Key Issues

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.

• UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Human Rights and Equity in Global Health
• Universal Health Coverage
• Women’s and Children’s Health
• Humanitarian Health, Peace and Safety
• Migration, Displacement and Human Mobility
• Youth as Leaders for Global Health

• Food Security, Food Systems & Nutrition
• Planetary Health and One Health
• Climate Change and Health

• Digital Transformation of Health and Artificial Intelligence
• Geopolitics, Multilateralism, Health and Foreign Policy
• Investing in Global Health

• Health Systems Strengthening and Resilience
• Global Health Security
• Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response
• Access to Essential Medicines, Diagnostics and Vaccines
• Workforce in Global Health
• Patient Safety

• Trust in Science and Global Health
• Research, Technologies & Innovation for Global Health
• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Disease Burden: Noncommunicable Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Mental Health and Wellbeing