Side Events
Please find an overview of selected partner events, special events, and launches below:
Upon Registration
Friday, October 14
5th German - East European & CIS Health Forum
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Saturday, October 15
OAV / GHA Round Table: Striving for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Asia at the example of Indonesia and India
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Virchow Prize for Global Health Award Ceremony
(included in WHS 2022 registration)
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YOYI! Care, Repair, Heal: Berlin Conversations on Mental Health
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Sunday, October 16
Roundtable Discussion: The Pivotal Role of Innovative Diagnostics in Pandemic Preparedness & Response and Health System Strengthening
Hosts: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, German Health Alliance (GHA), FIND
Roundtable Discussion: Gender Equity in Immunisation and Vaccine Development, Deployment, Access, and Uptake: Lessons From COVID-19 for Future Policy Pathways
Hosts: UNU International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH), WHO, Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health, Feminists for a People's Vaccine
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Special Announcement: PD 05 - A Next Era for Women’s Cancer Control
(part of WHS 2022 main program)
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Monday, October 17
The Day Before Day Zero: Preventing Pandemics at the Source
Host: BCIU, Abbott
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Launch of WHO Tobacco Cessation Consortium - The latest Innovation in Tobacco Control
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Women in Global Health Meet & Greet
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Roundtable on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Climate Change
Hosts: German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), WHO, UNFPA
Impactful Interventions: A Spotlight on Mental Health
Host: BCIU, Cigna
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Is global health at a turning point? Informal media reception
Hosts: Wellcome Trust
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Tuesday, October 18
2022 Progress Report on Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health 2016-2030: WS 22 - Protect the Promise: Equal Access and Opportunity for Every Woman, Child and Adolescent
(part of WHS 2022 main program)
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G7 Mandated WHO / OECD Report: WS 28 - Making the Business Case for Investing in Infection Prevention and Control in Health Care
(part of WHS 2022 main program)
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Sign of MoU WHO & UNITE: PD 13 - The Role of Parliamentarians in Moving the Global Health Agenda Forward
(part of WHS 2022 main program)
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Polio Pledging Moment: KEY 05 - Investing in a Polio-free Future for More Resilient Health Systems
(part of WHS 2022 main program)
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Immunization of All Ages
Host: Pfizer
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Release: Health: A Political Choice – Investing in Health For All
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The Quadripartite One Health Joint Plan of Action (OH JPA)
Singapore Round Table Discussion with H.E. Minister Ong Ye Kung: Smart Healthcare - Latest Trends
Hosts: GHA, OAV
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By invitation only
Thursday, October 13
Annual Board and Stakeholder Meeting
Host: Global AMR R&D Hub
Friday, October 14
Annual Board and Stakeholder Meeting
Host: Global AMR R&D Hub
Saturday, October 15
GLOHRA Day 2022: Annual Symposium of the German Alliance for Global Health Research
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Strengthening an Integrated Disease Surveillance Ecosystem
Hosts: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, National Health Institute Mozambique, Resolve to Save Lives, SEEK Development
Sunday, October 16
G7 Deputy Ministers of Health Meeting
Host: German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
World Health Summit Council Meeting
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Roundtable Discussion
Hosts: United Nations University (UNU) and World Health Organization (WHO)
UN High-Level Meeting Task Force
Monday, October 17
Working Breakfast: Regionalization of Global Health
Host: European Commission
Roundtable Discussion: Religious Stakeholders in Global Health
Host: Justicia & Pax
Capacity Building in Women Cancer Management
Hosts: Charité, World Health Organization (WHO)
Roundtable Discussion
Host: One Sustainable Health Forum (OSH)
