Monday, 14 October 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY
-REMINDER-
High-Level Speakers
at the
WHO Investment Round Signature Event
at the
World Health Summit 2024
Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz, Ministers of Health, Chair of the Gates Foundation Bill Gates, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and other leaders will speak in support of the WHO Investment Round on Monday, 14 October at the Signature Event of the World Health Summit 2024. Further high-level speakers will include those below:
- Geneviève Darrieussecq, Minister of Health | France
- Spyridon-Adonis Georgiadis, Minister of Health | Greece
- Karl Lauterbach, Minister of Health | Germany
- Sania Nishtar, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance | CEO | Switzerland
- John-Arne Røttingen, Wellcome Trust | CEO | United Kingdom
- Jan Christian Vestre, Minister of Health | Norway
Other Member States and Organizations will be represented at the event or will participate by video.
WHO's Investment Round will be the signature event of this year's World Health Summit, a pivotal moment designed to advance a sustainably financed World Health Organization and accelerate progress towards achieving Health for All.
The All for Health, Health for All: Signature Event for the WHO Investment Round, takes place on 14 October 2024 at 18:00-19:30 CEST, and will be livestreamed by WHS and on WHO social media channels.
For the signature event and information on the high-level speakers, please click here: https://www.conference.worldhealthsummit.org/Program/Session/WHS2024/Signature-Event
The Investment Round, launched by WHO in May 2024, aims to mobilize predictable and flexible resources from a broader base of donors for WHO’s core work for the period 2025–2028. The funding gap at the time the Investment Round was launched was US$ 7.1 billion.
For more information on the WHO Investment Round, including the updated commitments, please follow here:
The World Health Summit 2024 takes place in Berlin, Germany and online from 13-15 October under the theme “Building Trust for a Healthier World”.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will speak at the opening ceremony as well as the signature event. WHO experts will be speaking and participating at multiple sessions and topics, including on health emergencies and preparedness, digital health and Artificial Intelligence, antimicrobial resistance, climate change and health, women’s health and youth leadership.
Central topics at the WHS 2024 are (non-exclusive):
- From Pledges to Progress: Financing Global Health Solutions
- Antimicrobial Resistance: Roadmap to Future Resilience
- Empowering Futures: Strategies for Women’s and Children’s Health
- The Climate-Health Nexus: Pathways to Action for Equity
- Fostering Youth Leadership: Strengthening Voices for Impact
- Artificial Intelligence: A New Era in Digital Health
The World Health Summit, a leading global health conference and network, brings together stakeholders from politics, science, the private sector and civil society from around the world to set the agenda for a healthier future by inspiring innovative solutions for better health and wellbeing for all.
For more information on the World Health Summit 2024 in Berlin, the programme, media accreditation, as well as online participation, please follow here:
Press contacts:
WHO
Christian Lindmeier
mediainquiries@who.int
World Health Summit
Christina Keppeler
communications@worldhealthsummit.org
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