World Health Organization: 75 Years of Striving for Health for All

In this KEY-session hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) participants will have the opportunity to take a journey through time in the world of WHO.

Together we will have a closer look into the factors behind the success stories and the critical junctions of WHO in the past, while exploring the current and future challenges as well as expectations, and will imagine a future, in which people can live healthy, productive lives, regardless of who they are or where they live.

In the 75-year history of the WHO , the Organization has made important progress in improving health for all worldwide. Nevertheless, there is still a long way to go before the health-related goals of the 2030 Agenda are achieved. On this challenging journey in times of multiple crises and geopolitical divides, WHO has developed new partnerships and cooperation with a wide range of sectors.

Collaboration is at the heart of engagement of the WHO. Partnerships with member states, international and regional organizations, parliamentarians as well as non-state actors are essential for WHO to effectively deliver on the WHO’s Triple Billion Targets. Initiated by Ghana, Norway and Germany in 2019, the SDG3 Global Action Plan is a platform for improving collaboration among the biggest players in global health.