2020
WS 14 - Overcoming Cultural Barriers through...
Sustainable peace is the central aim of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a necessary basis for all SDGs, including “Good Health and Well-being”. The initiative “Respect and Dialogue” by the...
PD 17 - Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic...
Despite the huge societal costs of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), there is no viable market for new antibiotics. As a result, important antibiotics in the early stages of development may never reach...
PD 18 - Climate Change and One Health - World...
Now more than ever before, the world has been awakened to the threat posed by diseases which are closely linked to human-animal-environment interaction, and which have far-reaching global health and socio-economic...
PD 19 - Essential Surgical and Trauma Care -...
Although increasingly recognized as an indivisible, indispensable part of Universal Health Coverage, limited progress has been made in recent years to advance surgical care around the world. Surgical...
PD 20 - COVID 50/50: Women Leading in Crisis...
Gender equality makes global health stronger. This session will explore women's leadership and gender-responsive health systems during COVID-19. Most countries report higher COVID-19 mortality amongst...
WS 16 - Developing Strategies for Fighting COVID-19...
Even pandemics with global dimensions have local and regional origins. This high-level event under the patronage of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Charité Universitätsmedizin...
PD 23 - GOARN 2020: Changing the Face of Outbreak...
In April 2000, outbreak response partners - UN agencies, international and Non-Governmental Organizations, public health agencies, technical networks and academia - were brought together by WHO to set...
PD 24 - Migrant and Refugee Health - World Health...
Global migration is one of the most compelling human experiences of our time. It has increased as a result of conflict, persecution, environmental degradation and change, and a profound lack of human...
PD 25 - Women's Health in the COVID-19 Era -...
Giving primary prevention a key role is one of the main lessons that can already be drawn from the management of the COVID-19 health crisis. High population acceptance of primary prevention measures and...
WS 15 - Cardiovascular Health - World Health...
Cardiovascular disease represents one of the major threats to human health. As longevity and prosperity increase globally, changing nutrition and a more sedentary life style drive increasing risk for...