# World Health Summit

> The World Health Summit is the leading international forum for global health, bringing together stakeholders from politics, science, the private sector, and civil society to set the agenda for a healthier future. The annual summit takes place in Berlin, with regional meetings worldwide.

## Key pages

- [About the World Health Summit](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/about/our-organisation): Mission, history, governance, and the global health network.
- [Events](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/events/annual-whs): The annual summit in Berlin and international regional meetings, with dates and locations.
- [Program](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/program): Sessions, agenda, keynotes, panels, and workshops.
- [Speakers](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/events/speakers): Global health leaders, experts, and policymakers participating in the summit.
- [Themes](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/themes): The thematic areas the summit programme is organised around — health systems, health security, major diseases, science and innovation.
- [Participation](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/registration/participation): Who can attend, participation formats, fees, and how to register.
- [WHS Academic Alliance](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/about/whs-academic-alliance): The academic network behind the summit — member institutions, working groups, and publications.
- [Impact](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/impact): Outcomes, declarations, and the summit's contribution to global health policy.

## News & perspectives

- [News](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/media/news): Announcements and updates from the World Health Summit.
- [Press](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/media/press): Press releases and media resources.
- [Media coverage](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/media/media-coverage): External reporting on the summit and its participants.

### WHS Perspectives

Signed commentary by global health leaders, published between summits. Each
essay is one author's argument, not a summit position.

- [The paradox at the heart of the 79th World Health Assembly](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/whs-perspectives/sania-nishtar-the-paradox-at-the-heart-of-the-79th-world-health-assembly) — Dr Sania Nishtar, 9 June 2026: consensus on architecture reform and the pandemic agreement at WHA79, set against the politicisation of the assembly itself.
- [The Nairobi moment: Why global health reform must begin with Africa](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/whs-perspectives/lukoye-atwoli-the-nairobi-moment-why-global-health-reform-must-begin-with-africa) — Prof Lukoye Atwoli, 16 June 2026: health as economic resilience and strategic sovereignty, and why reform of the global health architecture has to start on the African continent.
- [It's about power – not architecture](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/whs-perspectives/ilona-kickbusch-it-s-about-power-not-architecture) — Prof Ilona Kickbusch, 15 May 2026: the reform debate read as a contest over power, and how procedural vocabulary — "coherence", "efficiency", "fit for purpose" — keeps the structural drivers of health inequity off the table.
- ["America First" Global Health Strategy: A Seismic Rupture in Solidarity and Global Health Governance](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/whs-perspectives/lawrence-o-gostin-and-sam-f-halabi-america-first-global-health-strategy-a-seismic-rupture-in-solidarity-and-global-health-governance) — Prof Lawrence O. Gostin and Prof Sam F. Halabi, 20 April 2026: what the second Trump administration's withdrawal from multilateral health institutions means for global solidarity and governance.
- [Health security: Why fragile systems threaten us all](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/whs-perspectives/jagan-chapagain-health-security-why-fragile-systems-threaten-us-all) — Jagan Chapagain, 17 March 2026: the case for treating health and international security as one field rather than two, argued from the consequences of health-system failure.
- [Actionable intelligence: Why geospatial foresights are the missing link in global health security](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/whs-perspectives/monica-bharel-actionable-intelligence-why-geospatial-foresights-are-the-missing-link-in-global-health-security) — Dr Monica Bharel, 9 March 2026: geospatial data and forecasting as the tooling public health needs to anticipate rather than react to health risks.

## Legal

- [Imprint](https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/meta/imprint): Legal information and contact details.