German Chancellor Scholz, WHO Director-General Tedros, international ministers at World Health Summit 2022

Press accreditation open for the world's leading global health conference

BERLIN,Sept. 13,2022 -- The World Health Summit and the World Health Organization (WHO) as co-organizer jointly invite to the world's leading global health conference. The World Health Summit 2022 from October 16-18 in Berlin will bring together the most prominent names in global health from all sectors in all regions of the world: heads of state and government ministers,scientists,and representatives from the private sector as well as civil society.

Journalists can apply for on-site participation until Wednesday,October 12here.

WHS 2022 aims to set the course for a healthier,more equitable future. Central topics include climate change and health,pandemic preparedness,digital transformation,and sustainable health systems.

Seeprogram

Speakers 2022 include:

Olaf Scholz,Federal Chancellor,Germany

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,Director-General,World Health Organization (WHO)

Emmanuel Macron,President,France

Macky Sall,Senegal & Chairperson,African Union

Karl Lauterbach,Federal Minister of Health,Germany

Svenja Schulze,Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development,Germany

Bettina Stark-Watzinger,Federal Minister of Education and Research,Germany

Steffi Lemke,Federal Minister for the Environment,Nature Conservation,Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection,Germany

Wilhelmina S. Jallah,Minister of Health,Liberia

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,Former President,Liberia & Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of "Our Common Agenda," United Nations

Akinwumi Adesina,African Development Bank Group

Christos Christou,International President,Doctors Without Borders

Heyo K. Kroemer,CEO,Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Jeremy Farrar,Director,Wellcome Trust

Morespeakers

WHS 2022 is the first joint World Health Summit together with WHO. Patrons are German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz,French President Emmanuel Macron,and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Press information:

https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/whs-2022/media-center.html

The entire World Health Summit is open to the press,but places for journalists on-site are limited.Digital participationrequires noaccreditation,links will be available shortly before WHS 2022 atwww.worldhealthsummit.org

World Health Summit

October 16-18,2022

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