World Health Summit 2020
The World Health Summit 2020 took place from October 25–27 in a digital format. This twelfth edition of the Summit was anything but business as usual: with all continents hit by COVID-19, it was the first World Health Summit since the World Health Organization characterized the virus as a pandemic.
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Speakers
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Nations
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Sessions
Impact of the WHS 2020
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launched the publication "Health: A Political Choice – Act Now, Together". Coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the UN General Assembly, it calls on world leaders and politicians to unite in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other imminent and long-term threats to population health and the global economy. It is the latest in a series of titles produced in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the first of which – Health: A Political Choice – called for UHC. It is an official publication of the Global Governance Project produced in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Central Topics
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Pandemic Preparedness in the Age of COVID-19: Global Cooperation not Competition
Strengthening the Role of the European Union in Global Health
Climate Change and Health: Risks and Responses
Partnership for the Goals: United Nations’ 75th Anniversary
Accelerating the SDG3 Global Action Plan for Health and Well-Being
Translational Research: Advancing Innovative Treatments
Digital Health & AI for Pandemic Preparedness
WHS 2021 Program
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