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On Sunday, the World Health Summit, the leading international forum for global health, will begin in Berlin. The central event of the three-day conference is the largest international pledging moment so far for the WHO Investment Round. The new financing instrument is intended to help the WHO fulfill its mandate of 'Health for All.' Among the confirmed speakers are Chancellor Olaf Scholz, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation and
John-Arne Røttingen, CEO of Wellcome Trust. Numerous health ministers from various countries, including Germany, Norway, and France, are also expected to attend.

The presentation of the WHO Investment Round “All for Health, Health for All: Signature Event for the WHO Investment Round” will take place on Monday, October 14, at 6:00 PM CEST. The event is open to the press, and will be livestreamed on https://www.worldhealthsummit.org.
More Information: https://www.conference.worldhealthsummit.org/Program/Session/WHS2024/Signature-Event

Additional press-relevant dates for the Signature Event on Monday, October 14:
5:50 PM: Photo opportunity with Chancellor Scholz, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros, and Bill Gates in the foyer of the venue.
Around 7:15 PM, at the end of the event: Photo opportunity on stage.
Details on participation and scheduling can be found below.

“We are pleased to have the largest pledging event to date for the WHO investment round as part of the program at this year's World Health Summit”, said World Health Summit President Axel R. Pries ahead of WHS 2024. He emphasized the importance of working together to achieve health goals: “As a multi-stakeholder forum that fosters strategic global health discussions and initiates collaborations, we are especially proud to present this crucial step toward securing the resources for the WHO mission 'Health for All.' Events like these, which highlight global multilateral cooperation, are essential to addressing the complex challenges we face in health, environment, and peace.”

More than 3,000 participants and speakers from science, the private sector, politics, civil society, and international organizations from around the world are expected to attend the World Health Summit 2024 under the theme "Building Trust for a Healthier World." On the agenda are topics such as health equity, climate change, pandemic threats, Mpox, and antimicrobial resistance.
More on Program and Speakers:
https://www.conference.worldhealthsummit.org/Program/WHS2024
https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/summit/speakers.html

Press Kit:
https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/media/presskit.html
Information on Special Events at the WHS 2024:
https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/summit/side-meetings/2024.html

The main program of the World Health Summit is open to the press.
Accreditation for on-site participation has ended.

Online participation is possible without prior registration.The livestream links are available in the program in the respective session at https://www.worldhealthsummit.org. Video and audio material can be used upon request. Source: World Health Summit

The session recordings will be available here:
https://www.youtube.com/worldhealthsummit

Information on the Signature Event, Monday, October 14, 6:00 PM CEST:
Please arrive on-site 60 minutes before the event.
Photo option at 5:50 PM: Interested media representatives must have taken their position in the designated area by no later than 5:40 PM.
Event at 6:00 PM in the Rudolph Virchow Hall: Admission begins at 5:15 PM, TV teams and photographers should have taken their place on the press podium by 5:45 PM. (Special regulation for participants of the photo option before the event.)
Writers have free seating outside the designated area.
Picture opportunity on stage after the event: Video and photo journalists may use the designated press podium in row 7.

The World Health Summit is the international platform for global health. It brings together stakeholders from politics, science, the private sector, and civil society from around the world to set the agenda for a healthier future and well-being for all. The World Health Summit strengthens exchange, stimulates innovative solutions to health challenges, fosters global health as a key political issue, and promotes the global health debate in the spirit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The World Health Summit as a conference and strategic forum takes place every year in October in Berlin and was founded in 2009 at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. The President of the World Health Summit is Prof. Axel R. Pries, the International Presidents 2024 are Prof. Sophia Zoungas and Prof. Christina Mitchell, Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

World Health Summit 2024
October 13–15
JW Marriott Hotel Berlin
Stauffenbergstraße 26, 10785 Berlin
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