S ECCI N E · InnOVATION · POLICIES WORLD HEALTH SUMMIT B ERLIN, GERMANY O CTOBER 14–16, 2018 “The World Health Summit in Berlin is “ It has a real added also a forum that value in times when is held in high inter­ we know that multi­ national esteem lateral platforms in and is dedicated the world are losing to jointly furthering power.” global health.” J OANNE LIU HMNNER A GRÖHE International President, Federal Minister of Health, Médecins Sans Germany Frontières, Switzerland “ The World Health “ The quality of Summit is one people here, the “ This well­known col­ of the best events quality of panels, laborative network of to meet and interact the quality of academic institutions with all aspects of discussions, the works tirelessly to global healthcare, diversity of every­ achieve its main goal: academia, govern­ body has been to improve the health ment, and pharma.” really amazing.” conditions worldwide.” T HOMAS P. LAUR HRH PRINCESS DINA ADAlbERTO CAmpOS President of SAP Health, MIRED OF JORDAN FERNANDES USA President-Elect, Minister of Health, Portugal Union for International Cancer Control, “No other forum Switzerland draws the relative participants so “ I am very excited systematically into by the increased a common discourse attendance of aimed at mastering the young people future challenges of from Africa.” healthcare provision.” MATSHIDISO REBECCA MOETI St EFAN OELRICH WHO Regional Office Executive Vice President “ The World Health for Africa, Switzerland Head of Diabetes and Cardio- vascular GBU, Sanofi, Germany Summit is truly a premier strategic “ The World Health forum for global Summit 2017 was health leaders “ The World Health a wonderful event to come together.” Summit brings together with an extraordi­ TER D OS AdhANOM experts from across GHEBREYESUS nary program and Director-General, WHO, the globe to improve many opportunities Switzerland both healthcare and for important and prevention.” fruitful meetings.” KAL R MAX EINHÄUPL ChrS I TOPH BENN CEO, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Director of External Berlin, Germany Relations, The Global “ What a great occa­ Fund to Fight AIDS, sion to engage and Tuberculosis and Malaria, Switzerland “ Congratulations. talk about how we What a great Summit. can jointly tackle And all the best for some of the most next year’s anniversary.” fundamental chal­ Fr ANCESCA lenges of our time.” COLOmbO WEE RN R BAUMANN Head of Health Division, CEO, Bayer AG, OECD, France Germany FACTS 3 3 DAYS · 100 NATIONS · 200 SPEAKERS · 2000 PARTICIPANTS F rom October 14–16, the 10th World Health Summit will Participants Presidents 2018 again draw inter national experts from academia, politics, • 2,000 from 100 countries JOÃO GABRIEL SILVA the private sector, and civil society to Berlin. on site University of Coimbra • 3,500 worldwide via F ERNANDO REGATEIRO At the World Health Summit, 2,000 stakeholders and deci­ live­stream Coimbra University sionmakers from 100 countries and every field in healthcare Hospitals Goals work together to find solutions to global health challenges. DE TLEV GANTEN • Improve health worldwide Charité – Universitäts­ • Bring together stakeholders The World Health Summit promotes thought leadership in medizin Berlin from all sectors science and advances global health agendas and was founded • Strengthen international in 2009 on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Berlin’s Regional Meetings cooperation Charité Hospital. The international conference is traditionally • Coimbra, April 2018 held under the patronage of the German Chancellor, the Results • Kish Island, April 2019 President of the Republic of France and the President of • M8 Alliance Declaration Expert Meetings the European Commission. In addition to the World Health • Statements and recommen­ • Rome, June 2018 Summit in October in Berlin there are annual Regional dations for National Acad­ • Istanbul, June 2018 Meetings in Spring and Expert Meetings around the world. emies, Governments and International Organizations • Session Reports GENERAL TOPICS • Basic Biological & Medical Research • Universal Health Coverage • Drugs & Vaccines • Clinical & Patient Research • Translational Science & Medicine • Regulatory Aspects • Specific Diseases & Disorders • Public Health & Prevention • Health Visions, Strategies, Ethics • Diagnostics & Therapy • Lifestyle, Physical Activity, Nutrition • Evolutionary Medicine • Medical Technology & Engineering • Patient Safety • Demographic Change & Healthy Aging • Health Policies & Systems • Healthcare Facilities • Global Health and Development PR AT ONAGE * A NGELA MErkEL EMMANUEL MACRON JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER Chancellor of the Federal President of the President of the Republic of Germany