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World Health Summit 2025

Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmenting World

October 12-14

World Health Summit 2025

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The World Health Summit promotes a science-driven and broad approach to global health development with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its core. Our key issues are therefore interdisciplinary, science-based, and cross-sectoral. They are vital to set the global health agenda for the years to come. You can watch the session recordings directly on each session page.

4,000+
Participants On-Site
40,000+
Participants Online
400+
Speakers
70+
Sessions
50+
Side Events
Portrait of Edem Adamanov
"Resilience for us is not just about endurance – it’s about growth. Despite the war, Ukraine’s health system keeps moving forward, proving that recovery can start even in the darkest times."
Edem Adamanov
Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine
Portrait of Diene Keita
"Women’s health is both a measure and a driver of collective progress. While women and girls represent half of the world’s population, their health remains chronically underfunded and underprioritized – an afterthought in research and healthcare design."
Diene Keita
Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Portrait of Nina Warken
"Germany is and remains a reliable and committed partner of the World Health Summit and also of WHO. In view of the current challenges, it is more important than ever to engage in constructive dialogue and work together to strengthen global health."
Nina Warken
Federal Minister of Health (BMG), Germany
Portrait of Hadja Lahbib
"Our world has some cracks but it is not completely broken. It needs a transitional phase […] and we will repair it together, and make it stronger and more human" partners."
Hadja Lahbib
Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management and Commissioner for Equality
Portrait of Reem Alabali Radovan
"Every euro invested in the Global Fund pays off: it strengthens the health systems of our partner countries and makes the world more resilient. In doing so, we save millions of lives. That is why we must remain strong together."
Reem Alabali Radovan
Federal Minister, Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Portrait of Winnie Byanyima
"Aid needs to stay there as a scaffolding as we transition. In transitioning we must solve the problems of the old model, we mustn’t bring back the problems of the old model."
Winnie Byanyima
Executive Director, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Portrait of Jean Kaseya
"We are now saying: Africa is ready. We don’t want to be invited. We are the co-creator of this global architecture."
Jean Kaseya
Director-General, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
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WHS 2025

Media Coverage

Explore a selection of articles, interviews and features highlighting discussions, outcomes and perspectives from #WHS2025 and beyond.

Portrait of Friedrich Merz
"As our world navigates shared challenges, the call to take responsibility for the common good has become more urgent than ever. [...] Many important decisions today can only be made together and multilaterally to achieve common goals. For this, we need shared knowledge, common rules and the courage to take on global responsibility."
Friedrich Merz
Federal Chancellor of Germany
Portrait of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
"Health is not a cost to be contained. It is an investment to be nurtured – an investment in people, stability and economic growth. [...] Around the world, dramatic reductions in aid are having severe impacts on health services in many developing countries, as billions of dollars supporting vital programmes disappeared virtually overnight. These disruptions are affecting millions of people who are missing out on life-saving services and medicines."
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)
Portrait of Emmanuel Macron
“Access to health is a fundamental right, but it is also a tireless fight. It requires resolute commitment, as it is one of the pillars upon which countries build their development and people have the means to shape their future. [...] It is our responsibility to make sure that all the fields involved in the global health architecture work better together, to build a more sustainable system."
Emmanuel Macron
President of the French Republic
Upcoming WHS Regional Meeting

Nairobi, Kenya - April 27-29, 2026

The WHS Regional Meeting 2026, hosted by Aga Khan University, will bring together leaders and changemakers from across the African continent and beyond. Together, let's find solutions for pressing health challenges.

October 12-14

#WHS2025

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Are you ready for this year's World Health Summit? Discover central topics, high-level speakers, participation info and more.

Held in a new venue for the first time, WHS 2025 will once again bring together global health experts in over 70 sessions. Across three days, the discussions will catalyze solutions for pressing health challenges. Speakers and participants represent academia, politics, private sector, and civil society in global health and beyond.

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Impact

As a catalyst, the World Health Summit fosters innovative and sustainable solutions for global health.

50% reduction

in premature mortality by 2050 announced as goal of Global Health 2050, launched by the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health 3.0 at WHS 2024

$1 billion

pledged for the WHO Investment Round at the WHS 2024 Signature Event

50 million women

are affected by Female Genital Schistosomiasis.The new Invest in Women, Invest in Health initiative was launched by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development at WHS 2024

$445 million

committed for 250 million women, children, and youth at the Global Financing Facility (GFF) pledging event during WHS 2023

$2.6 billion

of funding pledged towards the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's (GPEI) strategy to end polio by global leaders at WHS 2022

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Academic Network

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Behind the World Health Summit stands a powerful academic network of leading institutions around the world. Explore the WHS Academic Alliance members, projects, publications, and activities, as well as the annual WHS Regional Meeting.

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