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The world's leading global health conference begins on October 13
The financing of WHO, Germany's role in global health, antimicrobial resistance, Mpox, digitalization - topics like these are on the agenda of this year's World Health Summit from October 13-15 in Berlin. Leading international experts and decision-makers from all sectors will discuss strategies for the future under the motto “Building Trust for a Healthier World”. Over 350 speakers and several thousand participants from all regions of the world are expected to attend, including numerous ministers, government officials and representatives from science, the private sector, civil society and international organizations.
More on program: https://www.conference.worldhealthsummit.org/Program/WHS2024
Media representatives can apply until October 9 for on-site accreditation at:
https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/media/accreditation.html
The central event of the WHS 2024 is the presentation of the WHO Investment Round on Monday, October 14, 6:00 PM CEST. Confirmed speakers: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation. The event “All for Health, Health for All: Signature Event for the WHO Investment Round” is being co-hosted by Germany, France and Norway as key supporters of the WHO Investment Round. This new financing instrument is intended to help WHO fulfill its “Health for All” mandate.
More information: https://www.conference.worldhealthsummit.org/Program/WHS2024
WHS 2024 speakers include:
• Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor, Germany
• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
• Bill Gates, Chair, Gates Foundation
• Karl Lauterbach, Federal Minister of Health, Germany
• Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
• Jenista Mhagama, Minister of Health, Tanzania
• Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, Minister of Health, Malawi
• Joy Phumaphi, Co-Chair, The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB); Former Minister of Health of Botswana
• Sania Nishtar, CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
• Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner of Infrastructure and Energy, African Union
• Liam Smeeth, Director, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• Michael Sen, CEO, Fresenius
• Jean Kaseya, Director-General, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
• Karen DeSalvo, Chief Health Officer, Google
• Jeremy Farrar, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO)
• Dame Sally Davies, UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
• Naveen Rao, Senior Vice President, Health Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation
More speakers: https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/summit/speakers.html
Press Kit:
https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/media/presskit.html
Information on WHS 2024:
https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/summit.html
Information on Special Events at the WHS 2024:
https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/summit/side-meetings/2024.html
The main program of the World Health Summit is open to the press. Please note that places for journalists on-site are limited.
The entire main program with over 60 sessions will also be available live online for free for people around the world who may not be able to attend the event in person at https://www.worldhealthsummit.org. Online participation is possible without prior registration. Video and audio material can be used upon request. Source: World Health Summit
The session recordings will be available here:
https://www.youtube.com/worldhealthsummit
The World Health Summit is the international platform for global health. It brings together stakeholders from politics, science, the private sector, and civil society from around the world to set the agenda for a healthier future and well-being for all. The World Health Summit strengthens exchange, stimulates innovative solutions to health challenges, fosters global health as a key political issue, and promotes the global health debate in the spirit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The World Health Summit as a conference and strategic forum takes place every year in October in Berlin with around 3,000 participants on-site and more than 10,000 online and was founded in 2009 at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. The President of the World Health Summit is Prof. Axel R. Pries, the International Presidents 2024 are Prof. Sophia Zoungas and Prof. Christina Mitchell, Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
World Health Summit 2024
October 13–15
JW Marriott Hotel Berlin
Stauffenbergstraße 26, 10785 Berlin
https://www.worldhealthsummit.org
#WHS2024
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communications@worldhealthsummit.org
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