The World Health Summit (WHS) 2022 opened on 16 October in Berlin with a ceremony at which the WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was joined by German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the presidents of France and Senegal, as well as other high-ranking dignitaries.
For the first time, WHO was a co-organizer of the Summit, which featured more than 300 speakers from all regions of the world. More than 40 WHO experts were among the speakers, sharing their knowledge, views and vision during keynote sessions, panel debates, workshops, global health insights brainstorming sessions and side events.
WHS 2022 aimed to strengthen exchange, stimulate innovative solutions to health challenges, position global health as a key political issue and promote a global health conversation in the spirit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
WHO was deeply engaged in debates on topics such as:
- The architecture of pandemic preparedness
- Outsmarting pandemics
- Beating noncommunicable diseases
- A new lens on global health financing
- Sports and health
- Health in times of war and crises
- Health for peace
- Health and care workers
- Cancer control
- Innovation in global health communications
- Women and child health
- A polio-free future
- The role of parliamentarians
For more information about the programme and speakers, visit:
No accreditation was required for online participation. Keynote sessions were livestreamed. All sessions are available via Zoom links available at WHS 2022 Programme. Recordings of all 60 sessions are available on the WHS YouTube channel.
The World Health Summit was open to the press. Information on special press-relevant events during WHS 2022 and further press information can be found in the press kit at WHS 2022 Media center
WHO Director-General's speeches
Closing of the World Health Summit: Moving into the Future: Making the Political Choice for Health
18 October 2022
"Investing in a Polio-free Future for More Resilient Health Systems"
18 October 2022
"The role of parliamentarians in moving the global health agenda forward"
18 October 2022
Leading Change: Heroines of Health Gala
17 October 2022
The role of parliaments in supporting sustainable financing for WHO
17 October 2022
The launch of WHO tobacco cessation consortium
17 October 2022
Civil Society Townhall
16 October 2022
"From words to action for better noncommunicable disease outcomes"
16 October 2022
Ports to Arms Approach to Access: Supercharging ACT-A for Future Pandemics
16 October 2022
"A New Era for Women’s Cancer" - WHO Goodwill Ambassador Special Announcements
16 October 2022
Opening Ceremony of the World Health Summit
16
October 2022
Virchow Prize for Global Health Award Ceremony
15 October
2022