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SCIENCE · I N NOVATION · POLICIES
WORLD HEALTH SUMMIT
BERLIN, GERMANY & DIGITAL
OCTOBER 24–26, 2021
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“No-one is safe from COVID-19; “All countries have signed up to Universal
no-one is safe until we are all Health Coverage by 2030. But we cannot
safe from it. Even those who wait ten years. We need health systems
conquer the virus within their that work, before we face an outbreak
own borders remain prisoners of something more contagious than
within these borders until it is COVID-19; more deadly; or both.”
conquered everywhere.” ANTÓNIO GUTERRES
Secretary-General, United Nations
FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER
Federal President, Germany
“We firmly believe that the
“All pulling together—this must rights of women and girls
be the hallmark of the European are not negotiable.”
Health Union. I believe this can NATALIA KANEM
be a test case for true global Executive Director,
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
health compact. The need for
leadership is clear and I believe
the European Union must as-
sume this responsibility.” “The lesson is clear: a strong health
URSULA VON DER LEYEN system is a resilient health system. Health
President, European Commission
systems and preparedness are not only
“Governments of countries an investment in the future, they are the
that are doing well during foundation of our response today.”
the pandemic have not TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS
Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
only shown political leader-
ship, but also have listened “If we don’t address the concerns and
to scientists and followed fears we will not do ourselves a favor.
their recommendations.” In the end, it is about how technology
SOUMYA SWAMINATHAN
Chief Scientist, World Health
can be advanced as well as how
Organization (WHO) we can make healthcare more human.”
BERND MONTAG
President and CEO, Siemens Healthineers AG, Germany
“The pandemic has brought to light the
“Academic collaboration is
importance of digital technologies and
in place and is really a
how it can radically
bridging partnership.
“ Through collective efforts and improve health outcomes
It bridges hemispheres and
sustained worldwide collaboration, and save lives.”
bridges cultural backgrounds.”
we can move towards a world in STELLA KYRIAKIDES
Commissioner for Health and CHRISTIAN DROSTEN
which all cancer patients have Food Safety, European Commission Director of the Institute of Virology,
Charité – Universitätsmedizin
access to high quality care, re- Berlin, Germany
gardless of where they live. With “We believe in partnership.
more intelligent data, insights and And we believe in collective
solutions, companies and industry action. And I feel that the world
partners are contributing to the since some time has moved
achievement of this goal.” away from collectiveness.”
DOW WILSON MICHELLE BACHELET
President and CEO, High Commissioner for Human Rights,
Varian Medical Systems, USA United Nations
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
World Health Summit Facts 5
World Health Summit 2021 6
Look Back:
World Health Summit 2020 8
M8 Alliance Declaration 2020 14
Partners 2020 17
Media 2020 18
Regional Meeting 20
M8 Alliance 21
Network 24
Leadership 25
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WORLD HEALTH SUMMIT FACTS 5
3 DAYS · 50 SESSIONS · 100 NATIONS · 300 SPEAKERS · 6,000 PARTICIPANTS
ONSITE & ONLINE
The World Health Summit is one of the world’s leading strategic forums for global health.
Held annually in Berlin, it brings together leaders from politics, science and medicine, the
private sector, and civil society to set the agenda for a healthier future. The World Health
Summit was founded in 2009, on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Charité.
GOALS PRESIDENTS RESULTS
• Improving health worldwide • World Health Summit President • M8 Alliance Declaration
• Bringing together stakeholders Axel R. Pries, Dean, • Statements and recommendations
from all sectors Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin for national academies, governments
• Facilitating constructive exchange • Annual International President and international organizations
in an environment of academic Provided by the M8 Alliance, • Session reports
freedom on a rotating basis
• Finding answers to major health INITIATIVES
challenges PATRONS The World Health Summit supports
• Making recommendations and The World Health Summit young experts and innovative ideas:
setting health agendas is traditionally held under the • Entrepreneurs in Global Health
patronage of: • New Voices in Global Health
SPEAKERS AND PARTICIPANTS • Chancellor of the • IAP Young Physician Leaders
• Leading scientists Federal Republic of Germany
and medical professionals • President of the M8 ALLIANCE
• Ministers and civil servants French Republic The M8 Alliance of Academic Health
• High-ranking officials • President of the Centers, Universities and National
at international organizations European Commission Academies is the academic foundation
• CEOs from industry and • Director-General of the of the World Health Summit. It is a
civil society World Health Organization growing network and currently con–
• Young professionals and students (WHO) sists of 30 members in 20 countries.
GENERAL TOPICS
• Basic Biological & Medical Research • Universal Health Coverage • Drugs & Vaccines
• Clinical & Patient Research • Translational Science & Medicine • Regulatory Aspects
• Pandemic Preparedness • Public Health & Prevention • Health Visions, Strategies & Ethics
• Diagnostics & Therapy • Specific Diseases & Disorders • Evolutionary Medicine
• Medical Technology & Engineering • Patient Safety • Demographic Change & Healthy Aging
• Health Policies & Systems • Healthcare Facilities • Global Health & Development
SESSION FORMATS
Keynotes Panel Discussions Workshops
• 90 minutes • 90 minutes • 90 minutes
• Max. 5 speakers • Max. 6 speakers • Max. 6 speakers
• Up to 800 participants onsite • Up to 300 participants onsite • Up to 150 participants onsite
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The World Health Summit 2021 will take place from October 24–26 in Berlin and online.
