world health summit
WS 11 - Research Cooperations for Improving Global...
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides a common framework for a better future for people and the planet. A key Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) focuses on global health and well-being....
PD 17 - Genomic Data for Global Human Health
Genomics has been the driver for major improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases and cancer. While modern genomic medicine is now an integral part of routine healthcare in wealthy nations,...
PD 15 - Confronting AMR: Sustainable Antibiotic...
To successfully tackle the challenge of AMR, we need to increase support of sustainable antibiotic R&D. However, it is also important that there is both equitable access to, and responsible stewardship...
D 06 - Eye Health: An Underestimated Global Health...
Globally 1.1 billion people are living with vision loss. However, more than 90% with vision impairment have a preventable or treatable cause with existing highly cost-effective interventions. The numbers...
D 06 - Eye Health: An Underestimated Global Health...
Globally 1.1 billion people are living with vision loss. However, more than 90% with vision impairment have a preventable or treatable cause with existing highly cost-effective interventions. The numbers...
WS 10 - A New Pandemic Treaty: The “Bretton Woods”...
In April 2021, numerous heads of government and international agencies came together to champion the establishment of a new international pandemic treaty. Supporters consider the treaty a crucial tool...
PD 13 - Launch of the Report - The Lancet &...
This is a first announcement of the Commission report, where the aim is to make the content accessible to a broad audience; to reach policy makers, government, academics, researchers, private sector and...
KEY 03 - Vaccine Equity
“No one is safe until all are safe” – a dominant political statement since the roll-out of the first COVID-19 vaccines. How far have we come in terms of global equal access for all to lifesaving COVID-19...
D 05 - The Sexual Trauma Pandemic
It is a fact that the sexual trauma pandemic is progressing and, from a preventive and therapeutic point of view, is only receiving insufficient resources for dealing with and overcoming it. According...
KEY 02 - Building the World's Pandemic and Epidemic...
Our shared global experience of the pandemic has helped us develop a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness of our countries, our communities and our environment and has illuminated a number of...
PD 12 - Addressing Non-Communicable Diseases...
The world has spent more than US$ 16.55 trillion on COVID-19 response – 15.9% of the global GDP. This amount can fund all targets and indicators under Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 up to 2030....
WS 08 - Beyond the SDGs: What Does the End of...
The year is 2031. It has been 50 years since the discovery of AIDS and one year since the Sustainable Development Goals were due, including the Goal to end AIDS as a public health threat. In 2021, concerted...
WS 07 - Novel Vaccine Platforms for Emerging...
COVID-19 has not only reminded us of the devastating threat of pandemics. It has also documented the profound value of vaccines for effective intervention. It took less than 12 months to develop vaccines...
PD 10 - New Perspectives on Pandemic Preparedness
Over the past 18 months, governments, international organizations, health care professionals, the biopharmaceutical industry and many others have come together in unprecedented ways to respond to one...