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Climate change and health, pandemic prevention, digital technologies, the role of the G7 and G20 in global health, 75 years of WHO – issues like these are topping the agenda at the World Health Summit 2023 from Oct. 15-17 in Berlin. The three-day conference is held under the theme “A Defining Year for Global Health Action”, setting the agenda for a healthier future for all. More than 300 speakers from all regions of the world are expected, among them over 20 ministers and numerous government representatives, as well as representatives from academia, industry, politics, civil society, and international organizations.

Journalists can apply for on-site accreditation until October 11 at
https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/media/accreditation.html.
Please find all details below.

Among the confirmed speakers for the opening ceremony on Sunday, October 15 at 6:00 PM CEST, are: German Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach, French Minister of Health Aurélien Rousseau, Bharati Pravin Pawar, India’s Minister of State of Health & Family Welfare, Youth Envoy to the President of the UN 27th Climate Change Conference (COP27) Omnia El Omrani, Ayoade Alakija, medical doctor from Nigeria and WHO Special Envoy, as well as WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who will join live digitally.
More on the opening ceremony: https://www.conference.worldhealthsummit.org/Program/Session/WHS2023/KEY-01

Speakers 2023 include:
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
- Karl Lauterbach, Federal Minister of Health, Germany
- Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
- Nísia Verônica Trindade Lima, Minister of Health, Brazil
- Lariba Zuweira Abudu, Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ghana
- Steffi Lemke, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Germany
- Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Minister of State to the President, Senegal
- Zakia Khattabi, Minister of Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal, Belgium
- Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, Minister of Health, Malawi
- Jean Kaseya, Director-General, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
- Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- Jarbas Barbosa, Regional Director for the Americas, World Health Organization (WHO)
- Victor J. Dzau, President, National Academy of Medicine, United States of America
- Catherine Russell, Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- Amelia Latu Afuhaamango Tuipulotu, Chief Nursing Officer, World Health Organization (WHO)
- Nivedita Gupta, Head of Virology, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India
- Inger Ashing, CEO, Save the Children International
More on speakers: https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/summit/speakers.html
More on the program: https://www.conference.worldhealthsummit.org/Program/WHS2023

Please also note the following event on Monday, Oct. 16, 2:00 PM CEST: Global Financing Facility (GFF) Pledging Event: A high-level pledging event focused on securing a healthier future for more than 250 million women, children and youth in the world's poorest countries.
More info:
https://www.conference.worldhealthsummit.org/Program/Session/WHS2023/KEY-04

The World Health Summit is the world's leading international strategic forum on global health. The WHS 2023 is once again held under the patronage of the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the French President Emmanuel Macron, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The World Health Summit strengthens collaboration and open dialogue guided by science, fosters global health as a key political issue and promotes the global health debate in the spirit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. President of the World Health Summit is Axel R. Pries, International President 2023 is Adnan Hyder, Senior Associate Dean for Research, Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, USA.

Press information:
https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/media/presskit.html
Information on WHS 2023:
https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/summit.html

The entire World Health Summit 2023 is open to the press. Please understand that places for journalists on-site are limited.

The entire program with over 60 sessions will also be available live online for free for people around the world who may not be able to attend the event in person at https://www.worldhealthsummit.org. Online participation is possible without prior registration. Video and audio material can be used upon request. Source: World Health Summit
Recordings of all 60 sessions:
https://www.youtube.com/worldhealthsummit

World Health Summit
October 15-17, 2023
JW Marriott Hotel Berlin
Stauffenbergstraße 26
10785 Berlin, Germany & Digital
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