The COVID-19 pandemic showed very clearly, how essential the improvement of global
health is and how crucial cooperation and solidarity remain.
he World Health Summit and its academic backbone, the M8 Alliance, are confident
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that only with collaboration and mutual assistance beyond all borders global health crises
can be tackled.
An international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral forum like the World Health Summit,
where leading experts from science, politics, business, and civil society from all over the
world come together in an environment of academic freedom, couldn’t be more important.
PATRONS 2021
ANGELA MERKEL EMMANUEL MACRON URSULA VON DER LEYEN TEDROS ADHANOM
Chancellor of the Federal President of the President of the GHEBREYESUS
Republic of Germany French Republic European Commission Director-General of the
World Health Organization
PRESIDENTS 2021
CHARLES IBINGIRA
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
AXEL R. PRIES
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
REGIONAL MEETINGS 2021–2022
2021, June 27–30
Kampala, Uganda & Digital
2022
Rome, Italy
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CENTRAL TOPICS 2021 7
Vaccines: Moving Towards Health The Intersection of COVID-19
as Global Public Good and Mental Health
Equal access for all to a COVID-19 vaccine has been a Mental health problems affect us all. The massive unmet
dominant political demand throughout the pandemic. need for care, the abuses of fundamental rights of people
How far have we advanced sharing the vaccine equitably with mental health problems, and the very low investment
and ensuring that it is considered a global public good? in mental health care nationally and through develop–
What political lessons have we learned also for other ment assistance, are unacceptable, especially during this
areas of global health? What instruments can help pandemic. Quite simply, mental health is the orphan child
ensure global public goods for health? of the health care system and all countries are developing
when it comes to mental health. No country will achieve
the aspirations of Universal Health Coverage and an
Expanding The Role of the effective Health in All Policies approach to the pandemic
European Union in Global Health without addressing mental health, for health care cannot
The initiatives to create a European Health Union entail be universal without mental health.
an important political opportunity to strengthen the
global health role of the EU. The EU’s internal legal and
political capacity for health immediately interacts with
Artificial Intelligence
its goals in global health. A stronger global health role in Global Health(care)
of the EU will bring geopolitical advantages, but will Artificial intelligence has led to improvements in areas
also benefit the global community as well as EU Member of healthcare such as medical imaging, automated
States internally. It affects many areas of EU policy in- clinical decision-making, diagnosis, prognosis, and more.
cluding development policies, foreign policies and setting Although AI possesses the capability to revolutionize
safety standards that impact global health, in areas such several fields of medicine, it must be bound by ethical
as food safety, chemical safety, environmental policies and regulatory approaches that ensure patient’s rights.
and more recently digital health.
Pandemic Preparedness:
WHO Council on the Lessons From COVID-19
Economics of Health for All The global response to COVID-19 has called our global
Global Health needs new economic thinking—a pro- pandemic preparedness into question. Now we must
active Health for All economic agenda, to shape our build with urgency on experiences made. New forms
economies so they truly have wellbeing and inclusion of collaboration and strengthened partnerships have
at the center of how we create value, measure it and emerged as central to the response. We have seen
distribute it. Returning to the status quo following the unprecedented speed to develop the tests, treatments
pandemic will not be enough—WHO calls for innova– and vaccines needed to keep the world safe. But the
tion-led transformation of health systems to achieve question remains; from science and research to policy
economic well-being everywhere. We must rethink and implementation, has the world truly shifted in terms
how we value health. The time has come for a new of our ability to react? How can we build towards the
narrative that sees health not as a cost, but an invest– future after COVID-19, and ensure preparedness for the
ment that is the foundation of productive, resilient challenges to come?
and stable economies.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Summit 2020 took place as a fully digital,
interactive conference with cost-free availability of the entire program. All keynote sessions,
panel discussions and workshops were broadcast live digitally and are available online.
FACTS
3 104 2,047 34
days nations participants at country representation
opening session per session (average)
53 329 48%
sessions speakers
female speakers
13,018
78.5 6,217 additional views on YouTube 52%
total broadcasting hours participants (within first week after summit) male speakers
PATRONS
“The key to containing and over- “The World Health Summit has made
coming the pandemic can only us understand that the scientific
be found in international coop- world can help us make better
eration and coordination. That is decisions on global health. I call
why I am deeply grateful to you here for a global health policy that
for contributing your expertise are based on the latest scientific
to the World Health Summit, knowledge, that can be shared and
exchanging findings and drawing proved accurate by peer review.”
up recommendations.” EMMANUEL MACRON
President of the Republic of France
ANGELA MERKEL
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
“This will not be
“This twelfth edition of the World Health the last pandemic
Summit is anything but business as usual. or global health
With all continents hit by COVID-19 in emergency we will
2020, this World Health Summit is the face. When the
first one since the World Health Organi- next one comes, the
zation has characterized this virus as a world must be ready.
pandemic. From all over the world, health Part of every country’s
experts and leaders are gathering this commitment to build back better must
year again in Berlin to draw the lessons and consequences of therefore be to public health, as an invest-
this pandemic. There is so much to be learnt and shared.” ment in a healthier and safer future.”
URSULA VON DER LEYEN TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS
President of the European Commission Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)
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“ (…) And yet, with people only
connected via screens, an inter-
national community has none-
theless come together. Perhaps
the seemingly paradox situation
of a World Health Summit which
has never been so important and
yet which has never physically
brought together so few people
as this year, perhaps this paradox
situation in fact contains a key
to understanding our situation
in these times of COVID-19.”
FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER
Federal President, Germany
“ The World Health Summit and the M8 Alliance are
important platforms to champion and work together
for global health. This gathering, bringing together
science, politics, business and civil society, is the
place to build new partnerships, share best practices
and take decisions that could save lives.”
ANTÓNIO GUTERRES
Secretary-General, United Nations
“ In today’s world, we need to look after our health
by looking after our planet, our wellbeing and our
sustainable development. And we need to do it
together—through global health cooperation and
not through global health competition. This is the
aim of this conference. And this is what you can
count on Europe for in the difficult period ahead
and in the decade that follows.”
URSULA VON DER LEYEN
President, European Commission
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“ The pandemic “Safe and effective vaccines
has brought will be especially critical to
the critical link defeating COVID-19. It’s also
between human important that we continue
health and eco- to prioritize vaccination against
nomic growth diseases that are already
to the front and preventable, to help protect
center.” the most vulnerable among us.”
PAUL HUDSON NANETTE COCERO
CEO, Sanofi , France Global President of Pfizer Vaccines, Pfizer, USA
“We need a common under-
standing and global ap-
proaches to dealing with
COVID-19 and subsequent
pandemics. I am delighted
to be taking part in this
year’s digital World Health
Summit to discuss one of
today’s most urgent topics:
pandemic preparedness.”
TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS
Director-General, World Health
Organization (WHO)
“We strongly advocate a holistic
and science driven approach to
solving these global challenges
to health. We need a holistic
view on health, which includes
our biology, our environment
and our lifestyle: One Health and
Planetary Health. The 17 Sustain-
able Development Goals SDGs
provide such a holistic frame- “ Human rights must be at the heart
work.” of the response to the crisis.”
DETLEV GANTEN WINNIE BYANYIMA
Founding President, World Health Summit, Executive Director, Joint United Nations
Germany Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS)
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 26
“ It is a scandal that as we speak,
half of the African continent
does not have access to one
radiotherapy unit. It is a scandal
that 300,000 women die every
“ The EU has openly committed to playing year from cervical cancer.”
a more active role in global health.” RAFAEL MARIANO GROSSI
MARTA TEMIDO Director-General,
Minister of Health, Ministry of Health, Portugal International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
“What we really
need is bold action,
political will.”
THOMAS CUENI
Director-General,
International Federation
of Pharmaceutical
Manufacturers &
Associations (IFPMA),
Switzerland
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27
“Bringing the Global
Action Plan to life
means making it as
practical as possible
at the country level.
The plan represents
a major change
in how agencies,
NGOs and govern-
ments collaborate
for stronger health
systems.”
HENRIETTA FORE
Executive Director,
United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF)
“ There is a broader need to rethink “How can we stay
how we pay for our ability as society, focused on serving
as individual countries, but also as our communities?
a global community, to respond In putting aside
to future crises.” organizational rival-
FRANCESCA COLOMBO ries at national and
Head of the Health Division, Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD), France
international level
and focussing on
the people we serve.
Leaving aside our
needs to publish
or our needs to be
visible.”
MIKE RYAN
Executive Director,
World Health Organization
Emergencies Programm
(WHO)
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1 No one is safe
until all are safe.
This global health guiding principle stands at the centre
marginalized. Never has the principle of health in all
policies that the World Health Summit stands for been
more applicable. To stem the pandemic not only “at
home” but everywhere, the global community must use
every tool at its disposal throughout the multilateral
of fighting COVID-19 and it stood at the centre of this
system to leave no-one behind. There is a strong need
year’s 2020 virtual World Health Summit. Health is more
for collaboration and efforts to protect, promote and
than medicine, it is more than basic research, it is the
accelerate health gains and gender equity. There can
essence of a functioning society. It is a political choice.
be no health security without social security and access
The World Health Summit calls on decision to health services and medicines. This includes TRIPS
makers around the world to act according to waivers through the World Trade Organization for
COVID-19 therapeutics, diagnostics and vaccines as
this principle.
requested by a group of countries.
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The World Health Summit stands by
The pandemic its commitment to equity in global health.
is raging world-wide.
At the World Health Summit, political leaders, high level
speakers, experts, business representatives and civil
society and community voices reinforced that global
solidarity embedded in strong multilateral organizations
4 The required COVID-19
responses range far
beyond the global health
is the key to the response. Now it requires an unprec-
edented international effort not only to take determined organizations—
public health measures forward and to strengthen scien-
they require determined decisions by political bodies
tific cooperation and research but also to address the
such as the G7 and the G20, financial institutions such as
social and economic consequences of the pandemic.
the IMF and the World Bank and many other develop-
The World Health Summit stands by its ment banks. Financing global health action has already
deep commitment to multilateralism, health reached new dimensions—it requires billions not millions.
Equitable distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine through the
diplomacy and international cooperation
COVAX mechanism is estimated at $ 35 billion. But other
in science and research. It strongly supports short-term financing measures are also required, such
the increasing cooperation between inter as debt cancellation for the poorest countries. The world
national organizations for health. is paying the price for the lack of investment in prepared-
ness and sustainable financing models. As millions fall
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back into poverty, the global health system can no longer
The Coronavirus pays build on charity, philanthropy, and development finance—
it will require new mechanisms to ensure more sharing
no respect to borders. of wealth and knowledge by investing in global public
goods for health, first and foremost a people’s vaccine.
