At the World Health Summit 2024 from October 13-15 in Berlin, leading international representatives from a wide range of fields will discuss the most pressing issues in global health. Under the motto “Building Trust for a Healthier World”, the focus is on a healthier future for all. On the agenda, among other things: Pandemic threats and responses, mpox, health equity, climate change and health, artificial intelligence, antibiotic resistance and financing global health. Over 350 speakers and several thousand participants from all regions of the world from science, private sector, civil society and politics, including numerous ministers, are expected to attend.
A particular highlight will be the presentation of the first Investment Round of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the World Health Summit 2024. The aim of the Investment Round, which is co-hosted by Germany among others: To enable the WHO to prevent 40 million avoidable deaths caused by disease over the next four years through more reliable and at the same time more flexible funding. Speakers include German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The World Health Summit 2024 will once again offer a variety of launches, side meetings and special events. WHS 2024 central topics include:
- From Pledges to Progress: Financing Global Health Solutions
- Antimicrobial Resistance: Roadmap to Future Resilience
- Empowering Futures: Strategies for Women’s and Children’s Health
- The Climate-Health Nexus: Pathways to Action for Equity
- Fostering Youth Leadership: Strengthening Voices for Impact
- Artificial Intelligence: A New Era in Digital Health
WHS 2024 speakers include:
- Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor, Germany
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization
- (WHO)
- Karl Lauterbach, Federal Minister of Health, Germany
- Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development,
- Germany
- John-Arne Røttingen, CEO, Wellcome Trust
- Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, Minister of Health, Malawi
- Obiageli Ezekwesili, CEO, Human Capital Africa
- Patrick Cramer, President, Max-Planck-Society
- Awa Marie Coll-Seck, President, Forum Galien Africa
- Peter Sands, Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis
- and Malaria
- Christine Stegling, Deputy Executive Director, Policy, Advocacy and
- Knowledge Branch, UNAIDS
- Helen Clark, Chair of the Board, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child
- Health (PMNCH)
- Victor J. Dzau, President, National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
