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World Health Summit 2019

Science · Innovation · Policies

2500
Participants
300
Speakers
100
Nations
67
Sessions
Portrait of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
"WHO is delighted to strengthen its collaboration with the World Health Summit, which is now one of the foremost gatherings in global health."
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
Portrait of Angela Merkel
"This extraordinary dialogue forum is a particularly rich source of new solutions and ideas of benefit to humankind."
Angela Merkel
Chancelor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Portrait of Soumya Swaminathan
"I don’t think we want to live in a world where we finally have cures for all diseases, but they’re unaffordable."
Soumya Swaminathan
Chief Scientist, World Health Organization
Portrait of Peter Piot
"The World Health Summit brings together people who are normally not in the same room. That is an achievement in itself, and a necessity."
Peter Piot
Director, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Portrait of Christof von Kalle
"Good software technologies have the potential to democratize healthcare, because they can be made available to everyone."
Christof von Kalle
Chair for Clinical Translational Sciences, Berlin Institute of Health

Central Topics

  • Climate Change and Health 

  • Transforming Human Capital: Investing in Health and Education 

  • Universal Health Coverage: Expanding Rights and Access 

  • Health is a Political Choice: The Future of Health Policy in the G7/G20 and other Political Venues 

  • SDG 3: The Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-Being for All 

  • Focus Africa: Building Capacities and Strong Institutions 

  • Digital Health: Shaping Society and the Modern Economy 

Session Recordings

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