The world must act as a global community and on
many fronts. The corona pandemic is not a single-issue
The World Health Summit is clear in its
pandemic—it is a syndemic, impacting on societies rejection of vaccine nationalism.
in a multitude of ways, uncovering deep inequalities
and structural disadvantages linked to a wide range of
health determinants. Examples are the secondary health
crises with women, children and adolescents further
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5 The Coronavirus pays
no respect to politics,
but it has uncovered deep political fault lines at national
and institutions need to focus on the pandemic, vaccina-
tion rates for children have dropped, not enough services
are available to deal with the mental health and domestic
violence problems that have increased with the pande-
mic. The lack of will in addressing non-communicable
and international level which have hampered the response
diseases has come back with a vengeance, as enhancing
to the pandemic. It has uncovered that even countries
susceptibility to COVID-19. Health professionals—most
with strong health systems fail in the response to the
of them women—have paid a high price. Most countries
pandemic if political decision making is not rapid and
still lack strong primary health care systems and robust
determined. Too frequently communities have not been
mechanisms for community engagement. Many have
involved in the response. Gender disparities have been
not invested in the potential of digital health.
reinforced. Infodemics are spreading rumours, conspi
racies and false information. Countries with low trust The World Health Summit reiterates its deep
in government have performed badly and many demo commitment to Universal Health Coverage
cracies were inadequately prepared for the restrictive
UHC through public financing and to innova-
measures they needed to implement to save lives.
There is deep concern that some of the major powers tion that makes health care more accessible
are not part of the global effort to ensure a collective and equitable.
and effective response and to support the World Health
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Organization as well as new mechanisms for developing
and sharing COVID-19 vaccines such as COVAX. The pandemic
The World Health Summit is steadfast in its risk is not the only
support of the WHO and calls for stronger
political and financial support of the organ
risk the world faces.
ization. It welcomes the many initiatives The World Health Summit 2020 program deliberated
many challenges and priorities in global health other
the WHO has initiated with partners to enable
than COVID-19. The discussions clearly demonstrated
a global response. It welcomes the strong
the interconnectedness and accumulation of risks—
support to the WHO expressed by Germany for example, the interconnectedness of climate change,
and the European Union on occasion of the the ecological and the pandemic challenges or the
World Health Summit. continuous challenge of Anti-Microbial Resistance.
Preparedness must include early multi-hazard warning
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systems—a point to consider as countries re-examine
The Coronavirus has the Internal Health Regulations.
The World Health Summit will continue to
also highlighted the promote integrated approaches to global
fault lines in health systems health challenges such as ONEHEALTH and
Planetary Health.
around the world.
The lack of investment in UHC, in public health infra
structure and in preparedness is not only endangering This year’s World Health Summit was different. Not only
the COVID-19 response—it is imperilling the achieve- because it was virtual but because it made abundantly
ment of the Sustainable Development Goals. Too many clear how our future is tied up together in the face of
people around the world cannot benefit from global a pandemic.
health advances. Attention and treatment for other
diseases is no longer available as health professionals No one is safe until all are safe.
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IN THE MEDIA
Reports, articles, • AFP • Die Zeit • Politico
mentions in print, TV, • Al Jazeera • Financial Times • rnd
radio, online, blogs: • ARD Tagesschau • Forbes • RTL
(prime time edition) • Frankfurter Allgemeine • Saudi Gazette
+ 500 • ARD Tagesschau.de
• ARD Tagesschau 24 •
Zeitung
Hindustan Times
•
•
Shanghai Media Group
Spiegel
during and after
• BNN Bloomberg • Israel Hayom • Süddeutsche Zeitung
the summit
• Capital • Japan Today • Tagesspiegel
+ 100
• Channel News Asia • La Vanguardia • The BMJ
• CGTN • Libération • The Guardian
prior to the summit • Deutsche Welle • Myanmar Times • The New Indian Express
• Deutschlandfunk • NBC News • The New Times
• Deutschlandradio • n-tv • The New Zealand Herald
• Devex • Paris Match • The Telegraph
PRESS RELEASES
Nine press releases in 2020
Special press release (September 23)
Interview with World Health Summit Founding President
Detlev Ganten and Christian Drosten, Director of the
Institute of Virology, Charité.
Featured in all major outlets, e.g.
• ARD Tagesschau
• BBC News
• BILD
• dpa
• Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung
• Spiegel
• ZDF heute
• Zeit online
MEDIA PARTNERS
In Zusammenarbeit mit:
Polish Healthcare Journal
Ogólnopolski System Ochrony Zdrowia
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SOCIAL MEDIA
FOLLOWERS TWITTER DATA October 2020 SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
11,450 27,000 414,000 1,800 Meet #WHS2020 Speakers
Twitter YouTube impressions mentions
views of all
9,370 World Health
Summit 2020
1,300 15,500
Facebook likes profile visits
sessions
2,960 980
LinkedIn new followers
Data as of 1/2021
WEBSITE NEWSLETTER
208,000 14,500 Monthly edition
page views 2020 page views October 25–27
20.000
80,500 5,700 subscribers worldwide
page users 2020 page users October 25–27
from 212 countries
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World Health Summit
Regional Meeting – Uganda
June, 27–30, 2021
Kampala & Digital Makerere is Uganda’s largest and oldest institution
(circa 1922) of higher learning and one of Africa’s best.
HOSTS
Composed of nine colleges and one school, Makerere
Makerere University in partnership offers 284 programs to about 36,000 undergraduates
and 4,000 postgraduates and has remained a center
with the Government of Uganda of academic excellence for the past 90 years.
Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS)
is the leading medical research center in the region
with four schools: Public Health, Bio-Medical Sciences,
Medicine, and Health Sciences, offering 23 degree pro-
grams and graduating 600 health professionals annually.
A key institution in both infectious and non-communicable
diseases, MakCHS has made tremendous contribution
to science globally over the years with key breakthroughs
that have contributed to WHO treatment guidelines.
“As the government, we pledge
total support to this important
“We are extremely delighted event that has since 2009 done
to be leading the preparations much to ensure that the health
for the World Health Summit of the global community is
Regional Meeting, the first improved.”
ever to be hosted on African RT. HON RUHAKANA RUGUNDA
soil. With health professionals Prime Minister of Uganda
and other stakeholders in government and
the private sector coming together, I’m optimistic
“This is a great opportunity for
that the meeting will stir us all to think better
the world to focus on Africa’s
and work harder to achieve the Sustainable
health, learn from its successes,
Development Goals, all of which pertain to
and lay strategies for future
health, whether directly or indirectly.”
CHARLES IBINGIRA
collaborations.”
Former Principal of the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University JANE RUTH ACENG
and International President of the World Health Summit 2021 Minister of Health, Uganda
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The M8 Alliance is the academic foundation of the World Health Summit.
A unique network of 30 leading international academic health centers, universities,
and research institutions from 20 countries, it includes the InterAcademy partnership
for Health (IAP), which represents all national academies of medicine and science.
Tehran University
of
Medical Sciences
All M8 Alliance members are committed to improving In addition to the annual World Health Summit in
global health and working with political and economic October in Berlin, the M8 Alliance organizes annual
Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) is accredited with premier status by the Accreditation Service for International
decision-makers to develop science-based solutions Regional Meetings, regular Expert Meetings, and
Colleges (ASIC). ASIC is recognized by the United Kingdom Department for Education and Skills (DfES), the United Kingdom
Department for Universities, Innovation and Skills (DUIS), the United Kingdom Border and Immigration Agency (Home Office), the
United Kingdom Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted). ASIC is a member of Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
to health challenges worldwide. Summer Schools in different parts of the world.
REGIONAL MEETINGS
2017 Montreal, Canada
2022 Rome, Italy
2016 Geneva, Switzerland
2021 Kampala, Uganda
2015 Kyoto, Japan
2020 Meeting postponed due to COVID-19
2014 São Paulo, Brazil
2019 Kish Island, Iran
2013 Singapore
2018 Coimbra, Portugal
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Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Imperial College London, UK
Germany The Imperial College of Science and
Europe’s largest university clinic—and Technology was created as a constituent
its oldest and most prominent hospital— college of the University of London.
is located in the German capital. Eleven Fully independent since 2007, the Imperial
Nobel Laureates have worked at Charité. College London attracts students from
more than 100 countries.
American University of Beirut,
Lebanon InterAcademy Partnership for Health
The Global Health Institute at AUB (IAP)
addresses global health challenges with a The IAP for Health combines the expertise
focus on context and sustainable impact and impact of all National Academies of
by employing an interdisciplinary approach. Medicine and Science worldwide to advance
The primary focus are challenges that sound policies, promote excellence in
are affecting the MENA region, but have science education and improve public and
relevance to and impact on other regions global health.
in the Global South..
Istanbul University, Turkey
Association of Academic Health With origins dating back to 1453, Istanbul
Centers International (AAHCI) University is an internationally recognized
The AAHCI is a global non-profit organ- institute of higher learning with over
ization that aligns efforts among health 170,000 students and 22 faculties dedicated
professionals in education, research, to research and education.
and patient care.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
Chinese Academy of Medical School of Public Health, USA
Sciences & Peking Union Medical A fully accredited private institution, the
College, China JHSPH was the first public health facility
The college is among the most selective in the world, and it remains the largest
medical institutions in the People’s Republic school in the field.
of China and one of its top two universities.
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Coimbra Health, Portugal Karolinska Institutet is Sweden’s largest
Over 700 years old, the University of medical academic research center and one
Coimbra is a keystone of European and of the world’s foremost medical universities.
global scientific culture, as well as a It is home to the assembly that selects
UNESCO World Heritage Site. Together Nobel laureates in physiology or medicine.
with the Coimbra Hospital and University
Center, it forms Coimbra Health.
Kyoto University Graduate
School of Medicine, Japan
Consortium of Universities
The first institution of its kind in Japan,
for Global Health (CUGH) the Kyoto Imperial Uni versity College of
CUGH is a network of over 170 academic Medicine was founded in 1899. Its succes-
institutions and organizations around the sor, the Kyoto University School of Public
world addressing global health challenges. Health, was established in 2000.
Geneva University Hospitals, London School of Hygiene
Switzerland & Tropical Medicine, UK
The Geneva University Hospitals are heirs Founded in 1899, the London School of
to a centuries-long tradition of excellence in Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is one of the
medicine and science. The HUG represents leading research-focused graduate schools
a merger of all public hospitals in Geneva. in the world.
Graduate Institute Geneva, Makerere University, Uganda
Switzerland One of the oldest and most pres tigious
A semi-private postgraduate institution, centers of learning in Africa, Makerere
the Graduate Institute Geneva was the first University is home to a staff of over
university in the world to be dedicated 4,000 and more than 40,000 students.
solely to the study of international aff airs.