Roundtable Discussion: Realizing the Promise of Gene Therapy - Exploring Health System Challenges
Host: Pfizer
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UHC2030 Steering Committee Meeting
WHO Tobacco Cessation Consortium
G7 and the Global Vaccination Campaign Against the COVID-19 Pandemic
Host: German Federal Foreign Office (AA), German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Building a European Health Union / Taking Responsibilities for Global Health
Hosts: One Europe for Global Health, of the One Sustainable Health for All Foundation
Monday, October 17 (continued)
Tomorrow's Leaders - Training Youth Advocates
Host: German Medical Students' Association (bvmd)
Roundtable: Digital Health
Hosts: Global Health Hub Germany, Joep Lange Institute
Roundtable: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
Hosts: German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), WHO, UNFPA
Learning from the early adopters: An updated model for digital health transformation
Host: PATH
European Commission Special Session on Cross Border Health Threats
The German BACKUP Health Initiative: Celebrating 20 Years of Linking Germany’s Multilateral and Bilateral Development Work
Hosts: German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Her Health, Her Promise – A Focus on Women’s Health
Host: BCIU, Organon
How Digital Technology Can Bridge the Gap in Health System Strengthening in Surgical Care
Hosts: German Health Alliance (GHA), Global Surgery Foundation, Health Innovation Exchange, Proximie
Tuesday, October 18
Breakfast Meeting: Addressing Climate Change to Foster Health Equity
Host: Sanofi Foundation
Roundtable Discussion: Climate Change and Health
Host: Global Health Hub Germany, Centre for Planetary Health Policy
Digital Public Goods for Health: Meeting demand for digital health with an eco-system of choice
Host: PATH
UHC2030 Steering Committee Meeting
Gamification for Better Policy Making: Let’s Control Flu Application
Hosts: UNITE, Católica University of Portugal, Sanofi
Data for Good - How the Use of Health Data Can Benefit Our Societies
Hosts: The Embassies of Finland and Sweden and the German Federal Ministry of Health
Wednesday, October 19
Japanese-German Dialogue on Global Health IV
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Lunch & Dinner Dialogues
These by-invitation-only discussions are hosted by the World Health Summit, some of them together with partners.
Sunday, October 16
Lunch Dialogue: Empowering Women’s Leadership in Universal Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
Welcome:
Axel R. Pries, President, World Health Summit
Moderation:
Roopa Dhatt, Co-Founder, Executive Director, Women in Global Health
Contributions:
Madga Robalo, Global Managing Director, Women in Global Health
Sandra Oyarzo Torres, Vice President, International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)
Dinner Dialogue: Global Health within Germany’s G7 Presidency
Welcome:
Axel R. Pries, President, World Health Summit
Contribution:
Thomas Steffen, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health
Monday, October 17
Lunch Dialogue: Where Does the Private Sector Stand With Implementing Planetary Health?
Co-host: OSH Forum
Moderation:
Catharina Boehme, Chef de Cabinet, World Health Organization (WHO)
Babette Simon, Associate Professor, Faculté de Santé at the Université de Paris
Contributions:
Andrea Winkler, Co-Chair, The Lancet One Health Commission
Amadou Sall, General Administrator, Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Rebecca Stevens Alder, Head of International Public Affairs, Sanofi
Adeline Lescanne-Gautier, Director General, Nutriset
Nigel Swift, Global Head of Veterinary Public Health, Boehringer Ingelheim
Dagmar Mundani, General Counsel, Siemens Healthineers
Jens Nielsen, CEO, World Climate Foundation
Dinner Dialogue: The Epicenter of Digital Health Innovation: Sub-Saharan Africa
Can Young African Entrepreneurs Complement Public Health Institutions?
Co-host: Global Perspectives Initiative
Welcome:
Axel R. Pries, President, World Health Summit
Moderation:
Ingrid Hamm, Co-Founder and CEO, Global Perspectives Initiative
Contributions:
Daniel Shoukimas, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of mPharma
Emilian Popa, Co-Founder & CEO of Ilara Health
Borna Nyaoke-Anoke, Co-Founder & CEO of Zuri Health
Ralph Oluwole, Head of Growth of Helium Health
John Mark Bwanika, Co-Founder & Chief Operations and Research Officer of Rocket Health
Tuesday, October 18
Lunch Dialogue: Health Tech meets Pandemics: Future of Infectious Disease Forecasting
Co-host: McKinsey
Welcome:
Axel R. Pries, President, World Health Summit
Moderation:
Tania Holt, Senior Partner, McKinsey
Bernhard Schwartländer, World Health Organization (WHO)
Contributions:
Dr. Michael Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization (WHO)
Matt Craven, Partner, McKinsey
