The World Health Summit 2023, the world's leading meeting for global health, began Sunday morning in Berlin.
From October 15 to 17, international representatives from politics, science, business and civil society are discussing crucial issues in global health under the motto "A Defining Year for Global Health Action". Well over 300 speakers, including around 20 ministers, are expected to join, with the entire program available online.
The opening ceremony took place with speakers on stage set to include German Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach, Ayoade Alakija, medical doctor from Nigeria and WHO Special Envoy, Youth Envoy to the President of the UN 27th Climate Change Conference (COP27) Omnia El Omrani, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (pic.), who will join live digitally, as well as Christina Chilimba, founder of a youth organisation in Malawi. Video messages include the Prime Minister of Barbados and the French and Japanese Ministers of Health.
With livestream for the opening ceremony available at: www.worldhealthsummit.org all livestream links are available in the online program and at www.worldhealthsummit.org. Video and audio material can be used on request. Credit: The recordings of all session will be available at: www.youtube.com/worldhealthsummit.
