World Health Summit 2021
The World Health Summit 2021 brought together stakeholders from politics, science, the private sector, and civil society to address the most pressing global health challenges during the COVID‑19 pandemic. Held in a hybrid format in Berlin and online, it focused on key issues such as vaccine equity, the role of the European Union in global health, pandemic preparedness, mental health, the economics of Health for All, and the potential of digital and AI technologies for stronger health systems.
6000
Participants in total
1100
Participants on site
377
Speakers
120
Nations
67
Sessions
Impact
Memorandum of Understanding
Signed between Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on Cooperation in Global Health Projects.
The Lancet X Financial Times Commission
launched the Governing Health Futures 2030 Report
Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB)
launched "From Worlds Apart to a World Prepared", its 2021 report
WHO Council on the Economics of Health For All
presented its new brief in presence of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General and Mariana Mazzucato, Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Patrons of the WHS 2021
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Angela Merkel Chancellor Germany - WHS 2021 Patron
The COVID‑19 pandemic continues to throw up significant challenges, such as new variants of the virus or the syndrome known as long COVID, which we can only overcome together. I am therefore delighted that in 2021 the World Health Summit is once again bringing together experts working in science, politics, nongovernmental organisations and civil society around the world.
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Emmanuel Macron President of the French Republic - WHS 2021 Patron
The COVID‑19 pandemic continues to throw up significant challenges, such as new variants of the virus or the syndrome known as long COVID, which we can only overcome together. I am therefore delighted that in 2021 the World Health Summit is once again bringing together experts working in science, politics, nongovernmental organisations and civil society around the world.
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Ursula Von der Leyen
President, European Commission
"In these two years, we have experimented a wealth of creative solutions for our public health: on vaccine sharing, on joint procurement of protective equipment and medicines, on ramping up the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products, on preparedness, let alone with the creation of the European Health Union. We are willing to share this experience with the world, and to learn from others who have also explored new solutions. The World Health Summit will be the perfect platform for this."
Central Topics
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Vaccine Equity: A Call to Action
The Role of the European Union in Global Health
WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All
The Intersection of COVID-19 and Mental Health
Unlocking Digital and AI Technologies for Health
Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons from COVID-19
WHS 2021 Program
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