World Health Summit 2018

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WHS 2018 Program
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Marking its tenth anniversary, the World Health Summit returns to Berlin from October 14 to 16, 2018, with an expanded global footprint. This milestone edition brings together 2,000 participants from 100 countries on site, with a further 3,500 joining via live-stream, under the patronage of Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

2400

Participants

300

Speakers

100

Nations

Sessions

“ Cooperation between states, the scientific, economic and medical stakeholders, and civil society is essential and must be planned over the long term.”

Emmanuel Macron

President of the French Republic

“The World Health Summit is a key milestone in our efforts.”

Jean-Claude Juncker

President of the European Commission

“ The World Health Summit has become a well and widely respected international forum when it comes to the joint search for e˜ective responses to global health issues.”

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

Impact of the WHS 2018

WHO presented the "Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All"

aimed at aligning cooperation among major global health organizations to help reach UN health target. The document had been signed by eleven leading global health organizations the same day.

115 million Euros

pledged by the German Federal Minister of Health, Jens Spahn, to support the World Health Organization (WHO)

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin X London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance collaboration and cooperation in global health at the World Health Summit 2018.