WHO (ed.), Disease Outbreak News: Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus, Democratic Republic of the Congo (25 September 2026, data to 23 September 2026). World Health Organization, Geneva. Observation year 2026. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  2. 40Apeagyei, A.E. et al., Tracking development assistance for health, 1990 to 2030: historical trends, recent cuts, and outlook, The Lancet, 2025; abstract read through Europe PMC. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle. Observation year 2025 (estimate). Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  3. 3UN DESA Statistics Division (ed.), The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2026, Goal 3 storyline, Good health and well-being. United Nations, New York. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  4. 29POST-CLOSE, context only: WHO (ed.), Climate change is a growing health emergency, Lancet Countdown warns, departmental update summarising the 2026 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change (28 October 2026; the report itself was not opened; released after the 30 September evidence close and cited as the position at access). World Health Organization, Geneva. Observation year 2023. Accessed 2026-11-03.back

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Valadbaygi, S. (Ed.). (2026). Chapter 7: The 2027 agenda. In Global Health Risk and Resilience Report 2026: Baseline Edition, The State of the World’s Health and One Health System. (Baseline Edition 2026, Report No. NR-SECTOR-HEALTH-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE) [Draft under review]. The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI).

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