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Milken Institute School United Nations University Inter-
of Public Health, USA national Institute for Global Health
The Milken Institute School of Public Health UNU International Institute for Global Health
at George Washington University was is the designated UN think tank on global
established in 1997 and is the only school health and serves as a policy translation hub
of public health in Washington, DC. for UN member states, agencies and pro-
grammes. The Institute generates policy-
Monash University, Australia relevant analysis by applying a gender lens
to inform the development, implementation
As Australia’s largest university—with
and evaluation of health programmes.
approximately 60,000 students from
over 170 countries—Monash has seven
campuses: fi ve in Victoria, one in Malaysia University of Montreal, Canada
and another in South Africa. A public research university that started
with less than 100 students in 1878, the
Montreal Clinical Research University of Montreal has more than
60,000 today. Comprised of 13 faculties
Institute, Canada
and more than 60 departments, it has the
The IRCM was the first independent highest sponsored research income in
academic research center in Quebec Quebec.
to bring basic and clinical researchers
together under a single roof.
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Founded in 1559 as a theological and
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
humanist seminary, the University of
Known for its diverse and international Geneva is renowned for emphasizing the
curriculum, National Taiwan University unity of teaching and research. It’s the
is made up of 11 colleges, 54 departments only tertiary-level educational institution
and 105 graduate institutes. It has a student of its kind in the region.
body of around 30,000.
University of São Paulo, Brazil
National University of Singapore
Founded in 1934, the University of São
Founded in 1905, the National University Paulo arose from a combination of institu-
of Singapore today consists of 16 different tions, including a medical school. Today
faculties and schools. Around 37,000 the largest university in Brazil is seen as
students can be found on its three cam- the country’s most prestigious educational
puses in Singapore and seven overseas institution.
locations.
University of Paris, France
Russian Academy of Medical
The University of Paris (UP) is one of the
Sciences, Russian Federation leading French research-intensive univer-
Set up in 1944, the USSR Academy sities with over 60.000 students and a
of Medical Sciences was considered world-leading university in the fields of
the most prestigious scientific and health sciences, physics, biology, earth and
medical organization in the Soviet Union. planetary sciences. UP is the result of the
Its successor—the Russian Academy merger between Université Paris-Descartes,
of Medical Sciences—was founded Université Paris-Diderot and the integration
in 1992. of the Institut de physique du globe de
Paris, effective since January 2020.
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Established in 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII, World Federation of Academic
Sapienza is one of the oldest universities Institutions for Global Health
in the world. With about 115,000 students,
(WFAIGH)
it’s one of the largest in Europe as well.
A global network of academic health
institutions, the WFAIGH was set up to
Tehran University
of
Tehran University help provide evidence to inform policies
Medical Sciences of Medical Sciences, Iran on global health issues.
The university is the oldest, largest, and
most highly ranked comprehensive higher
education institute in the field of medicine
and public health in Iran, offering a wide
range of courses and receiving applications
from students from around the globe.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) is accredited with premier status by the Accreditation Service for International
Colleges (ASIC). ASIC is recognized by the United Kingdom Department for Education and Skills (DfES), the United Kingdom
Department for Universities, Innovation and Skills (DUIS), the United Kingdom Border and Immigration Agency (Home Office), the
United Kingdom Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted). ASIC is a member of Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
WWW.WORLDHEALTHSUMMIT.ORGNETWORK 24 Former World Health Summit speakers include: ACADEMIA POLICYMAKERS PRIVATE SECTOR CIVIL SOCIETY • Peter Agre • Jane Ruth Aceng • Peter Albiez • Inger Ashing • Jutta Allmendinger • Kwaku Agyeman-Manu • Werner Baumann • Michelle Bachelet • Christopher Baum • Hanan Mohamed Al-Kuwari • Albert Bourla • Christine Beerli • Gerd Binnig • Yukiya Amano • Eric Cornut • Seth Berkley • Elizabeth Blackburn • Epsy Campbell Barr • Thomas B. Cueni • Arnaud Bernaert • Emmanuelle Charpentier • José Manuel Barroso • Christoph Franz • Katie Dain • Aaron Ciechanover • Alain Berset • Steven Hildemann • Jeremy Farrar • Karl Max Einhäupl • Margaret Chan • Paul Hudson • Henrietta Fore • Peter Gruss • Raymonde Goudou Coffie • Joseph Jimenez • Bill Gates • Bill S. Hansson • Awa Marie Coll-Seck • Neil Jordan • Norbert Hauser • Leroy Hood • Francesca Colombo • Suresh Kumar • Dagfinn Høybråten • John Ioannidis • Adalberto Campos Fernandes • Thomas P. Laur • Wolfgang Ischinger • Roger D. Kornberg • Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus • Freda C. Lewis-Hall • Jayasree Iyer • Heyo Kroemer • Hermann Gröhe • David Loew • Joanne Liu • Barry J. Marshall • António Guterres • Bernd Montag • HRH Princess Dina Mired • Randolph Nesse • Dorcas Makgato-Malesu • Stefan Oelrich • Trevor Mundel • Vikram Patel • Luiz Henrique Mandetta • Stefan Oschmann • Joy Phumaphi • Peter Piot • Angela Merkel • Hasso Plattner • Peter Sands • Hans J. Schellnhuber • Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti • Severin Schwan • Gayle E. Smith • Thomas C. Südhof • José Ramos-Horta • Steve Singh • Pavan Sukhdev • Christof von Kalle • Erna Solberg • Frans van Houten • Elhadj As Sy • Lothar H. Wieler • Jens Spahn • Dow R. Wilson • Helle Thorning-Schmidt • Otmar Wiestler • Ursula von der Leyen • Kevin Watkins • Ada E. Yonath • Frank-Walter Steinmeier • Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul • Rolf M. Zinkernagel • Guido Westerwelle The World Health Summit has been working with various organizations, including: • Access to Medicine Foundation • German Federal Ministry of Economic • Munich Security Conference • Association of Research-Based Cooperation and Development • National Institutes of Health Pharmaceutical Companies (vfa) • German Federal Ministry of Education • ONE • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Reseach • Organisation for Economic • Bayer Foundations • German Federal Ministry of Health Co-operation and Development (OECD) • Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) • GHIT Fund • OXFAM • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Harvard University • Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact • Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness • Helmholtz Association Research (PIK) Innovations (CEPI) • Institut Pasteur • Robert Bosch Foundation • Doctors without Borders • International Committee • Save the Children • Einstein Foundation of the Red Cross • Senate of Berlin • Else Kröner-Fresenius-Foundation • International Federation of • Stanford University • European Commission Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & • The Club of Rome • European Federation of Pharmaceutical Associations (IFPMA) • The Global Fund Industries and Associations (EFPIA) • Leibniz Association • Transparency International • European School of Management • Leopoldina • UNICEF and Technology (ESMT) • Pan American Health Organization • United Nations • Fraunhofer Society (PAHO) • Weizmann Institute of Science • Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance • Robert Koch Institute (RKI) • Wellcome Trust • German Centres for Health Research • Max Delbrück Center for Molecular • World Bank • German Center for Infection Research Medicine (MDC) • World Economic Forum • German Corporation for • Max Planck Society • World Health Organization (WHO) International Cooperation (GIZ) • Mercator Foundation • World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
LEADERSHIP 25
M8 ALLIANCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CHARLES IBINGIRA AXEL RADLACH PRIES EUGENIO GAUDIO DETLEV GANTEN
International President World Health Summit President International President Founding President
2020 & 2021 Dean, Charité – 2022 World Health Summit
Former Principal, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Former Rector, Charité – Universitäts–
Makerere University College Germany Sapienza University, Rome, medizin Berlin,
of Health Sciences, Italy Germany
Uganda
MICHAEL J. KLAG BEN CANNY ALI JAFARIAN TARCÍSIO ELOY PESSOA
Former Dean, Former Head, Former Chancellor, DE BARROS FILHO
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Medicine, Tehran University Dean, Faculty of Medicine,
School of Public Health, University of Tasmania, of Medical Sciences, University of São Paulo,
USA Australia Iran Brazil
WORLD HEALTH SUMMIT SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
The Scientific Committee consists of the M8 Alliance Executive Committee and these Council members:
CO-CHAIRS MEMBERS
STEFAN KAUFMANN TILL BÄRNINGHAUSEN CHRISTIAN DROSTEN CHARLES IBINGIRA THOMAS METTENLEITER
Director Emeritus Director Director Former Principal President
Max Planck Institute Heidelberg Institute Institute of Virology Makerere University College Institute of Molecular
for Infection Biology, of Global Health, Charité – Universitäts- of Health Sciences, Virology and Cell Biology,
Germany Germany medizin Berlin, Uganda Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut,
Germany Germany
CARLOS SANTOS ELIZABETH BLACKBURN TARCÍSIO ELOY PESSOA ALI JAFARIAN AXEL RADLACH PRIES
Chairman of the Board Nobel Prize laureate (2009), DE BARROS FILHO Former Chancellor World Health Summit
of Directors President Emerita Dean Tehran University of President and Dean
Coimbra University Salk Institute for Faculty of Medicine, Medical Sciences, Charité – Universitäts-
Hospital Center, Biological Studies, University of São Paulo, Iran medizin Berlin,
Portugal USA Brazil Germany
BEN CANNY DETLEV GANTEN MICHAEL J. KLAG MAIKE SANDER
Former Head Founding President Former Dean Director
School of Medicine, World Health Summit, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Pediatric Diabetes Research
University of Tasmania, Germany School of Public Health, Center, UC San Diego,
Australia USA USA
THOMAS B. CUENI EUGENIO GAUDIO BÄRBEL-MARIA KURTH GÜNTER STOCK
Director General Former Rector Director President
International Federation Sapienza University, Epidemiology and ALLEA
of Pharmaceutical Rome, Italy Health Monitoring All European Academies,
Manufacturers & Robert Koch Institute, Germany
Associations (IFPMA), Germany
Switzerland
WWW.WORLDHEALTHSUMMIT.ORGLEADERSHIP 26
COUNCIL
CO-CHAIRS CHRISTOPH BENN ALEXANDER HEWER HAGEN PFUNDNER
Director Global Health Diplomacy, Klinikum Stuttgart Roche Pharma AG
The Joep Lange Institute
ILONA KICKBUSCH ZSUZSANNA JAKAB PETER PIOT
The Graduate Institute TOBIAS BERGNER World Health Organization London School of Hygiene
of International German Federal Foreign Office and Tropical Medicine
and Development ASHISH JHA
Studies ARNAUD BERNAERT Brown University ERICH REINHARDT
World Economic Forum Medical Valley
ELHADJ AS SY STEFAN KAUFMANN
Kofi Annan Foundation, CATHERINA BÖHME Max Planck Institute HEINZ RIEDERER
Switzerland Foundation for Innovative for Infection Biology iNG innovation. Nachhaltigkeit.
