Berlin, Germany | October 20^th - 22^nd, 2013

5^th World Health Summit: October 20^th - 22^nd, 2013 in Berlin

Present your work at the World Health Summit

New Voices in Global Health - Call for Abstracts:
Present your work at the World Health Summit 2013

In cooperation with THE LANCET we are pleased to invite you to submit abstracts for presentation at the upcoming World Health Summit!

The New Voices in Global Health is a competitive program designed to highlight important research, policy and advocacy initiatives of new and future leaders in global health.

This is your chance to participate in the WHS 2013 and present your work to an unique audience of international experts.

Please find here all information on the Call for Abstracts >>>

WHS2013: 1st Announcement

World Health Summit 2013: First Announcement Available

How can we support synergies between health and other sectors? How can we develop shared solutions to drive people-centered, inclusive development? These are only two of the questions, the World Health Summit 2013 will address.

The WHS will be held from Oct. 20th – 22nd, 2013, at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, and be structured by four major tracks:

- Global Health for Development
- Evidence to Policy
- Research and Innovation
- Education and Leadership

Please find all key information in our First Announcement >>>

The M8 Statement, issued at the WHS Regional Meeting Asia

M8 Statement Issued at WHS Regional Meeting – Asia

From 8th to 10th April, key opinion leaders gathered in Singapore to contribute to in-depth discussions based on the summit theme “Health for Sustainable Development in Asia”.

Concluding the discussions, the M8 Alliance issued a call to action – anchored on the four major themes of the summit and the recognition that a healthy population is the foundation for development, security, progress, social justice and economic stability.

The statement was read by Prof John Wong, president of the World Health Summit and co-chair of the WHSRMA in the presence of the M8 Alliance and about 900 delegates at the summit. The statement is available online: >>> M8 Statement

The News Archives >>

High Patrons of the World Health Summit 2013:

Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

"Arthur Schopenhauer captured a deeply felt human need when he wrote that “health is not everything, but without health everything is nothing.” People everywhere rightly expect busi-ness, researchers and policy-makers to come up with viable concepts for well functioning health services that deliver good health care as well as effective disease prevention and control. ...

Now in its fourth edition, this unique gathering brings together experts from all over the world. I bid them all a very warm welcome to Berlin. ..."

Read the whole Welcome Message of Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany >>>

François Hollande, President of the French Republic

"As patron of the 2012 World Health Summit I would firstly like to express the simple idea, that although health is essentially the most private, indeed the most personal, of issues, it is also a matter of public concern. It is actually one of the primary state responsibilities.

In my role as joint patron, together with Chancellor Angela Merkel, I intend emphasizing that nothing can be achieved long-term with regard to health matters without international cooperation, in particular at the European level. ..."

Read the whole Welcome Message of François Hollande, President of the French Republic >>>

Welcome Message
from the Summit Presidents

The Summit

The Participants

“Research for Health and Sustainable Development,” the theme of the 2012 World Health Summit, articulates this year´s focus on finding novel solutions for non-communicable diseases and conditions of global concern, like obesity, diabetes, and mental illness.

Read the entire Welcome Message >>>

The World Health Summit is the annual conference of the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centres and Medical Universities, organized by Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin in collaboration with the National Academies of Sciences of more than 67 countries and their Interacademy Medical Panel (IAMP).