World Health Summit 2025
Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmenting World
4,000+
Participants On-Site
45,000+
Participants Online
400+
Speakers
75+
Sessions
65+
Side Events
World Health Summit Reports 2025
Under the leitmotif “Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmenting World,” the World Health Summit 2025 brought together global leaders and changemakers to rethink and rebuild the global health architecture in times of geopolitical tension and division. As the leading platform for global health, the World Health Summit highlighted the importance of cross-sector collaboration, evidence-based dialogue, and shared responsibility to drive innovative solutions for today’s most pressing health challenges.
Our newly released Summit Report and Media Report captures the key outcomes and highlights of WHS 2025 — including its impact and program insights, global reach and visibility, and the partnerships and voices that shaped this year’s Summit.
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Latest WHS Global Health Dialogue, December 03, 2025
Europe’s Role in Reshaping the Global Health Architecture
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The high-level roundtable, jointly organized by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the World Health Summit in Berlin, provided a strategic and confidential forum for dialogue among senior decision-makers from European institutions, the German Bundestag, United Nations, civil society, industry, and academia. It brought key actors together to explore how Europe can better align efforts, deepen partnerships, and contribute to the development of resilient and equitable health systems worldwide.
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Session Recordings
The World Health Summit promotes a science-driven and broad approach to global health development with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its core. Our key issues are therefore interdisciplinary, science-based, and cross-sectoral. They are vital to set the global health agenda for the years to come. You can watch the session recordings directly on each session page.
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Program
In over 85 sessions, representatives from around the globe will come together to shape the future of global health. From climate and health to digital innovation, equity, and global governance: the World Health Summit 2025 program will explore the most pressing global health challenges and opportunities.
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Side Meetings
Alongside the World Health Summit, a diverse range of side events, launches, and partner sessions will take place.
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Media Coverage
Explore a selection of articles, interviews and features highlighting discussions, outcomes and perspectives from #WHS2025 and beyond.
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Upcoming WHS Regional Meeting
Nairobi, Kenya
April 27-29, 2026
The WHS Regional Meeting 2026, hosted by Aga Khan University, will bring together leaders and changemakers from across the African continent and beyond. Together, let's find solutions for pressing health challenges.
Impact
As a catalyst, the World Health Summit fosters innovative and sustainable solutions for global health.
50% Reduction
in premature mortality by 2050 announced as goal of Global Health 2050, launched by the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health 3.0 at WHS 2024
EUR 1 billion
pledged by Germany to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at the WHS 2025
EUR 100 million
committed by Germany during the World Health Summit 2025 to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to strengthen global vaccine development and pandemic preparedness
$445 million
committed for 250 million women, children, and youth at the Global Financing Facility (GFF) pledging event during WHS 2023
EUR 8 Million
pledged during WHS 2025 to fund a new WHO-EU digital initiative to advance health system transformation across sub-Saharan Africa.
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Release of the Global Burden of Disease Study
Latest Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 launched at WHS 2025, revealing declining mortality but rising youth deaths and widening inequities.
New global initiatives
UNFPA with partners launched the Women’s Health Index and the Berlin Roadmap, to close the women’s health gap at the WHS 2025.
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Academic Network
Discover the WHS Academic Alliance
Behind the World Health Summit stands a powerful academic network of leading institutions around the world. Explore the WHS Academic Alliance members, projects, publications, and activities, as well as the annual WHS Regional Meeting.
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Focus Events
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Responsibility
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Topics
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Network
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