New Diagnostics Gesundheit
SUSANNA KRÜGER
MEMBERS THOMAS B. CUENI Save the Children Germany MAIKE RÖTTGER
International Federation Association Development
of Pharmaceutical Manu- BÄRBEL KURTH and Humanitarian Aid
ALA ALWAN facturers & Associations (IFPMA) Robert Koch Institute
University of Washington, MATTHIAS SCHELLER
Department MANFRED DIETEL STEVE LANDRY Albertinen-Diakoniewerk
of Global Health Charité – Universitätsmedizin Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Berlin HANS J. SCHELLNHUBER
RIFAT ATUN YVES LEVY Potsdam Institute for
Harvard T.H. Chan School KLAUS DUGI French Institute of Health Climate Impact Research
of Public Health Ferring Pharmaceuticals and Medical Research Inserm (until 2018)
(until 2018)
TILL BÄRNIGHAUSEN TIMOTHY EVANS CAROLINE SCHMUTTE
Heidelberg University World Bank MARION LIESER Wellcome Trust
Oxfam Germany
GUNTHER BEGER ROLAND GÖHDE GÜNTER STOCK
Federal Ministry GHA – German Health Alliance KLAUS LINDPAINTNER ALLEA - All European
for Economic Cooperation InterVenn Biosciences Academies
and Development JÖRG HACKER
German National Academy JÜRGEN MLYNEK VERONIKA VON MESSLING
INGO BEHNEL of Sciences Leopoldina Falling Walls Foundation German Federal Ministry
German Federal Ministry (until 2020) of Education and Research
of Health MATSHIDISO REBECCA MOETI
SHANNON HADER World Health Organization LOTHAR WIELER
CHRISTOPH BEIER UNAIDS Robert Koch Institute
Deutsche Gesellschaft BERND MONTAG
für Internationale ANDREW HAINES Siemens Healthineers
Zusammenarbeit London School of Hygiene
& Tropical Medicine ANDREAS PENK
Pfizer Germany
AMBASSADORS
EDELGARD BULMAHN ECKART VON HIRSCHHAUSEN HEINZ RIEDERER ANSGAR TIETMEYER
Former Federal Minister Physician, TV Host, Managing Director Former Head of Public Affairs
of Education and Research Comedian iNG innovation. Deutsche Bank AG
Germany Germany Nachhaltigkeit. Gesundheit Germany
Germany
MANFRED DIETEL MICHAEL RABBOW REINHARD SCHÄFERS CHARLES YANKAH
Former Director Senior Advisor Former German Ambassador Chairman
Institute of Pathology, E&P Focus Africa Consulting Germany Afrika Kulturinstitut e.V., Berlin
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Germany Germany
Berlin
Germany
WWW.WORLDHEALTHSUMMIT.ORG27
“Since its inception some
10 years ago the BIH
operates in national and
international networks
to improve the process
of translation in medi-
cine and conferences
“ COVID-19 has re- such as the World Health “ Science may be global, but “The COVID crisis has
vealed a collective Summit are highly im- healthcare delivery is very local disrupted most health
failure to take pan- portant for this path.” and that is why technology system and in Europe
demic prevention, CHRISTOPHER BAUM becomes such a critical and it has highlighted our
CEO, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH),
preparedness and Germany
important part of the solution.” shortcomings.”
response seriously TERESA GRAHAM STÉPHANIE SEYDOUX
Head of Global Product Strategy, Roche Ambassador for Global Health,
and prioritize it Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland Ministry for Europe and
accordingly.” Foreign Aff airs (MEAE), France
VICTOR J. DZAU
President, National Academy
of Medicine, USA
“The EU is an incredibly impor-
tant partner in multilateralism.”
BERNHARD SCHWARTLÄNDER
Chief of Staff,
“ The pandemic to me also World Health Organization (WHO)
highlights the importance of
social sciences and social
“Research on its own is not enough. It
thinking along the process.”
VERONIKA VON MESSLING
has to come together with a broad
Director-General of the Life Sciences coalition of agencies, organizations
Division, Federal Ministry of Education
and Research (BMBF), Germany
and peoples from different back-
grounds in order to make that re-
search a reality for people’s lives.”
“This is the wake-up call for
JEREMY FARRAR
the importance of global Director, Wellcome Trust, UK
coordination. And we need
to make sure that we have “Universal Health Coverage is only
more focus on global possible if everyone is included.
solidarity and multilateral Therefore, we need community to
cooperation than ever before.” be integrated in the political deci-
INGER ASHING
CEO, Save the Children International, UK
sion-making bodies.”
RICARDO BAPTISTA LEITE
Founder and President, UNITE, Portugal
“Given the fact that no one is safe
unless everyone is safe, we have to do
this with solidarity and international “We have to have much better
cooperation, a global problem requir- collaboration and that’s
ing a global solution of bringing to- independent of politics.”
gether everybody that needs to do it.” PAUL STOFFELS
SETH BERKLEY Vice Chair of the Executive Committee and
CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Switzerland Chief Scientifi c Offi cer, Johnson & Johnson, USA
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“Global strategies to tackle “Last week’s World Health Summit “In an online session of the World
the Corona pandemic underlined the depth of the setbacks to Health Summit, Guterres made a call
are also the focus of the global goals caused by the crisis while for worldwide solidarity in the global
World Health Summit UN agencies called for more co-operation crisis and demanded that developed
from today on.” on science and the WHO chief hit out countries support health systems in
ARD TAGESSCHAU at the failure of global leadership.” countries that are short of resources.”
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