Republic of France European Commission “ The World Health Summit has “ Cooperation between states, the “The World Health Summit is a become a well and widely respected scientific, economic and medical key milestone in our efforts.” international forum when it comes stakeholders, and civil society to the joint search for effective is essential and must be planned responses to global health issues.” over the long term.” * continuation requested TOPICS CRENT AL TOPICS 2018 Pandemic Preparedness Strengthening Health Systems The ability to prevent, detect, respond to and control Although we now have a sophisticated arsenal of inter­ outbreaks is a significant investment that many countries ventions and technologies for curing disease and pro­ are still struggling to make. New financing mechanisms – longing life, gaps in health outcomes continue to widen. such as the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility The power of existing interventions is not matched by and WHO’s Contingency Fund – are therefore critical the capacity of health systems to deliver them to those to ensuring global health security and saving lives. In this in greatest need, in a comprehensive way and on an process, domestic financing for preparedness and reliable adequate scale. Smart investments have to be the public health mechanisms poses a key challenge. centerpiece of domestic policies and financing. The Sustainable Development Goals: Antimicrobial Resistance Health in All Policies Antimicrobial resistance is rising to dangerously high The SDGs are an indivisible and interdependent set of levels all over the world, and now threatens our ability goals for sustainable development that are inherently to treat common infectious diseases. The global crisis linked with the Health in All Policies approach. It provides reflects the overuse of common antibiotics, as well a tool for finding common ground between economic as a lack of new compound development on the part and social development, environmental sustainability of pharmaceutical companies to address the challenge. and human health. One of the most important challenges Fresh efforts have been made recently to coordinate for global health in the coming decade will be to develop efforts, implement new policies and renew research synergies between a wide range of SDGs and health. efforts. But major gaps remain. Access to Essential Medicines The Digital Healthcare Revolution Some countries have made substantial progress towards The global population is growing and ageing, and that improving access to essential medicines and treatments is having a profound impact on healthcare all over the for fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Even planet. Meanwhile, new developments in technology are so, access to essential medicines in many parts of the blurring the boundaries between the physical, biological developing world remains inadequate, and new challenges and digital worlds. The goal is now the personalization – like access to NCD medicines – have arisen. Recent of medicine – allowing tailored treatments for individual progress shows that access to essential medicines can patients based on their unique genetic makeup. This be improved through stronger partnerships between revolution has the potential to provide huge health governments, pharmaceutical companies, civil society benefits and empower patients, but it also poses new and individual consumers. ethical challenges, and could make inequities in health­ care even starker than they are today. 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 • Up to 300 participants • Up to 250 participants 5 WORLD HEALTH SUMMIT 2017 3 days, 47 sessions, 250 speakers, and 2,000 participants from about 100 countries – in October 2017, Berlin was the capital of Global Health once more. S UNDAY, OCTOBER 15 Keynotes and panel discussions: • Opening Ceremony • Healthy and Resilient Cities: Rethinking Urban Transformation • Noncommunicable Diseases: Examining Global Health Priorities • Precision Medicine and Population Health: Forging a Consensus … and 13 workshops “ As long as we have “ How do we imple­ people in our world ment the One Health who don’t have access approach? There is to sustainable health­ a need to engage care systems, diagnos­ more colleagues from tics, higher education more disciplines. We institutions, research need to build long­ and developments, etc, term relationships there will be a lack of and collaborations; to health security and we build trust to change are all going to be at behaviour and reduce risk collectively.” infectious behavior.” LOD R PAUL BOATENG ChrS I TINE BEErlI Member of the House of Lords, Vice President, International United Kingdom Committee of the Red Cross, Switzerland 7 MON