New World Health Summit Reports 2025 showcase global health progress amid growing fragmentation
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Highlighting global health progress in times of geopolitical tensions, the World Health Summit Report 2025 presents the key outcomes and insights of this year’s Summit.
Following the leitmotif “Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmenting World,” the report outlines how global leaders and changemakers advanced efforts to strengthen the global health architecture amid increasing global fragmentation. Key outcomes of the WHS 2025 include:
New evidence: The newly released Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 revealed declining overall mortality but rising youth deaths and widening inequities.
New pledges: Germany announced a €1 billion commitment to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
New connections: With more than 45,000 online participants and over 4,000 on- site in Berlin from 144 countries, the Summit once again demonstrated its strength as a truly global platform for collaboration. 90% of participants reported making new, relevant contacts.
New initiatives: UNFPA and partners launched the Berlin Roadmap, calling for bold investments and collective action to close the global women’s health gap.
New partnerships: WHO and the EU introduced a joint initiative to drive digital transformation of health systems across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Published in conjunction with the Summit Report, the newly released WHS 2025 Media Report highlights the Summit’s growing international recognition as the leading platform for global health and the increasing global media attention to the topic. The report shows strong momentum across all channels, with international media coverage and livestream audiences doubling. Key figures include:
2,900+ media reports worldwide
45,000+ livestream views
26% follower growth across WHS social media platforms since 2024
About the World Health Summit
The World Health Summit is the leading platform for global health. Founded in 2009, it brings together stakeholders from politics, science, the private sector, and civil society to set the agenda for a healthier future. The annual Summit is held every October in Berlin, organized by the WHS Foundation GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. The Summits are complemented each year by a WHS Regional Meeting held in a different part of the world, where regional health priorities take center stage.