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BERLIN, Oct. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Global health in focus

The World Health Summit 2022, the world's leading meeting for global health,

began on Sunday morning in Berlin. For the first time it is co-hosted by the

World Health Organization (WHO). Among the central topics are climate change

and health, pandemic preparedness, sustainable health systems and the role of

the G7 and G20 in global health. More than 300 speakers from all regions of the

world and from all sectors of society are expected, including over 20

government officials.

The entire program is available for free online.

More on speakers [

https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/whs-2022/program-speakers/speakers.html ] and

program [

https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/whs-2022/program-speakers/program.html ]

The official opening is tonight at 6:00 PM CEST. Speakers include German

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom

Ghebreyesus, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russel, EU-Commission Director

General for Health and Food Safety Sandra Gallina as well as UN

Secretary-General António Guterres and Senegal's President Macky Sall via video.

More info [

https://www.conference.worldhealthsummit.org/Program/Session/WHS2022/KEY-01 ]

Livestream of the opening ceremony: www.worldhealthsummit.org　

Please find details on the use of video material below.

Information on special events during WHS 2022 and further press information is

available in the press kit in the media center:

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

The entire World Health Summit is open to the press.

Accreditation for on-site participation is closed.

Digital participation is possible without accreditation. Zoom links are

available in the online program and during WHS 2022 at

www.worldhealthsummit.org　. Video and audio material can be used upon request.

Source: World Health Summit

All recordings: https://www.youtube.com/worldhealthsummit

For on-site participation, wearing an FFP2 mask is mandatory.

World Health Summit

October 16-18, 2022

Hotel Berlin Central District

Stauffenbergstraße 26

Berlin, Germany & Digital

www.worldhealthsummit.org　

#WHS2022

Twitter [ https://twitter.com/WorldHealthSmt ]: @WorldHealthSmt

LinkedIn [ https://www.linkedin.com/company/worldhealthsummit ], Facebook [

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https://www.instagram.com/worldhealthsummit/ ]: @worldhealthsummit

Press contact

Alida Tiekötter

+4930450572102

communications@worldhealthsummit.org

Source: World Health Summit