German Chancellor Scholz, WHO Director-General Tedros, international ministers at World Health Summit 2022

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Press accreditation open for the world's leading global health conference

BERLIN, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Health Summit and the World Health Organization (WHO) as co-organizer jointly invite to the world's leading global health conference. The World Health Summit 2022 from October 16-18 in Berlin will bring together the most prominent names in global health from all sectors in all regions of the world: heads of state and government ministers, scientists, and representatives from the private sector as well as civil society.

Journalists can apply for on-site participation until Wednesday, October 12 here.

WHS 2022 aims to set the course for a healthier, more equitable future. Central topics include climate change and health, pandemic preparedness, digital transformation, and sustainable health systems.

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Speakers 2022 include:

• Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor, Germany
• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
• Emmanuel Macron, President, France
• Macky Sall, President, Senegal & Chairperson, African Union
• Karl Lauterbach, Federal Minister of Health, Germany
• Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
• Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany
• Steffi Lemke, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Germany
• Wilhelmina S. Jallah, Minister of Health, Liberia
• Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Former President, Liberia & Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of "Our Common Agenda," United Nations
• Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group
• Christos Christou, International President, Doctors Without Borders
• Heyo K. Kroemer, CEO, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
• Jeremy Farrar, Director, Wellcome Trust

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WHS 2022 is the first joint World Health Summit together with WHO. Patrons are German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Press information:

https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/whs-2022/media-center.html

The entire World Health Summit is open to the press, but places for journalists on-site are limited. Digital participation requires no accreditation, links will be available shortly before WHS 2022 at www.worldhealthsummit.org

World Health Summit
October 16-18, 2022
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