on October 18, 2024
Dear Colleagues,
Since Sunday, as the annual World Health Summit in Berlin was kicking off, I’ve been suffering from a severe bout of FOMO. Sadly, I couldn’t make it this year, and virtual participation in some of the sessions (there’s more in professional IHP life than participating in a summit : )) couldn’t quite make up for that. Nevertheless, in this newsletter, we obviously focus on this year’s WHS – mostly compiling coverage & analysis from elsewhere. Under the motto “Building Trust for a Healthier World”, participants aimed for a healthier future for all. On the agenda, among others: Pandemic threats and responses, mpox, health equity, climate change and health, artificial intelligence, antibiotic resistance and financing global health.
Against that overall backdrop, let me just bring up a few things that caught my attention this week in this week’s intro, based on the fairly limited amount of (chunks of) WHS sessions and events I was able to follow from afar.