world health summit
WS 06 - Global Health Governance Post-COVID-19
In September 2019, a team of leading multilateral organizations in health, development and humanitarian responses joined efforts to analyze, align, accelerate and account for more synergized international...
D 04 - National Responses to COVID-19
The pandemic of COVID-19 has not only affected all parts of the world but also impacted more people than any recent outbreak in such a short time. Nation states have responded differently to this threat...
WS 03 - Combating Sepsis: Global and National...
Sepsis, the most severe complication of infections, annually affects close to 50 million people and causes or contributes to 11 million deaths, with over 3 million of those deaths being in children or...
PD 06 - Confronting AMR beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 currently overshadows the silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance, but we can be sure antimicrobial resistance will resurface once the dust will settle and it likely will be more challenging...
PD 04 - Transformational Partnerships for Global...
COVID-19 has demonstrated that the world was not adequately prepared to respond to a global health security threat. The pandemic continues to severely impact lives, the global economy, and has set progress...
PD 05 - Human Rights in the Age of AI and Digital...
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a fundamental global transformation towards new digital and artificial intelligence (AI)-based technologies in healthcare. Over the past year, we have seen that in...
D 01 - Expanding Oral Healthcare as a Part of...
Oral diseases are frequently excluded from UHC agenda despite being the third most costly and most prevalent NCD worldwide. Oral health indicators have not experienced a significant improvement between...
WS 01 - Thinking Ahead: Prototype Vaccines
Vaccines are the major cornerstone to control pandemics. This has been demonstrated in the past for instance by the eradication of poxvirus or the global control of poliomyelitis. Given the long history...
PD 02 - Europe: Follower or Leader in Health...
Europe is currently losing the innovation battle with the other global leaders - the US and China. Despite outstanding basic research and the progress made in health research and important EU initiatives,...
PD 01 - Monitoring Care Delivery, Driving Innovation,...
Health data can facilitate better quality of care, improve access to diagnosis and treatment, and support efficiency of healthcare system. To facilitate data in healthcare, there are two main aspects:...
WS 02 - One Health: Focus on Zoonoses
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of the One Health approach in combating infectious diseases. While the One Health approach has been followed for a long time in combating AMR, this...
WS 04 - Climate Resilient Health Systems within...
Long being on the sidelines of the climate debate, the role of health and the health impacts are now increasingly mainstreamed into the climate discussions and national adaptation action plans. As we...
D 03 - Tobacco Control in Times of the COVID-19...
In debating about effective measures to contain the pandemic, little attention is given to tobacco control and smoking cessation. There is increasing evidence about the close relationships between tobacco...
PD 07 - Building Back for Rare
Rare diseases are often chronic, severely disabling and life-threatening. Persons living with rare diseases around the world confront common health, social, and economic challenges. Despite their great...