💬 The global health landscape will never be the same — and it shouldn’t be
In his new Op-Ed on Devex, Axel R. Pries, President of the World Health Summit, reflects on the disruptions reshaping global health and outlines a path forward:
"At this point, we cannot talk about small cosmetic changes needed in the global health system — we need a structural reform to make our multilateral system more efficient, robust, and fair.”
Read the full piece: https://t.co/RkjLmpaLha
#WHS2025 #GlobalHealth
🕊️ Can there be health without peace?
Violent conflicts take a heavy toll on human health. They disrupt health systems, medical supply chains collapse and too often hospitals and health workers themselves are under attack.
Yet the reverse is also true: strong health systems create stability, resilience and hope.
#WHS2025 will bring global leaders and changemakers across sectors together to explore ways to:
🔹 Build bridges between peace and health
🔹 Protect health in conflict settings
🔹 Promote justice and equity
Peace and health are interdependent foundations for global well-being - we must address them together.
Join us and take part in the leading platform for global health.
📅 October 12–14, 2025 | 📍 Berlin & Online
#PeaceAndHealth #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity
🏛 Fragmented systems can’t tackle global crises.
To protect #health worldwide, we must rethink how we govern and finance it.
At #WHS2025, global leaders and changemakers will address the urgent need to:
🔹 Build inclusive, transparent & accountable governance systems
🔹 Strengthen financing through sustainable mechanisms that ensure stability & equity
🔹 Foster genuine collaboration across borders and sectors
Transforming the global health architecture is not optional – it’s essential for resilience in a changing world.
👉 Join the conversation in Berlin on shaping a healthier future for all: https://t.co/UWxDyJ4kk6
📅 October 12–14, 2025 | 📍 Berlin & Online
#GlobalHealth #Governance #SustainableFinancing
🩺 Three out of four deaths are caused by noncommunicable diseases — and the numbers keep rising.
From heart disease to cancer and diabetes, noncommunicable diseases (#NCDs) are today’s leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Together with mental health disorders, they represent a major global health burden and substantially reduce quality of life.
Just three weeks after the Fourth United Nations High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health, #WHS2025 will bring together leaders from politics, science, civil society, and the private sector to drive solutions on:
🔹 Promoting prevention & early detection
🔹 Ensuring access to effective treatment
🔹 Collaborating across sectors and borders to address social & economic drivers
Together, we can reduce the burden of NCDs and build healthier lives for future generations.
👉 Continue the dialogue on NCDs — join us in Berlin: https://t.co/r0bnd9lUx6
📅 October 12–14, 2025 | 📍 Berlin & Online
#WHS2025 #GlobalHealth #NCDs #MentalHealth #HLM4
🎥Press accreditation for the World Health Summit 2025 is now open
Journalists will have the opportunity to
➡️ engage with high-level speakers and leading experts from the field
➡️ cover key debates shaping the future of global health
Journalists can now apply here: https://t.co/pM3FplXsk2
#WHS2025
Walking and cycling are fantastic for your #health
Here are some top benefits:
🧠 Boost your mental health
🎗️ Reduce the risk of cancer
❤️ Improve your heart health
🩸Help manage type-2 diabetes
💪 Help maintain a healthy weight & reduce obesity
#LetsGetMoving
First-ever Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health #PECCH launched today🌍
Led by former Icelandic PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the Commission brings together 11 leaders from the European Region
Their mission: deliver actionable climate-health recommendations by spring 2026
Former Iceland PM & #PECCH Chair Katrín Jakobsdóttir @katrinjak on why we must defend climate science as the health impacts become undeniable.
▶️ https://t.co/1s8mSysNJj
The climate crisis is a health crisis. Time for action is NOW.
#ClimateAction#EuroClimateHealthCommission
A warm welcome to @Karl_Lauterbach as he joins the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health #PECCH as Commissioner.
Join the Commission’s public launch next week on 11 June in Reykjavik 🇮🇸. Register now: https://t.co/tVpMpXjXkU
#ClimateAction#EuroClimateHealthCommission
Neben meiner Tätigkeit als Ausschussvorsitzender für Forschung und Technologie im Bundestag werde ich @WHO unentgeltlich in Kommission für Klima und Gesundheit mitarbeiten. Ziel: die gesundheitlichen Risiken des Klimawandels besser zu kontrollieren https://t.co/9runUmOSQY
🚲 Today, on World Bicycle Day, we are launching the #LetsGetMoving campaign!
Walking & cycling are among the simplest ways to improve our health – at any age.
Cycling also offers affordable & clean transportation, reducing emissions and improving air quality in our cities.
So, let’s get moving – for our health & for the planet.
I am inviting Anastasia Kluge, Marc Danzon & Hans Oplinus to take up the challenge and show how they get moving!
#WorldBicycleDay | #HealthForAll
Join us on #WorldBicycleDay for the Bonn Dialogue & campaign kick-off of #LetsGetMoving – 100 Reasons to #WalkandCycleMore 🚴🚶
📅 3 June 10:00 CEST
📍Register here: https://t.co/XpYjupkWO9
ℹ️ More info: https://t.co/szY8Ou65qn
Honoured to join the @WHO_Europe Pan-European Commission on Climate & Health #PECCH as Commissioner😊
Health is the human face of climate change which is not tomorrow’s threat, it’s today’s emergency.
#change#PECCH#EuroClimateHealthCommission
I’m honoured to join the #PECCH convened by @WHO as a Commissioner. The climate crisis is a health emergency. Rising temperatures, #airpollution, collapsing #food systems, and political instability are converging into a polycrisis and the time to act is now!
Heatwaves. Wildfires. Air pollution. New disease patterns.
The climate crisis is already here - and it's threatening our health like never before.
That’s why we are launching the first Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health #PECCH in Reykjavík 🇮🇸 on 11 June 2025.
I’m convening this Commission recognizing that the climate crisis is a health crisis.
We urgently need concerted action to prevent, protect, prepare, and respond to today’s climate change risks and accelerate mitigation efforts.
I’m grateful to Katrín Jakobsdóttir, former Prime Minister of Iceland, who has taken on the role as chair of this independent Commission.
The Commission will aim to raise political awareness and advocate for stronger action to address the health impacts of climate change.
Because the stakes couldn’t be higher.
Register for the launch on 11 June: https://t.co/BAPJXKpzO4
And find out more here: https://t.co/hAguiaG13C
How can insights from #BehaviouralScience help improve public #health?
Discover our annual report to learn how WHO/Europe leverages behavioural science and cultural insights for health: https://t.co/McRYMFEksA
#BCI
1 in 4 women and girls in our region have experienced intimate partner violence or sexual violence.
That’s the populations of Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal and Sweden combined.
Today on #IWD, we're launching a special initiative tackling violence against women and girls.
“There is still a window of time, but it is closing”
@JaneGoodallInst, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace makes a passionate plea for urgent action on climate change, biodiversity and health at the 4th hearing for #EPW2.