World Health Summit

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 is held each October in Berlin with around 3,000 participants on-site and more than 10,000 online
In addition to the main conference there are annual World Health Summit Regional Meetings in different parts of the world, where local and regional topics come to the forefront
The respective meeting is hosted by the WHS Academic Alliance member holding the World Health Summit International Presidency, which rotates every year. Throughout the year, the World Health Summit organizes various formats and fosters several initiatives
Among them are the WHS Global Health Dialogues, which regularly bring together thought-leaders and decision-makers to discuss the most urgent global health topics in an exclusive and intimate setting. The World Health Summit is organized and administered by the WHS Foundation GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and was founded in 2009 on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Charité
President of the World Health Summit is Prof
Dr
Axel R
Pries. The academic network of the World Health Summit is the WHS Academic Alliance
It consists of around 30 academic institutions worldwide.